Here's the publisher's Facebook announcement. Yes, I know that my only two author pictures to date are two lame ones Mrs. Heretic took in front of a tree. I'll get a real, professional one done for the book:
Friday, March 10, 2017
For me, this is pretty big news
I'm getting a book published. There is a ton of work to do between now and the book coming out in the fall, but I've signed a contract, and if a certain president can just keep the world from thermonuclear war between now and then, I'll have fulfilled a big dream. I'll post plenty between now and then about elements of the process of publishing a book, but for now, I just wanted to get out this little bit of encouragement. No matter how discouraged you are, you are not more discouraged than I was a few years ago. I've quit writing more times than I've published stories. But here I am.
Here's the publisher's Facebook announcement. Yes, I know that my only two author pictures to date are two lame ones Mrs. Heretic took in front of a tree. I'll get a real, professional one done for the book:
Here's the publisher's Facebook announcement. Yes, I know that my only two author pictures to date are two lame ones Mrs. Heretic took in front of a tree. I'll get a real, professional one done for the book:
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CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy to hear about this - and yes, I'm looking forward to hearing more about the process.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen. I know this doesn't excuse me for falling behind with you on your blog, so I'll try to catch up.
DeleteI'll be happy to pose for your formal headshot.
ReplyDeleteWait until they need nude shots. That's when I'll really need the stand-in.
DeleteCongratulations! I haven't visited your blog for a while, so I'm late to this. Very good news! If you remember, you blogged a while back on a story I wrote for The Intercept, and we exchanged a few comments. You might be amused to know that a portion of that story has been immortalized in a new podcast that features the actor Bill Camp reading one of the philosopher's columns. Start listening at 18:25 of the following, I think you'll appreciate it. Bests, Peter https://theintercept.com/2017/03/22/intercepted-podcast-could-trump-start-world-war-iii/
ReplyDelete"Socrates," the fictional character you created, is out of Melville's hands now. You're welcome to him. He's an interesting character, even if I wouldn't have written him that way.
ReplyDeleteIf I manage to get the novel published after this book of short stories comes out, maybe you'll rewrite your Socrates a bit.
By the way, one of my brothers is a huge fan of The Intercept. He's always sending me links.
In that case, I'm a fan of your brother!
ReplyDeleteBtw, please feel free to add me to your email list for publishing news (my contact info is on my eponymous website). And congrats again.
It's nice you think I have enough fans (or even friends) to have such a thing as an "email list," or that I'm a sharp enough self-promoter to have realized that I should. I know you can subscribe to the blog if you want, because I added that widget. (Although I'm such an inept blogger, I don't even know how to check to see if I have any subscribers.)
ReplyDeleteI've decided that if I ever disagree sharply enough with a story you write in the future that I want to respond, rather than overcoming a lot of obstacles to write the most substantive, thoughtful, and true response I can, I'm just going to tweet "Very Unfair! Fake news!" That seems to be the more effective way to rebut something these days.
For maximum impact, capitalize one of the words. VERY Unfair! ;)
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