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18 agosto Publisher/Agent updateBoy, this biz moves slow!
On the publisher front, I had contact almost two weeks ago. There are business reasons I won't go into as to why they haven't sent out a contract yet.
I'm going to stop saying/thinking it's a week or less away and just wait. The publisher is a small press and seems very dedicated to its authors. I've purchased one of the books they've published and the quality of the finished product is very nice. I'd be proud to have the River City books look like that.
On the agent front, more of the same. She seems very energetic and is certainly nice, but has said she's buried with submissions. She's expressed some interest in Conway's "Running in Circles" novel (way to go, Cons!), but I am waiting to hear from her regarding "Under A Raging Moon."
She didn't care for "Some Degree of Murder," by the way, but liked the writing well enough to ask for other works.
With this agent and this small press both interested, I haven't sent out any queries for novels since that interest was expressed. I am excited at the prospect of working with these specific people, so I want to give it some time to work out. 21 julio Publishing updateThings move slow sometimes.
I spoke with the small press publisher via email this week. There should be a contract offer in my hands sometime next week. Same thing for Conway and his Jack Collins series.
There is also an agent very interested in our work. I hope to hear from her within the same time frame.
I hesitate to update folks about something like this, because if one or both potential things fall through, I look like an idiot. But then I realized that rejection or deals not working is a part of the writing business. You don't look like an idiot if things don't work. I suppose if I were self-publishing and pretending that it wasn't something else, that would be idiotic. But sharing a little bit of the process here on this BLOG that I just know is looked at by thousands of people a day...well, that's not idiotic. Except for the thousands of people part.
One day, you'll come to this site and the news about being published will be in the past tense instead of the future. 30 junio Favorable NewsWell, things are shaping up nicely with the publisher.
An email exchange last night brought us to this point: the publisher wants to publish all of the River City novels AND all of Conway's Jack Collins detective novels.
They will be sending their contract offer soon.
This is a small press, not a Ballantine or St. Martin's or what have you...so anyone who thinks this is the lottery we're hitting is off base, at least financially. Career-wise, though...dream-wise...yeah, it's a hit.
It still hasn't sunk in yet, and I guess I'm still a little reticent to raise a glass in celebration until the contracts are inked, but this represents a goal I've had since childhood. The wonderful part about it is that it isn't an end unto itself, but just the beginning. 27 junio Update on Getting PublishedWell, still waiting for a formal offer from a particular publisher. Indications seem very favorable, so we will see. In the meantime, I have not submitted any River City works to other agents or publishers. If for some reason this doesn't work out, then I'll start that process up again. Right now, I'm optimistic about this particular press, so I put other submissions on hold once they expressed a sincere interest. Rest assured, I will update this BLOG when any sort of developments occur. 23 mayo SubmissionI just completed a revision of UARM, SDOM and WD, as well as some supplementary materials, at the request of a publisher. Along with a hard copy of WD, I will be mailing those items this week for their further review. Hopefully, things will move forward toward publication! 17 mayo Revision continuesJust for the sake of a new BLOG entry...the revision continues! I am now working on SDOM. UARM and WD are finished and ready to go. I am very excited at the prospect of working with this publisher. They seem very committed to publishing the entire series and building up an audience for River City. As a side note, due to his co-authoring of SDOM, Conway's detective series involving Jack "JC" Collins is going to be reviewed by this same publisher. Nothing is for sure yet, other than there is a definite interest and materials have been requested. But the preliminary discussions have been very positive and things look very promising. I'll continue to update developments for the legions of rabid fans who frequent this site for their Zafiro fix. [he says with a wry, self-effacing grin designed to convey humility where the reality is that he is currently an unknown]. 09 mayo RevisingI've been hard at work making revisions to UARM, Waist Deep and now SDOM. All works are being reviewed for possible publication by a publisher. I'll write more as things solidify.
27 abril Not to jinx things...There seems to be a genuine interest in the River City books by a certain publisher...I should know within the next few weeks, but things seem very favorable. I'm thrilled with how things are developing. I'll post more when things solidify. 18 abril Nibble, nibbleThere's been some interest in my books recently...one agent asked to see the first couple of chapters of Some Degree of Murder a couple of weeks ago. More interesting is the response I received when I pitched the River City concept. This idea has generated interest and a request to see the work, with an eye toward publishing the series. That would be very nice, indeed. |
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