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Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by friend of the friendless, Dec 22, 2011.

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  1. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Sirs, Madames,

    ... my first novel, off the presses and in bookstores in January. I thought I'd be a little more excited but no matter. Pretty satisfying.

    YHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Dec 22, 2011
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  2. Greenhorn

    Greenhorn Active Member

    Congrats, friend! And just in time for the holiday season. Enjoy this great accomplishment.
     
    Greenhorn, Dec 22, 2011
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    " " " "
     
    Azrael, Dec 22, 2011
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  4. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    Congratulations, FOTF.
     
    Gehrig, Dec 22, 2011
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  5. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Sirs, Madames,

    Thanks, and I was even spared the ignominy of self-publishing!

    YHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Dec 22, 2011
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  6. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Beautiful.

    How long did it take you, from original conception, to this point in time?
     
    Ben_Hecht, Dec 22, 2011
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  7. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Mr Hecht,

    This is going to sound goofy. February 2011: I was approached by a Penguin editor and asked if I'd be interested in writing a genre novel. Never gave it much thought. He told me to give it a whirl and asked for a 15,000-word sample. That's a long trip on spec but once I got my first sentence I knocked it off (on top of the day job) in 10 days. Based on that sample, an outline of the novel to come and then some playing around with what I might do with subsequent books in the series, I landed a two-book deal. I was already under contract to deliver two other books (both non-fiction, one in spring, one in late summer) but still made my Labour Day deadline. When I got going on it, 3,000 words a day was about par for the novel. A fair bit of to-and-fro in the draft, pages and galleys, but really no big stress. (Did make one ridiculously significant plot twist after the fact, don't know how I didn't do it earlier.)

    I don't know if the trailer shows up on the link here. It was voiced by my editor at the mag.

    http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670065950,00.html

    YHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Dec 22, 2011
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  8. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Congrats, can't wait to read it!
     
    Huggy, Dec 22, 2011
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  9. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Congrats, sir. Our copy was preordered some time ago. :)
     
    HC, Dec 22, 2011
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  10. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    That is very cool, FOTF. Looking forward to reading it.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Dec 22, 2011
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  11. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Congratulations! I'm envious.

    One question: Is it as formal as your postings here?

    ;)

    Edit:

    Forget the first question, as I've now read the link.

    So my second question: What is it with SportsJournalists.com stalwarts writing hockey books? There must be something in the (frozen) water around here!

    Love it!
     
    TigerVols, Dec 22, 2011
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  12. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Congrats FOTF, I will keep my eye out for it out here.
     
    Beef03, Dec 22, 2011
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