It is now May the 6th, and as such, THE NOVEL HAS BEEN RELEASED!!1!one!!1
I am now an officially published authorz0rz0rziggurat.
Okay, maybe I’m a wee bit slaphappy over the whole deal, but I think it’s allowed. ;)
It can be bought here, at the Lulu.com Storefront. Amazon listing is pending.
Also, I finished Anansi Boys in two days. Oh, is it good to read for pleasure again. :)
Bad News
My iBook is pretty much dead. A week and a half after the tube on our TV starts to die, the display on the laptop is getting -no- info. I can’t even get anything on an external monitor. I’m going through the motions, as time permits, to diagnose the problem. Thanks,
This, of course, has been limiting my access to LJ, my email, and most importantly, my class notes.
Great News
The hardcovers have shipped! I got the news yesterday, and so will probably have the books in hand tomorrow. Thank the gods for them showing up before the signings! :)
Old News
Tomorrow, I turn 29. And, just like every year that I’ve been in school, I have an exam on my birthday. This year it’s Islam.
Just Plain News
Egads, I didn’t miss Senioritis. Oi! Motivation! Get back over here! Yes, yes, Writing Projects. I’ll get to you soon. Just give me this week, Bob Spammit. *shakes fist at heavens*
I can’t beleive that the 6th is almost here! I’m all bouncy and nervous and excited as hell. One of the barristas at Gone Wired told me that people keep asking her about the signing, so I should expect a lot of people. We can’t keep that place stocked with the free teasers. They just keep disappearing. There should also now be some at Clem’s Collectibles in downtown Lansing. I’m also fairly certain that, after Saturday, some may end up on the West Coast. Of the United States.
Reminder:
Saturday, May 6th, starting sometime around 8:30 PM: The official release party on IPM Radio. They’ve even got a bit there in their news blurb for next time! If you’re coming, and haven’t pre-ordered or reserved a book, we will have extras to sell! I will be happy to sign anything and everything, including teaser CD’s. If you can’t make it out, and have a decent connection, crank it! :) I will be reading a few selections from the novel, both from the teaser, and from later on in the novel. Don’t miss it!
Sunday, May 7th, starting at 2 PM: Signing at Gone Wired Cafe. This promises to be a much more subdued, but just as big, gathering. There are rumors *wink, wink* of DJ’s spinning some good tunes for background music, as well as what my mother would affectionately call “snackies.” I will be signing like a crazy person, and will also sign anything and everything here, including the teaser CD’s (provided we have any left).
The teaser can also be downloaded from davidmcrampton.com.
I hope I didn’t forget anything. :)
The paperbacks arrived today!
They’re so pretty…. my preciouses…. *cough* Um, er, I mean…
Yay paperbacks!
According to Lulu, the paperbacks have shipped. *hop*
If you ever want to write professionally, stay away from these agents at all costs. So, here it is, the list of the 20 Worst Agents of All Time:
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28961
None of these agents has a significant track record of sales to commercial (advance-paying) publishers, and most have virtually no documented and verified sales at all (many sales claimed by these agents turn out to be vanity publishers). All charge clients before a sale is made, whether directly, by charging fees such as reading or administrative fees, or indirectly, for “editing services.”
Writer Beware suggests that writers searching for agents avoid questionable agents, and instead query agents who have actual track records of sales to commercial publishing houses.
THE LIST:
* The Abacus Group Literary Agency
* Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to “book doctor” Victor West of Pacific Literary Services)
* Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.)
* Barbara Bauer Literary Agency
* Benedict & Associates (also d/b/a B.A. Literary Agency)
* Sherwood Broome, Inc.
* Desert Rose Literary Agency
* Arthur Fleming Associates
* Finesse Literary Agency (Karen Carr)
* Brock Gannon Literary Agency
* Harris Literary Agency
* The Literary Agency Group, which includes the following:
Children’s Literary Agency
Christian Literary Agency
New York Literary Agency
Poets Literary Agency
The Screenplay Agency
Stylus Literary Agency (formerly ST Literary Agency)
Writers Literary & Publishing Services Company (the editing arm of the above-mentioned agencies)
* Martin-McLean Literary Associates
* Mocknick Productions Literary Agency, Inc.
* B.K. Nelson, Inc.
* The Robins Agency (Cris Robins)
* Michele Rooney Literary Agency (also d/b/a Creative Literary Agency and Simply Nonfiction)
* Southeast Literary Agency
* Mark Sullivan Associates
* West Coast Literary Associates (also d/b/a California Literary Services)
– Victoria
So, I’ve discovered that there’s no such thing as a final red-pen.
If you haven’t pre-ordered, and you want to, right now is the final, last-minute, get ’em while the gettin’s good, time to do it.
Here’s the link:
http://childe.livejournal.com/496939.html
After this, ordering the book will not be available until May 6th. If we sell out at the signings, you just may miss out. *sad face*
Back to my coffee.
This post started with the mood “sick.” Since I’m feeling much better now (“She turned me into a newt!”), I figure this mood setting is appropriate.
It’s difficult to think about this weekend without thinking about hating my stomach and all of the things it can goat my digestive tract into doing. This flu seems to have a three- to four-day incubation period, so if you feel a bit light-headed about three days after we hung out, and then hug the toilet, you can feel free to blame me.
Other than that, I had a wonderful time at Grandma’s 80th b-day party. I hope everybody’s Easter went well. Mine was spent working on the novel and being generally thankful for a restful stomach.
Reminder: The end date for pre-orders for the novel release party in Detroit and the signing in Lansing is Wed., April 19th. We will have extras there for purchase, but are shooting in the dark when it comes to how many extra to order.
The teaser is finished. The final red-pen is finished. The final edit is finished. The text is ready to go. The cover art is ready to go (thanks
Remembrance
Welcome to the Apocalypse.
The world has died – in fire and flood, violence and destruction.
From the singed remains, a new world has risen – one that is not bound by the laws of conventional man. Kings and wizards, angels and demons – from the minds of the survivors comes the landscape of a world reshaped in everyone’s image.
The catalyst in this world’s changing scope is a man named Herod. Madman and visionary, he will be the first to create his own world – one that is both familiar, and yet strange and fantastic. Herod has become the King of Dragons and he, along with his companions and enemies, will form the shape of things yet to come.
His friends wish to build a new Utopia. His enemies – kingdoms under their complete control. Both will try to use Herod to their own ends.
Herod has other plans, and while it might cost him everything he has sought to build, he will stop at nothing. From askew world to askew world, he seeks to put together the pieces that will lead him to the one thing that matters to him beyond all else…
The end of the world is only the beginning of the story.
-Lauren Griffin
All of the pre-orders will be signed either at IPM Radio or Gone Wired Cafe. If you need to make other arrangements, feel free to leave a comment below. Also, please let me know if you run into any problems with the PayPal system. :) Pre-ordering will end on April 19th, so that the books have time to be shipped.
Update 20 Apr 2006:Sorry, the pre-order window has expired. You can download the teaser in .pdf format – first five chapters! – from http://www.davidmcrampton.com. There will be copies for purchase at both signings, though!