I haven’t looked at any birds (except for a number of young House Sparrows, a few Starlings, and some more Pigeons) in almost a week, due to the fact that I’ve just….
Drumroll, please….
Finished writing my novel.
Now to convince someone to actually publish it!
(Sorry, Jochen, no Labrador Ducks in this one. There are some crows though.)
Now, I know that a book that may or may not come out in a couple of years is exciting mainly to the author, and to those, like the Inimitable Todd, who have been patiently waiting for the author to log off of her computer and rejoin the land of the living. For those of you into more instant gratification, the guys at 10000birds.com are once again running one of their fine book giveaways: this time, the tome on offer is Olivia Gentile’s Life List, a widely-praised biography of Phoebe Snetsinger, lister extraordinaire and one of my inspirations in this crazy game called life.
July 14, 2009 at 6:59 am
Squeeee (excited, childish hand-clapping), that’s wonderful!
Surely it would have sold a million copies more if it contained Labrador Ducks, but Crows are okay for a start, we’ll all just patiently wait for the sequel then.
Hurrah!!
July 14, 2009 at 11:08 am
Carrie – that’s fantastic news. Congratulations. I’m sure it’s superbly written (with or without Labrador Ducks!). Go, go, go…
Charlie
July 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Congratulations on getting it done! I hope you find a publisher soon.
July 14, 2009 at 10:11 pm
It would be pretty cool if you had a pre-publication book giveaway contest…I would enter for sure!
July 15, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Thanks to all for the congratulations! And Corey, once I convince someone to publish it, I suspect there will be such a contest.
July 16, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Have you contacted all those publishers who had turned down Rowling?
They might be eager for a second chance or some vengeance too, I reckon.