Hey, I am all about a party—as long as I can hide in a corner and push my wife into the thick of it while happily sipping on a cranberry-vodka. That being said, the question has been asked... Where is the launch party? It's a good question. Do I host it at a bookstore? A bar? A coffee shop? …
The turtle is on the move.
Update: Just a quick notice now that we're building some momentum. Cover design has been approved and is in full graphic swing! It's not my initial concept, but I think it'll be pretty sharp once the graphics team finishes. Still waiting on the second edits. I'm hoping (demanding really really nice-like) we'll see these this …
Super Short Squid Bowl
Here we go again! Another publisher requesting the full manuscript... Fingers crossed! Toes flossed! (Have some vodka, it'll make sense) There, I wrote a short, short, blog
Short Squid…
There's no way to sugarcoat rejection. They suck. 99 times out of 100 you receive a form letter, with an impersonal touch that—regardless of intention—gives one a feeling that he (or she) is on the same level as an unflushed toilet. "I couldn't quite connect." "Not for me." "Blah blah blah..." You get the idea. …
Thanks for your submission…
Agents... I really want to hate each and every one of these people. I can, right? They aren't bad ambassadors to the dark pits of rejection hell, though in my current state of mind I do classify them somewhere between Satan and Loki. I suppose anyone can become this cynical after a few hundred rejection …