Very very nice, deb!
I'm thrilled so far with the notes I have, there's a couple of difficult questions, but I'm treating it like the SATs and doing the easier stuff first. He asked, "[AU: Say more about your history, and how after all this you ended up as one of the biggest fandom gurus. Again, doesn’t need to be long, but just to make sure the reader has that set in their mind. "
This is a finger poking into my rib. Biggest fandom gurus? I need a bigger ego to answer that without laughing. I can't wait to crack into it, and wish I had taken the day off.
Allyson, I can't wait to read that particular addition. Question: does s/he want the historical bio stuff incorporated as part of the text, or as a separate essay/introduction?
Hee! Whoot, Allyson! I'm so excited for you.
I think we've decided that the title essay will be an introduction, and to make it a bit more explanatory about internet communities and fandom in case we strike oil and get some mainstream readers.
So the historical stuff will be incorporated into the title piece.
Allyson, that sounds exactly right for placement and continuity.
Can I read when done?
Yeah, I think that will work really, really well.
What It Takes
So you're tired, are you? You've been onstage two hours, playing in the band, and you're wiped, at the edge, stick a fork in you, you're done?
Arms in use, were they? Holding a Strat, a Paul, a P-bass, two hours, two-twenty, synching up with the rest of the band, drumsticks as extensions of your arms, twirling the mic, keeping your wrists arched above the piano keys?
Tired? Sure. I get it, baby, believe me.
But in the end, this is what you are, not only what you do. That joyous noise is what you flex; music is a muscle.
The deadline for submissions to Autumn Issue of "The November 3rd Club" is October 10th. Take a gander at our Submission Guidelines and keep us flush with things to read and (hopefully) publish.
The new issue goes life on or around Halloween -- just in time for the election!
As always, this issue of the "November 3rd Club" will be brought to you by your hardworking editors:
Victor D. Infante (editor in chief)
Carlye Archibeque & Richard Modiano (nonfiction)
Lenore Weiss & Steve Berman (fiction)
Ray McNiece & Richard Beban (poetry)
Sam Hamill (contributing editor)
Woot! Hadn't realised, when I posted the Library Journal review, that it's a starred review.
And Booklist ran its review, as well:
Traditional musician Ringan Laine is also an expert on period architecture, which is why his partner, Penny, asks him to help her brother and his new wife build a Tudor-style manor house in London's newly trendy Isle of Dogs neighborhood. As he begins to work on the project, Ringan is troubled by visits from the ghost of a long-dead Italian musician, who may be an ancestor. It seems that the Isle of Dogs was the site of a bomb accident after World War II. It also appears to be the location of some tragic events involving the Italian musician and assorted young women during the reign of Henry VIII. Ringan and his associates must put the ghosts to rest before he suffers the fate of his Italian relative. As she did in Matty Groves (2005), Grabien blends folklore, music, suspense, and the supernatural to create a genre-bending mix of historical mystery and ghost story. Fans of both will be pleased. (Reviewed September 15, 2006) Copyright 2006 Booklist Reviews.
I'll take that, you bet.
