erika, whover she is? I bet you can take her. Because erika got voice, baybee.
sumi, see tagline, adjusted for retail. Official release date is 1 December; it's one of their Christmas market books. Yowsa!
Speaking of which, I got an email from Ruth (editor) this morning. She loved the blurb, will probably have it used in all the promotional material and extracted the two killer bits, which will go together on the back cover ("Weaver" is hardback), thusly:
"The Weaver and the Factory Maid" is nominally about music and ghosts, but what this mystery has in even greater abundance is heart and soul. It is charming, in all senses of the word, but also a meditation on love and eternity and all the lives that have been lived, for good or ill, in fields and cottages far from History's main roads."
--Tad Williams, author of War of the Flowers
I am soooooo pleased.
Yay, you.
And yes, I think I've got a few skills Not that I haven't got stuff to learn, but I like to be taught by people who know more than I do. And she has descriptoritis, e.g. red-haired witch, blonde slayer.(Neat trick getting people to pay for stuff I wouldn't do for free...that's the secret I want.) That doesn't make what my dad did any less thoughtful, though. Cause I know the whole writing thing(to say nothing of the Buffy thing) are things he doesn't get.
It really *was* sweet of him, thinking about it.
Beverleeeeeeeeee...!
I need a beta for a scary bit. Plei? Someone?
It is charming, in all senses of the word, but also a meditation on love and eternity and all the lives that have been lived, for good or ill, in fields and cottages far from History's main roads."
Like others before me posted, the best part of this is that it's so true. Deb, I'm happy for you from afar.
t /delurking in a thread I like to read and have nothing to contribute in, once again
Read and backflung, Deb. Ooooh!
Thanks, all. I am starting out my catering day from hell on a very nice note.
My email Friday night to Ruth (my editor at St. Martins) comes first, then her resonse:
Excuse an extremely unladylike crow of delight, but:
WHOOOOHOOOO!
Just got a call back from Ed Kaufman at M is for > Mystery. Have a look at the Authors Events listing, which is quite impressive:
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Ed read Weaver earlier this week, and he would *love* (emphasis his, not mine) for me to come and do a reading/signing at M is for Mystery. We're going to set it up. He's out of town until 30 September, but will call me right after he gets back to arrange it.
So, colour me stoked.
cheers, Deb
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Cheers, indeed. I think you should write a sequel to How to Win Friends and Influence People called "I Did it all With a Book!" This all bodes very well for the series.
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I am reeeeeeally pleased.
As well you should be. Fantastic company you're keeping.
I'm so pleased for you, Deb. YAY!!!
Heh. I hadn't told her about them wanting to host the book launch party. I just did.
Lalalalala, "all bodes very well for the series" lalalala.
Taking off writer hat and putting on caterer's hat. Today is huge party I'm being paid to do, and I gots to go. Good days to one and all.
