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New Collection Up for Pre-Order!
Amazon has my collection, Pictures of Houses with Water Damage, up for pre-order, out Summer 2010 from Black Lawrence Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books.
Particularly excited about this one as it is my first collection of literary stories (others all are genre), perhaps even "snooty" literary tales, and Dzanc/Black Lawrence put out some award winners last year so are respected and have a great promo campaign. Only problem: this one has taken nearly two years, I sold it last October. But book publishing is never fast. It's all about the wait.
Particularly excited about this one as it is my first collection of literary stories (others all are genre), perhaps even "snooty" literary tales, and Dzanc/Black Lawrence put out some award winners last year so are respected and have a great promo campaign. Only problem: this one has taken nearly two years, I sold it last October. But book publishing is never fast. It's all about the wait.
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Permalink Reply by Michele K. Arnesen on -
Congratulations! Be patient. It will happen. Once they get the ball rolling it should move fast. I used to be a Production Manager at Scholastic, Inc. In NYC. I was in the Instructional Publishing division. It was like being part of a very large dysfunctional family and moving at hyper speed. Everyone was flying by the seat of their pants. I don't think the Children's book division, the original Scholastic, was as crazy.
Good luck!
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Congratulations! Be patient. It will happen. Once they get the ball rolling it should move fast. I used to be a Production Manager at Scholastic, Inc. In NYC. I was in the Instructional Publishing division. It was like being part of a very large dysfunctional family and moving at hyper speed. Everyone was flying by the seat of their pants. I don't think the Children's book division, the original Scholastic, was as crazy.
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Michele K. Arnesen on
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P.S. I love the cover design of your book. Beautifully done. I love photography and have a lot of photography books. When you get a chance check out the book "In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss From An Unnatural Disaster."
http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?cart=125849002912...
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Permalink Reply by Michael Hemmingson on -
Thanks.
Patience indeed. I'm just used to my books coming out 6-12 months after I turn them in.
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