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Reply Subj: It'll probably do you good. Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 at 08:35:13 pm EDT | |||||||
Quote: September? It's being shipped there by brigantine sailing schooner? Or printed on Alpha Centuri? We used to be able to transport bloody convicts over there quicker than that!I think it's coming round trip via Caph. If it arrives with a green-skinned beauty who wants to do my bidding I will keep her. Just saying. Quote: Quote: Shep is moonlighting as the Princess of Mars? Quote: Well, according to the artist, some guy named Diller, he reused a half-completed picture of one of the Caphans, but there's a strange resemblance to another person of our mutual acquaintance, as you can see from the cover. I reckon Shep got to him. I reckon she did. Okay - well after I get you to sign it, I'll track down that Diller guy to sign it, then I suppose I should also try to track down Sarah to sign it too. Sounds like quite the adventure really. Quote: I've had a Sir Mumphrey novel ready for a final proofread for a year now.I'm happy to make my proofreading skills available to you for free!  Quote: Alternately, I could go via a literary agent, who would negotiate something for me with a larger publisher; but many agents' contracts now include not only a percentage of book earnings (which is fair) but a percentage of earning from any future use of characters debuting in those books (which is not). I'm reluctant to get into the legal detail that a good deal would entail.Wow, I had no idea. That does not sound fair at all. Quote: Or I could set up a company and publish them myself. The technology's out there now and the set-up costs are manageable. Trouble is, that feels a bit like vanity publishing to me, even if it makes a profit, and I'm not sure I want the hassle about what is really just my spare-time hobby. Plus, promoting a book requires a lot of time, energy, and expertise. I'm just not that into "pushing" myself.You need your own Roni Y Avis style agent. Or not. | |||||||
