by RC_of_Doom
...Tom Sharpe, in his wickedly funny 'The Great Pursuit', really has to be the definitive, and far from being as Panglossian, word on the whole business(?) of writing.
I advise everyone who has ever thought of taking up a pen or a keyboard to read it and enjoy it - even if you'll never be a writer!
traci
I have looked all over and found mere blogs containing some of your other essays now available on literotica.
"A Pius Man is a high-octane tale of espionage, murder, and the dirty secrets that make history. It’s also the first novel from an author who hasn’t yet signed a contract to pin down his pen name. Call me John. Watch this space for news on the book"
..is this the book?
You have done a good job of self publicising I must admit. I look froward to reading the book.
God that is a bummer about the star trek novels though.
I struggled and struggled and finally sold a short story to Asimov. Great. Second story came easier. Since I was a Penthouse reader (yeah, you know what that means) I saw that Bova had his own mag. And was paying more, especially for (ta da) published authors. I sent the manuscript in and got a call a week later with a verbal offer for not only that story, but another in the same "universe". I said sure and suddenly a check showed up for almost twice what I was expecting for the story. I hammered the next one out in two weeks, three of my fans read it, marked it and I sent it in. And had another check in two weeks.
Then my life went to hell. Ben calls. BEN! Can you write a novel with this? Sure. How long? Gotta figure how what to do. A year, maybe? Can you get me a draft in 6 months? Ahhh. Okay, how about 8? Um, sure.
Now I was naive about the publishing and didn't have anybody covering my ass. He didn't even talk about money. I figured "novel = four short stories" Right?
Oh year, RC, you know what that means.
Still working on the draft.30+ years later. And two books later.