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| Oh no: writing the book is JUST the beginning! |
(What, you missed it? Scroll down—you're not getting off that easily! This is a big deal.)
The bad news? I've hardly been out of the cockpit of my computer command module since.
Besides posting the review to every virtual cork board I could think of, and fielding congratulations and good wishes from my generous friends, readers, and supporters, I've started getting phishing-type emails from businesses wanting to sign me up for their services.
Like the email with the tantalizing subject: "Film/TV rights" (what, Spielberg is calling already?) which turns out to be an invitation to list any available rights to my book on their website. Or the form letter from a NYC publicity firm hoping to enroll me as a client.
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| Also, handing out ARCs, one book at a time! |
Meanwhile, my real-life PR team at Thomas Dunne Books (who are doing a bang-up job, btw; how do you think I got the PW review?) are making all sorts of interesting suggestions—like a 1000-word essay to be pitched to the Author's Note page in the (ulp!) New York Times Book Review. Daunting? You bet. But I've hammered out two-thirds of it so far, and it may not be entirely moronic. Not sure yet. We'll see...
Still, all of this comes not two weeks after I had just start noodling around with an idea for a brand new fiction project. Which brings the grand total of current works in progress (WIPs) up to three. In various stages of completion, from fledgling, wraith-like idea, to half-a-novel-in-search-of-a-plot, to within spitting (maybe gasping) distance of the finish line.
Not to mention two more complete manuscripts ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public—as soon as I can find an agent who loves them as much as I do.
But, hey: One book at a time. That's our mantra here at the Fiction Addiction Help Center.
(PS: Like Alias Hook of Facebook and I'll be your BFF!)
Time to start the official Lisa Jensen fan club!
ReplyDeleteOkay, Nora, as long as there are no dues, rules, or by-laws!
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