From Library Journal, which is the third of the Big Three industry journals (the other two being PW and Booklist): ** Bauer (American literature, Coll. of William & Mary; The Well-Educated [...]
This week my assistant booked my first flight of the year, which means that the spring travel season is approaching (although it doesn’t LOOK like spring is near at the moment). As a matter [...]
Last night my agent sent me an email with a review attached–from Booklist, one of the other major industry review journals (besides Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal, which [...]
Last night, my agent sent me an email headed “Your PW review.” Naturally, I opened it. This went against all my best intentions. The problem with reviews is that they are sometimes [...]
Yesterday I got an envelope from Norton with the first review-type reaction to the History of the Ancient World. It’s a “Prepublication Alert” from Library Journal–not a [...]
The Great ARC Draw took a little longer than I expected, mostly because we had to print out all the comments and cut them apart by hand. I shamelessly bribed Dan and Ben to help me out, so they [...]
The drawing for ARCs of The History of the Ancient World will take place today at 5 PM, Virginia time. 206 entries, three chances to win. Check back in!
Today a big box arrived from Norton, filled with my ten copies of the ARCs–the Advance Reader’s Copies, otherwise known as galleys. These are paperback, bound copies of the first pass [...]
I’ve just finished giving six workshops in Modesto, California, at a very cheerful and well-run convention where every room was packed with people. Here are the Californians at my last [...]
Many thanks for the blurb suggestions below; I made a list of the names and sent them along to my editor. I’ll let you know whether we actually GET any raves for the back cover. I [...]
Before I get to the main matter of this post, here’s a reflection on the mysterious nature of heredity. From the Whiz-Bang Automated Chicken Plucker post, here’s my father, triumphant [...]
This morning I finished the outline for Volume II of the history series and sent it off. (Always odd to be planning for the next book while you’re still watching the previous one go into [...]
