January 2004
The book is sold!COUNTING HEADS to be published.
Open House at Marusek's cabin this Wednesday.
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(look at my list criteria at the end of this email). If I am
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Friends in fiction--
It's been a little over a year since I sent you my last novel update ( http://www.marusek.com/pages/novel-update-2.html ). That was way back in December 2002. At the time I was sending the novel manuscript off with tears of hope to my agents. Thirteen months of rejections later, I am thrilled to announce that last Friday (January 16, 2004), I sold COUNTING HEADS to Senior Editor David G. Hartwell at Tor, through my agent Ralph Vicinanza.
COUNTING HEADS will see the light of day! What a relief (to me at least).
As to details, I have few to share:
--I will have to cut the book into two books.
--This deal covers only the first book.
--It will come out in hardback and paperback.
That's it; I'll send another update when I have more information. For late breaking news, check my site at www.marusek.com .
Here's the approximately 10,000 manuscript pages that have gone into the current draft of the novel, photographed at the Open House on January 21, 2004.
#####################################################OPEN HOUSE
2105 Yankovich Road
Fairbanks, Alaska
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
from 5:00--8:00 PM
Please swing by my cabin to toast the sale of my first novel.
A copy of the manuscript, in all its verbiage, will be available for public viewing and astonishment.
Corks are flying between 5 and 8 PM.
If you live too far away to attend in realbody, feel free to drop an email or call me (907-479-0979) during that time (Alaska is one hour behind the West Coast and four hours behind the East Coast).
Driving Directions:
From Ballaine, turn left on Yankovich. At the bottom of the hill, slow down. I'm on the left, the little brown bungalow with a mustard yellow door. Next to the door is the house number.
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--You have sent me email about my writing
--I met you at a con
--I met you at a liquor store
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