Only dipping into my mega-inbox every once and awhile, but this was sure good news to get! Hurrah and good luck with the edits!
Andrea Hairston 81 N. Main Street Florence, MA 01062 Phone: 413-586-2262 Fax: 413-585-3229 website: http://www.andreahairston.com MINDSCAPE, a novel by Andrea Hairston published by Aqueduct Press at http://www.aqueductpress.com/ >From: "Carole McDonnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com >To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Yes! x-posted >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:23:09 -0000 > >Hi all: > >Just a note to say that my novel Windfollower has just been accepted >by Juno Books. And my novel Daughters of Men also. > >Daughters of Men needs a whole lotta work --okay i haven't touched it >in about a year and a half. But Paula likes it a lot and is willing >to work with it. And she wants to divide it up into a trilogy, which >is fine by me because the subplots in the thing just go on forever >and there are four species of humans in trouble. > >But Windfollower is the thoughie. It's a might long for their list at >133,000 words and the editor gave me a choice of cutting it into two >or cutting 33,000 words. Well, I never pictured the thing as two >books. But 33,000 words is about 120 pages. I suspect some of those >pages will be easy to get rid of, seeing I've been told by an agent >that I tend to ramble in my scenes. But the other 60 pages will be >something of an adventure to cut. I can't really see it as two books >because nothing particularly fantastic happens in the first >half...and since we REALLYU REALLY REALLY have to work on making >Daughters of Men more marketable, I'd rather just work on >Windfollower as one book and get it over with quick. Besides it just >feels better as one book....as if that was what it has always >destined to be. > >Anyway, that's it. Oh yes, and she wants me to have a s*x scene in >it and was very kind to send me a very nice s*x scene. I also got a >s*x scene sent to me from another writer. It's a good thing hubby's >at work and the kids have half-day...all this eroticism sailing in >through my email. The sensual stuff I can deal with, and possibly >writer, but I suspect I'll have to avoid contortionist s*x. > >She's already put Windfollower on her publisher's catalog for April >2007. Off to cut. >-C > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
