I have had an incredibly exciting week. First, I got the proofs for my novel A Spark of Heavenly Fire, but that wasn’t the most exciting thing that happened.
More exciting was finding out I’m a blurb on the cover of Suzanne Francis’s book, Heart of Hythea. Seeing my name on the back cover of a book really made me feel like an author.
Even more exciting was having Michael Palmer accept an invitation to be a guest on my blog. Yep, that’s right — the Michael Palmer, author of thirteen bestselling novels, is going to be on my blog tomorrow. Oddly enough for these cyber times, he’s never guested a blog before, so this is an historic occasion. Most exciting of all, he wrote the article just for me, rather than sending me one he’d already written.
I hope I’m not going against email ethics by making our conversation public, but our little discussion was interesting (to me anyway) and I wanted to share it.
My Sort-of Interview with Michael Palmer
Be sure to stop by tomorrow to check out Michael’s blog post.
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December 14, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’m thrilled for you, Pat. You’re making history. How kewl is that!
December 15, 2008 at 12:50 am
You are developing an amazing contact list! I’m so pleased that your proofs have arrived. I’ll be buying a copies of both books when they come out. (Any chance you will autograph them for me? Then, when you hit the big time, I can auction them on Ebay, har har…)
December 15, 2008 at 10:52 am
As long as you pay the postage, you’ve got it! (It would be cheaper, I imagine, if you bought them from me — that way you’d only have postage one way.)
December 15, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I chuckled when I saw your clever title. Keep up the great work!
December 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Christine, I’m delighted that you got my title. What else could I have called it?
December 16, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Hi Pat!
Long time no see! I haven’t had much time for internet surfing lately, too busy with family, work, and my own projects. I decided to drop in and wish you happy holidays, and see that you’ve gotten published!
Congratulatons!
December 17, 2008 at 10:10 am
Hi, No Man! It’s been awhile. How is your new writing project coming?
I’m not quite published yet — but I do have the proofs and am diligently correcting them. I’m hoping to be on Amazon by the end of the year.
March 9, 2009 at 1:17 pm
It’s going in fun directions — the plot kind of took itself over, so I really don’t have a say in the planning, I just watch my characters do random things.
Considering I carefully planned, wrote and edited “No Man an Island” for a decade, it’s a weird way for me to work, but I’m enjoying it.
http://gavinwilliams.digitalnovelists.com is the link if you want to see for yourself.