In the mail....

[j_cheney]

Received:
a) Contributor's copy of Strange Worlds of Lunacy which included my short short "First Day Jitters". There's a wonderful illustration by Richard Svensson, which pleases me muchly. ;o) It's available from Lulu. I need to go update my web-page with all the linkery....just haven't done it yet. ;o)

b) Copy of Jim Butcher's first three Dresden novels. Must read.

c) YFOP from ROF, which brings me to a level 4 yellow/4 blue. Nice, but I'd still rather have a sale....or even a rewrite request.

d) Bills, junk mail, and catalogs (you really didn't need to know that)

Sent:
Box 'o books to Australia, for friend in Melbourne. Single-rate Priority boxes went up slightly today...in addition to all other American postage.

Note:
Fingernails are getting just long enough to interfere with typing. Blame all typos on that....

Comments

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the bills, junk mail, and catalogs. Whatevs on the contributor copy, YFOP, etc.

(uh, hold on...)

Nothing like an author copy to make one's day. ;)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

;o) (But I like the catalogs, too)

[spcpthook.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the contributors copy. Enjoy Dresden, although I think Jim improved drastically as he went. So you may find the first three not up to par with what you read...of course that's only my opinion and it's worth what you paid for it. Actually by the third one I was completely enthralled. First two not so much. Not saying they were bad. i wouldn't have kept reading. Actually I think it makes Jim a rare bird. A lot of authors I like their first couple of books and then can't force my way through the next couple. I'm up to ten dresden's, i think (might be eleven) and anxiously waiting the next one, which is going to be awhile.

On fingernails. Can't blame my bad typing on them as I hardly have any. I used to know a girl who had long fingernails all her life. She was an administrative assistant and could type 60 words a minute using the tips of two inch long fingernails.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I'm reading for mindfluff, so I'm not likely to be too critical. (I've also been told that about hte first book or two before, so no surprise).

The nails come and go.

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

Woot, contributor's copy.

I hate junk mail; get a couple of pounds a day.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Recycle bin...

[camillealexa.livejournal.com]

Wow. You guys are into advanced subiomancy!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I'm going for a degree inthe field ;o)

OK, he're the even more delicate info. So far, for each YFOP, the story has sold at the next market I sent it to. I'm being held on WFOP #3, so I'm praying the trend continues. (Haven't sent out YFOP #4 yet). How's that for overthinking things?

[justin-pilon.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the 4:4 ratio! (You're bound to get in eventually)

I sent a query for my novel out to Mr. Butcher's agent
Jennifer Jackson a while back and got shut down! Ouch!
:-'(

Haven't read his novels yet, but I'll probably give
them a shot.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't we all love to have arcaedia in our corner! (I would, at least).

They're not deep serious reading, which is about at my mentality level ;o)

[justin-pilon.livejournal.com]

I'll second that. She's awesome! I haven't given
up on her quite yet. I have another query to send out to her on my first book. Trying to get some magazine publication under my belt before approaching her again though...

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[(Anonymous)]

I can't wait to get my contributor's copy... Soooo jealous.

Cate
http://fright-fest.blogspot.com

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

It's really nice! I'm probably going to be buying several extra.