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I sent Blind Spot to the publishers (House of Anansi) just now. Now, I do my best to forget it, while I await an answer from them (they have seen 30 pages, wanted to see the rest … no guarantees, but it’s nice to get a call-back at least). I read through it over the past couple of weeks, cut out about 10,000 words.
And: now I can get back to work on Novel #2 - which, I am fairly certain, is a far, far better novel. Verging on half-way through it now.
best of luck to you Hugh! Looking forward to reading it.
Comment by Justin — November 3, 2006 @ 7:05 pm
you sure it’s a good idea to publicly state that you think the manuscript you just sent in is not nearly as good as the one you are working on? ;)
Comment by Boris — November 19, 2006 @ 9:43 pm
i think most publishers *expect* second book to be better. Like saying: someone hired me to build my first website. … but the second one is much better. it’s sort of a given.
Comment by hugh — November 20, 2006 @ 6:01 pm