My latest Suvudu column, in which I discuss (read: rant and lecture about) the majority of modern "Lovecraftian" fiction, and how/why it’s really anything but.
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So, I’m about to start reading a book.
This, as you may imagine, is not the potential milestone to which the subject header refers. I have, oddly enough, read a few books in my time.
No, it’s the fact that this is an advanced copy of a book, that I’ve been sent because I’ve been asked–for the very first time in my career–to provide one of those little blurbs/cover quotes that you see on the back covers, or first few pages, of various novels. 😮 😎
Obviously, I can’t say what the book is, or who it’s for–but I will say that being asked to do a blurb actually feels really damn good. The idea that enough people may like my work for my recommendation to be worth seeking out… Well, it’s a really nice feeling.
I don’t know if there are any official markers on the road to "making it" as an author, but if there are, this almost has to be one of them, doesn’t it? 😀
So, I’m about to start reading a book.
This, as you may imagine, is not the potential milestone to which the subject header refers. I have, oddly enough, read a few books in my time.
No, it’s the fact that this is an advanced copy of a book, that I’ve been sent because I’ve been asked–for the very first time in my career–to provide one of those little blurbs/cover quotes that you see on the back covers, or first few pages, of various novels. 😮 😎
Obviously, I can’t say what the book is, or who it’s for–but I will say that being asked to do a blurb actually feels really damn good. The idea that enough people may like my work for my recommendation to be worth seeking out… Well, it’s a really nice feeling.
I don’t know if there are any official markers on the road to "making it" as an author, but if there are, this almost has to be one of them, doesn’t it? 😀
Ooh, what’s this? Mysterious, yet cryptic. 😎
More info to come. Stay tuned; same mouse-time, same mouse-channel.
Other than that, not much news to report, other than that I’ve finished the first draft on my current novel–details of which will also be forthcoming–and a reminder that you now have less than a week left to enter the Best of the Worst contest. If you’ve been delaying–don’t!
What would you say are some of the iconic/quintessential novels of steampunk? If you were recommending books to someone only passingly familiar with steampunk, who wanted a good window in everything the genre’s about, what books would you recommend?
So, rewrites and edits are completed–as is the aforementioned pronunciation guide. And that means that the current novel now has a fully finished, ready-to-submit first draft. 
Uh, other than the fact that I still don’t have a freaking title!!!!! 😯 😳 😮 😡
Excuse me while I go and bang my head repeatedly against a wall, in hopes of jarring loose some thoughts.
