Big News for Shattered and Like Glass
Alright, it’s been some time since I’ve posted anything here, but trust me: the wait was worth it. I’ve got some big news for you today, a couple of items, and they’re mainly what I’ve been waiting for before posting again.Before I start though, a quick FYI: the matthewcory.com domain is down for the moment. I’m working on getting it back up as soon as possible, but until then you’re stuck with this ;)
Okay, first bit of real news: Shattered is done. Well, the rough draft is, at least. It’s printing as I write this — hard copy is so much easier to edit. It’s a little shorter at the moment than I’d hoped for, but it ended where it was supposed to end. I’m sure it’ll shrink and grow during the editing process, so I’m not worried about it. Nevertheless, no more updates on Shattered saying “It’s coming along.” It’s a total of 38 chapters (or 37 and an epilogue; I haven’t quite decided yet), and I’ll be editing them chapter-by-chapter, so any updates should really have some kind of progress marker in them.
Anyways, that ain’t nothing. Here’s the real big news. Are you ready?
Like Glass has been picked up by Vanilla Heart Publishing and is tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2009 release date! You can check out my own page at their site by going to http://www.vanillaheartbooksandauthors.com/Writings.html (it’s at the bottom of the page). There you can find info on the book, links to a video trailer, and links to a Cafe Press store where you can get shirts and coffee mugs and all sorts of cool Like Glass gear. (I’ll soon have the links here as well; my brain’s still a little fried from my writing marathon today to finish Shattered.)
I’d like to give a big thanks to Mary Quast, a fellow VHP author who introduced me to them. I was actually giving up on trying to push the book when she contacted me, and I sent my query on a whim. Thanks Mary!
Trust me, there’ll be further news as events warrant, but for now I’m going to take a bit of a break.
Incommunicado or … Something.
Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve posted last. I have a semi-legitimate excuse: for some reason, my laptop decided it didn’t want to pick up the wireless signal from my router any more (and for a while it seemed it didn’t want to connect via a wire either). It’s not fixed, but I’ve stolen my wife’s ethernet cable for a while. Shh — don’t tell her ;)Anyways, I just wanted to drop a quick post to let anyone who may have been interested know that yes, we’re still amongst the living, and no, I won’t be posting regularly for a while. We’re still trying to get situated — still looking for a place of our own somewhere in the Sun City — and pretty much the only guaranteed internet access I have is at work.
Quickie updates: work is work, and it’s pretty fun (though exhausting) working with both Java and C#; nothing to talk about on the writing front lines, just one short story I started one night when I was bored and never did anything with; Patti’s got a new job (goodbye badges, finally!); the animals are miserable with the heat but otherwise everything’s pretty run-of-the-mill around here.
Need to run for some fathers day stuff (and, of course, a cigarette).
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