Bravo Zulu, sailor. We have the watch. You stand relieved.
Posted by Myke, on August 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 am
Great! Wonderful news! Now you definitely need a rest.
Posted by edifanob, on August 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Wonderful, now you can send it to me lol.
Great work Peat, have some rest you deserve it. 🙂
Posted by Dwayne, on August 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 pm
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!
i just finished reading the painted man (got it as a birthday gift from my bro) and absolutely loved it! can’t wait for the desert spear to come out. i’m in india and i really really hope the book gets released here too ~fingers crossed~
Posted by Shaila, on August 24th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Hi Shaila! Glad to hear you liked the book. My UK publisher, Harper Voyager, has English language distribution in India, so all the books should come out there more or less the same time they do everywhere else. I’d like to get a Hindi translation someday too, but nothing in the works yet.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Desert Spear was three years of my life. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.
The agony! Close to finishing The Painted Man, and was already planning on getting The Desert Spear (it’s advertised on the inside front cover). But it’s only just finished! The minutes will seem like years til it’s release 🙂
Great concept, great book, can’t wait for the next one.
Posted by Ben, on August 24th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Congratulations CHAMPION!!! Stoked to hear it!! Always happy to hear of anyone finishing a draft – and now I have to wait all day to get home and use your inspiration to continue chipping away at my own…
Looking forward to reading it
Posted by Damien, on August 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
So is this the final rewrite? Or does further editorial scrutiny await?
Posted by Chantal, on August 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
(P.S. WELL DONE!)
Posted by Chantal, on August 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Hi Chantal. I’ve learned in publishing to never use the word “final”, but the creative work is all done. All that’s left is the copyedit, where we niggle and argue over punctuation and word usage.
Fantastic news mate, can’t wait for it to hit the shelves here in Australia. FYI your book is currently taking the Australian Army by storm! Been “overseas” for the last 8 months and happy to report that a lot of the boys in my unit bought your book and thought it was fantastic. Helped keep the boredom and homesickness at bay during our downtime. Thanks for all your hard work on the Painted Man, it was appreciated.
Posted by Tails, on August 25th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thanks, Talis! Good to know the Australian Army is on my side, I’d hate for it to be the other way around. If you or any of the boys in your unit want to send pictures of yourselves with the book overseas (or sitting on a tank on base, or whatever), I’d be delighted to post them on the blog. Thank you for your service.
That is a great news! I liked ‘The Painted Man’ and I hope ‘The Desert Spear’ will be great too! Poland is waiting for second part 🙂
PS. My mom is close to finish your book, she’s delighted!
Greetings
Posted by Patryk, on August 25th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
can we have it now i dont whana wait till april =[
i just finished painted man today was almost late to work reading! best book i have read! can wait for the next one!
Posted by Carl Garnett, on September 7th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Cant* wait (sorry)
Posted by Carl Garnett, on September 7th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Gutted to discover I have to wait ’til April for Desert Spear. Really enjoyed The Painted Man and am reccomending it to anyone who’ll listen. Finding such a good read is rare. No pressure but I hope there will be many more from you.
Wishing you all the best, Debbie.
Posted by Debbie Evans, on October 16th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Thanks, Debbie! The Desert Spear is with the publishers now so no worries there, and I’m hard at work on The Daylight War, as well as some other goodies like the Arlen short stories that will be appearing in the books from Subterranean Press.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PEAT!
Enjoy your rest.
😀
Bravo Zulu, sailor. We have the watch. You stand relieved.
Great! Wonderful news! Now you definitely need a rest.
Wonderful, now you can send it to me lol.
Great work Peat, have some rest you deserve it. 🙂
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!
i just finished reading the painted man (got it as a birthday gift from my bro) and absolutely loved it! can’t wait for the desert spear to come out. i’m in india and i really really hope the book gets released here too ~fingers crossed~
Hi Shaila! Glad to hear you liked the book. My UK publisher, Harper Voyager, has English language distribution in India, so all the books should come out there more or less the same time they do everywhere else. I’d like to get a Hindi translation someday too, but nothing in the works yet.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Desert Spear was three years of my life. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.
The agony! Close to finishing The Painted Man, and was already planning on getting The Desert Spear (it’s advertised on the inside front cover). But it’s only just finished! The minutes will seem like years til it’s release 🙂
Great concept, great book, can’t wait for the next one.
Congratulations CHAMPION!!! Stoked to hear it!! Always happy to hear of anyone finishing a draft – and now I have to wait all day to get home and use your inspiration to continue chipping away at my own…
Looking forward to reading it
So is this the final rewrite? Or does further editorial scrutiny await?
(P.S. WELL DONE!)
Hi Chantal. I’ve learned in publishing to never use the word “final”, but the creative work is all done. All that’s left is the copyedit, where we niggle and argue over punctuation and word usage.
Good times.
Fantastic news mate, can’t wait for it to hit the shelves here in Australia. FYI your book is currently taking the Australian Army by storm! Been “overseas” for the last 8 months and happy to report that a lot of the boys in my unit bought your book and thought it was fantastic. Helped keep the boredom and homesickness at bay during our downtime. Thanks for all your hard work on the Painted Man, it was appreciated.
Thanks, Talis! Good to know the Australian Army is on my side, I’d hate for it to be the other way around. If you or any of the boys in your unit want to send pictures of yourselves with the book overseas (or sitting on a tank on base, or whatever), I’d be delighted to post them on the blog. Thank you for your service.
That is a great news! I liked ‘The Painted Man’ and I hope ‘The Desert Spear’ will be great too! Poland is waiting for second part 🙂
PS. My mom is close to finish your book, she’s delighted!
Greetings
can we have it now i dont whana wait till april =[
i just finished painted man today was almost late to work reading! best book i have read! can wait for the next one!
Cant* wait (sorry)
Gutted to discover I have to wait ’til April for Desert Spear. Really enjoyed The Painted Man and am reccomending it to anyone who’ll listen. Finding such a good read is rare. No pressure but I hope there will be many more from you.
Wishing you all the best, Debbie.
Thanks, Debbie! The Desert Spear is with the publishers now so no worries there, and I’m hard at work on The Daylight War, as well as some other goodies like the Arlen short stories that will be appearing in the books from Subterranean Press.