Peat’s Agent: “Now that we have a US sale, we can try to sell the book to other markets, as well.”Peat: “How’s that?” Agent: “I have sales contacts in the UK, and proxies who will sell to foreign language markets in Europe.” Peat: “No shit.” Agent: “Shit. All together, it won’t add up to the […]
Kvell
Yeah, so when I first go to sell my book, my agent is all like, “I just want to warn you, this is going to take a while. I am going to try and convince editors to move your book to the top of the reading pile, but still, it may be months before anyone […]
Did I Mention I Sold My Book?
Did I mention I sold my book, along with two as-yet-unwritten sequels, last week? No? Oh. Well, I will. Remind me.
The Origin of “Peat”
My rationale has always been that since my name is “Peter”, “Pete” is just a nickname, regardless of how it is spelled, and so I am justified in spelling it any way I want. When I was 13 or so, I wanted to encourage people to call me “Pete” instead of “Peter”. I also wanted […]
A Glowing Rejection
So, 8 days ago, my agent sent out 10 copies of my manuscript to the 10 major publishers that would be interested in a work of fantasy. Publishers like Del Rey, Roc, and Tor. Publishers who put out all the books I loved so much as a kid. I went down the list, and every […]