What fun! I think he’s done a great job with depicting the era of the 80s and the miasma of shenanigans his politicos of the time were up to.

I’m looking forward to getting a print copy. Good all ’round read, for sure.

Elle

Let’s hope that Steve J. does E big—which he might when he has Product ready and can admit that a few people still DO read.

I couldn’t agree with you more about royalty statements.

David

Seriously, with the right timing, yours might be the first “virgin” ebook I buy (that is, one I’ve not read in print).

Don’t know if you saw this grim post of mine:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/for-gods-sake-get-ebooks-going-steve-jobs/

It’d be great if Apple did get into ebooks and yours was one of the first offered at the iTunes Store. You’d have an immediate advantage.

Congratulations!

By the way, I know of another book that didn’t happen immediately—And Ladies of the Club. Helen Hoover Santmyer began ALOTC in the mid-1960s, using notes she’d written over the decades. She didn’t finish the novel until 1975, and it did not reach print until 1982. If you count the notes, then she took longer. If, however, you include the writing time, then maybe I beat her. Some information on ALOTC is here. Even when published, it didn’t become a best-seller immediately.

In both her case and mine, the big lesson is that publishing tastes come and go, and that writers should hang on in there. Back in the late 1970s, the managing editor or exec editor of Warner Books wanted to go ahead with The Solomon Scandals. Sure enough, Sales shot her down, and I’m damn happy. As a result, over the years, I put Scandals through a number of revisions, and it’s a much better book than if it had appeared back then.

Meanwhile, my continued best wishes to you on your own projects!

David

I hope your publishing experience is positive and that you have great sales.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com