Red Mosquito

epilogue wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:That’s awesome. Any good insights to how she got her first publishing deal? Not asking for details, just curious if you’ve had that conversation with her.

It was a lot of factors. She finished her MFA in writing at the New School a few years ago. That put her in excellent networking position, obviously. Then there were two writer's retreats/conferences she attended where she met her agent and one of her editors. Then she finished the book, submitted to the agent, and the agent shopped it. Viking picked it up and here we are.

She's deep into her first draft of the next book now -- it's a ghost story of sorts, apparently. We're actually having drinks with her and her husband on Monday night. It'll be the first time we've hung out since my wife and I both finished the book. Can't wait to chat more specifics with her.

dad wrote:

epilogue wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:That’s awesome. Any good insights to how she got her first publishing deal? Not asking for details, just curious if you’ve had that conversation with her.

It was a lot of factors. She finished her MFA in writing at the New School a few years ago. That put her in excellent networking position, obviously. Then there were two writer's retreats/conferences she attended where she met her agent and one of her editors. Then she finished the book, submitted to the agent, and the agent shopped it. Viking picked it up and here we are.

She's deep into her first draft of the next book now -- it's a ghost story of sorts, apparently. We're actually having drinks with her and her husband on Monday night. It'll be the first time we've hung out since my wife and I both finished the book. Can't wait to chat more specifics with her.

is she also from KCMO, or did she get ideas from you?

seems all too coincidental now that the "deer" is out of the bag.

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:cant wait to get Heat 2.

I never read the first one.

VinylGuy wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:cant wait to get Heat 2.

I never read the first one.

Its a motion picture directed by the great Michael Mann, featuring Pacino and De Niro. The movie has cemented itself as one of the great classics of our generation, and influenced lots of artists over the year.

Its not a book. I repeat, there is no book.

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

But not the book?

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

But not the book?

No I heard there will be a book.

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

But not the book?

No I heard there will be a book.

dad wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

But not the book?

No I heard there will be a book.

but will there be a sequel to the book?

BurtReynolds wrote:

dad wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Mann already said the movie will happen.

But not the book?

No I heard there will be a book.

but will there be a sequel to the book?

Yes it will be called Heat 2 2.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.