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Published: September 6, 2007

My Awfulness…

In the last set of comments, Mr. Puddifoot called me out. He said that the book I displayed was actually a promotional cover slapped over the top of a plain-old copy of The Name of the Wind.

He was right. The photo was nothing but base trickery on my part, a deception born of my dark, tarlike heart. All I can do is ask for your forgiveness.

Believe me, if book two were that close to being done, you’d be seeing it on the shelves a lot sooner than July of 2008.

As a penance for my horrible tricksyness. I offer up the following:

First, a picture of the UK versions of the book. I just got these in the mail a day or two ago. I think they look pretty cool. Apparently over there, they release the hardcover and the trade paperback at the same time. Go figure.

(You can click the picture to make it bigger, if you’re into that sort of thing.)

Can you see the subtle difference in the two covers? I didn’t notice it while I was taking the pictures, only when I was posting them up here afterwards….

You know that the UK hardcover sells for 19 pounds? That’s almost 40 bucks. I guess I won’t cringe so much at the thought of paying 25 for a hardcover here in the states after this….

Also, I’ve got a new multi-lingual set of interviews for a website called Phantastik-Couch. Bringing my four years of high-school German to bear, I can tell you that this translates as “Fantastic Couch,” or quite possibly, “Fantasy Couch.”

They were nice enough to post the interview up both in ENGLISH and GERMAN, depending on which way you swing.

Back to revisions for me, and sorry about toying with your emotions yesterday. I promise it won’t happen again unless… Well, unless I think of something really funny.

Fondly,

pat

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Published: July 20, 2007

Working Under Deadline.

Just a brief set of announcements today, as I’m rushing to finish a draft of book two for my editor by tonight.

1. For all you geeks and gamers out there out there, I’m going to be attending GENCON this year. I used to go all the time back when they held it in Milwaukee, but when they moved it I was pissed and quit showing up.

But now my years of sulking are at an end. I’m heading back and this will be my first time attending in Indianapolis. I’ll be doing some panels, workshops, and signings. Maybe even playing a game or two. More details will follow later, when I have more time.

2. I’ve been crazy busy lately, so if I haven’t responded to your e-mail, it doesn’t mean I don’t love you. It just means that I’m waiting until I have a little free time.

3. I’ve put up the beginnings of an FAQ over here on the contact page. There will be more questions added in the future.

I’m also thinking of adding an IAQ for Infrequently Asked Questions. Such as “Do you like curry?” and “Do you know where I can buy a soccer ball?” (Yeah, those are real questions I’ve been asked so far.)

4. I did an interview for Ezzulia.

If you just clicked on it and are worried you can’t read it, relax. You’re not having a stroke. The interview is in Dutch, as the Dutch translation of the book went on sale about a week ago. I feel so international.

Lastly, I’m doing a book signing a week from now, on July 28th, here in Stevens Point. It’s at the Book World on Main Street from 1:00 to 3:00. Feel free to stop by if you’re in the neighborhood.

Later all,

Pat

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Published: July 14, 2007

Something cool…

Look what showed up in the mail today…

Please note that this is the sort of art that you’re NOT supposed to bend. Vehemently not.

It makes me wonder if what sort of person would need to have the not underlined to get the point across. I shudder at the thought of a postal carrier that gets one of these and just skims, reading for the gist of it. “Art… please…. bend….” Then shrugs and does as he’s told.

Anyway, on to the cool part….

It’s the original artwork for the map in the UK version of the book. The artist was cool enough to give it to me. I’m tingly with geeky joy.

Now that I’ve posted this up, I wonder if it’s okay for me to show this before the book comes out.

Hmmmm… I think I’ll just assume it’s cool and leave it here until someone asks me to take it down….

pat

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Published: July 9, 2007

The UK cover of the book….

For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the UK cover of the book.

Look at me. I’m all viney.

The book won’t be released until September over there, but apparently the rumormil is already working overtime. I’m excited to see how well people will like it over there….

pat

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Published: June 19, 2007

How cool is this?

Okay. I’ll admit it. I was googling around about my book, and look what I found:

It’s the cover for the Dutch version of the Name of the Wind. Personally, I think it looks cool as hell.

I don’t read Dutch, but I can almost piece together what they’re saying on the publisher’s website. If you’re curious, the page is over here….

Later,

pat

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Published: May 11, 2007

3 – 2 – 1 Contract

So for the last couple months we’ve been selling the foreign rights to the book. And by “we” I mean my agent and his compatriots. My contribution usually amounts to listening to the offer, then asking, “Is it a good offer?” They explain to me why it is, in fact, a good offer. Then I say, “Okay, let’s do it.” Yet another example of why it’s so important to have an agent you can trust.

More recently, the contracts have been coming in. It’s a new and exciting world of me not really knowing what the hell I’m doing. You know those reading comprehension tests you took back in high school where you had to read a passage and then answer a question? These contracts are like that, except instead of a low SAT score, I’m worried if I don’t pay attention someone will slide in some a clause that gives them the legal right to one of my testicles or something.

This is the most recent contract to show up, the Russian one….

I’m not exactly sure what they use for money over there. Rupees or something like that. Regular money would be nice so I could pay off my credit card debt, but once these contracts go through, I’ll be able to buy a better shield and stock up on arrows. If I have enough left over after I’m done with that, I might buy a blue potion, too. Just to be safe….

Later all,

pat

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