Bad News From America

Got an e-mail from my agent saying that Ace has decided to pass on The Pale Summer. The word from my agent is “they found the exotic setting problematic for their market.” I take that to mean the fact that it starts in Singapore, goes to Rome, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and other ports of call made it too unpatriotic or something for American readers. Oh well…

On the other hand, I spent part of the day standing on a desk putting up posters of videogames and playing more Star Wars: Empire At War, and somewhere in there, a couple of articles got written too.

In the meantime, the book will now head for its second destination, Tor. They’re the biggest publishers in Fantasy and SF, but unfortunately, the last time my agent sent a book to them it took them over two years to say “No.” He’s telling me this time around that’s not gonna’ happen, and I’ll take his word on it.

Guess for now I’ll just start putting more thought into that next book. Time to get serious about my first children’s novel, Lost In Loveless.