Hugh Howey's Blog, page 124

September 10, 2009

NorLightsPress

How cool is this? My publisher and I are debuting at the same time. Just as my book is being released, the technical wizards at NLP have unveiled a new-look website.
The change is more structural than cosmetic. Which is good, because they already had one of the most pleasing sites out there. And I'm not [...:]
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Published on September 10, 2009 08:15

September 9, 2009

The One. The Only. The Publishing dynamo. Nadene Carter.

I was only three weeks into the querying process when I found my match. Her name was Nadene Carter and she had three qualities that put an end to my search.
1) She is a dynamo. A whirlwind of focused energy. Tackling several things at a time, she manages her schedule in a way that gives [...:]
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Published on September 09, 2009 19:50

The dissemination of Molly's saga.

Today, it finally hit me. People are going to read my book. Some of them will be people I know; some will be strangers. Frankly, I'm not sure which proposition terrifies me more.
As you read, if you have questions or comments, please feel free to post them in one (or all) of three places. In [...:]
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Published on September 09, 2009 18:25

September 7, 2009

Full-Circle

One of the first people (outside of my family) to read my manuscript was a creature I only knew as "Lizard" via the DreaminDemon forums. She heard I'd written a book. I heard back that she was an editor. She got a copy of the rough draft. I got back a work with a higher [...:]
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Published on September 07, 2009 20:03

September 4, 2009

The New Amazon Store

Well, now. Celebrating my inclusion among the 2,038,723,827 products on Amazon, I've created a store for my site. It's very nifty. Just click on the link over there on the left side. No, up a little. Down. YEAH! Right there! Click that link and you'll come to my custom-made store.
Right now it's just books, but [...:]
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Published on September 04, 2009 08:27

Uh. It's out.

Can you believe it?!
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Published on September 04, 2009 06:56