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johnny9fingersThe last two days there have been TV crew in TPA Studios.
G P Taylor (who wrote 'Shadowmancer') has been in interviewing authors for an upcoming Television series.
Really nice bloke. He's about the same age as me (born '61) and amongst other things has been in his time a PR person, a Policeman, and a Vicar. When He was a PR person (late 70's) he used to pop into TPA Studios and he may have been the reason that the TV company decided to do their interviewing therein.
When Mr Taylor was a Vicar his parish was in North Yorkshire. In fact he lived in the next Village to Hackness, where my bridge partner's parents live. Small World. We got on like a house on fire.
Now Steve, God bless his soul, then happened to mention that I'd written a novel a few years ago. So Graham (as I've been instructed to call him) told me the story of how he got started.
He wrote his novel, and then self-published it.
After that small (2500) first edition from Mount Publishing, the book was taken up by Faber whereupon it became a best seller.
So I immediately went on to ABE books to try to find a first (so I could get him to sign it etc) only to find the prices were ridiculous. In fact, the most expensive copy (hand corrected) was some $40,000. I showed this to him and he said: 'Oh, I gave that away.' He then promised each of us a copy as he still had a few left. Which was nice.
Yesterday, when I got in to TPA, during a break in recording, I thanked him for the previous day's advice, and told him I was investigating self-publishing costs. He asked me to hang fire for a bit as he is a director of another publishing house, and there may be no need to self-publish.
Picked chin up off floor etc.
It may come to nothing, but....you never know. Here's hoping.
G P Taylor (who wrote 'Shadowmancer') has been in interviewing authors for an upcoming Television series.
Really nice bloke. He's about the same age as me (born '61) and amongst other things has been in his time a PR person, a Policeman, and a Vicar. When He was a PR person (late 70's) he used to pop into TPA Studios and he may have been the reason that the TV company decided to do their interviewing therein.
When Mr Taylor was a Vicar his parish was in North Yorkshire. In fact he lived in the next Village to Hackness, where my bridge partner's parents live. Small World. We got on like a house on fire.
Now Steve, God bless his soul, then happened to mention that I'd written a novel a few years ago. So Graham (as I've been instructed to call him) told me the story of how he got started.
He wrote his novel, and then self-published it.
After that small (2500) first edition from Mount Publishing, the book was taken up by Faber whereupon it became a best seller.
So I immediately went on to ABE books to try to find a first (so I could get him to sign it etc) only to find the prices were ridiculous. In fact, the most expensive copy (hand corrected) was some $40,000. I showed this to him and he said: 'Oh, I gave that away.' He then promised each of us a copy as he still had a few left. Which was nice.
Yesterday, when I got in to TPA, during a break in recording, I thanked him for the previous day's advice, and told him I was investigating self-publishing costs. He asked me to hang fire for a bit as he is a director of another publishing house, and there may be no need to self-publish.
Picked chin up off floor etc.
It may come to nothing, but....you never know. Here's hoping.
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Date: 2007-06-06 05:57 pm (UTC)Finger's crossed. But I'm not counting chickens if you'll excuse me mixing my metaphors.
Thank you anyway, good wishes can't be bad, and I am extremely grateful.