In its short little life, Keep This Quiet is having some drama. It started properly on preorder with B & N - high discount - went live for a day, then back to preorder.
Meanwhile, Amazon had rather bizarre information about its delivery time, then went live, then back to preorder. I understand why Amazon is having trouble getting the information, and that will be straighted out this week or (latest) Monday.
However, meanwhile, some review copies were put up for sale; the used ones sold, an...
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Publication Process Well Under Way
At last, it's decided: Keep This Quiet will first be a paperback. Then an e-book. It's being designed now and will be published around September 2011. The bumpy ride became bumpier in April, but the result is a beautiful design team and a book that's well on its way. Finished writing. Just now, the photography and packaging.
My Romanian publisher came back in on this leg. It's his press that will be the publisher, printing in the US. It's a small press, but it's been around a long time, and he ...
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Memoirs and Truth
We all know that Hunter stretched the "truth," while achieving greater truth. In reading about writing memoirs, it's dawned more and more on me how memoir writers are encouraged to make up conversations and scenes. This is a fine line, and from the start I didn't want to make up scenes or conversation. Also, I'm leery of memory.
Fortunately, I have many notes, letters, actual recorded dialogue. I hope it will be crystal clear that if I quote someone it's literally what the person said because ...
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