And allow me to unmangle the prepositions from the previous update, and refer to the work, of course, as "Noir is *the* New Black." On which note! This allows me to add that Doug and I have come across an upcoming anthology with the same title, which collects short noirish fiction from an African-American vantage point.
Thus, we may also be amending/tweaking the title in the story’s next incarnation (and while we’ve been batting ideas around, remain open to any salient suggestions!)
Hey, folks -- thanks for being part of "the few, the plucky few" (to riff of a certain other writer) who ordered early for "Noir is a New Black." Since the model here is to sell a small press initial print run’s worth of books *up front*, and we have about 36 hours left, we can soberly say we’re not going to cross this particular finish line, in this particular incarnation of the book.
However, Doug and I will be getting the story out elsewise, even if that doesn’t mean the "collected chapters all at once" form of what remains traditional book publishing.
And allow me to unmangle the prepositions from the previous update, and refer to the work, of course, as "Noir is *the* New Black." On which note! This allows me to add that Doug and I have come across an upcoming anthology with the same title, which collects short noirish fiction from an African-American vantage point.
Thus, we may also be amending/tweaking the title in the story’s next incarnation (and while we’ve been batting ideas around, remain open to any salient suggestions!)
cheers,
Mark
Hey, folks -- thanks for being part of "the few, the plucky few" (to riff of a certain other writer) who ordered early for "Noir is a New Black." Since the model here is to sell a small press initial print run’s worth of books *up front*, and we have about 36 hours left, we can soberly say we’re not going to cross this particular finish line, in this particular incarnation of the book.
However, Doug and I will be getting the story out elsewise, even if that doesn’t mean the "collected chapters all at once" form of what remains traditional book publishing.
Stay tuned, and thanks again!
--Mark