Dear Backers,
It's 1:36 AM, but I feel like I have to tell you about some seriously exciting news that has come my way.
First and foremost, I have found an editor. He's from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, one of the most reputable publishing companies in the world, and will be working as a freelancer to make the novel as good as I think it can be. In addition to starting his own literary magazine, he has worked for Dave Eggers' McSweeney's and Chad Harbach's N+1, two of the best authors of this generation, and without going into too many specifics, this guy is an all star and I'm honored to be working with him.
Second and second most, just today I was interviewed by a woman from Writer's Digest who is interested in Inkshares and my experience throughout the process. People are starting to talk about the Inkshares model, and this is directly because 232 of you supported me.
Last but not least (and the news I'm most giddy about): thanks to Slim and The Beast's successful funding campaign and a friend named Peter Walsh, I will be interviewing Scottie Pippen and Carmelo Anthony this weekend at one of the world's biggest streetball tournaments. If you don't know who these guys are, they are NBA superstars, and Scottie Pippen is a living legend. I won't go into specifics about who I'm writing for -- what the hell, it's SLAM magazine -- and I'm incredibly excited, not the least because I may be able to spread the word about Slim and The Beast.
It's jarring how quickly life can change, which is why it is so important to remember where things started. Thanks to all of you things are starting to happen fast, which is why I wanted to send a quick message and slow down. The notion that I could say too much is also a new thing for me, but part of backing the novel means you deserve to know what is happening.
It's 1:36 AM, but I feel like I have to tell you about some seriously exciting news that has come my way.
First and foremost, I have found an editor. He's from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, one of the most reputable publishing companies in the world, and will be working as a freelancer to make the novel as good as I think it can be. In addition to starting his own literary magazine, he has worked for Dave Eggers' McSweeney's and Chad Harbach's N+1, two of the best authors of this generation, and without going into too many specifics, this guy is an all star and I'm honored to be working with him.
Second and second most, just today I was interviewed by a woman from Writer's Digest who is interested in Inkshares and my experience throughout the process. People are starting to talk about the Inkshares model, and this is directly because 232 of you supported me.
Last but not least (and the news I'm most giddy about): thanks to Slim and The Beast's successful funding campaign and a friend named Peter Walsh, I will be interviewing Scottie Pippen and Carmelo Anthony this weekend at one of the world's biggest streetball tournaments. If you don't know who these guys are, they are NBA superstars, and Scottie Pippen is a living legend. I won't go into specifics about who I'm writing for -- what the hell, it's SLAM magazine -- and I'm incredibly excited, not the least because I may be able to spread the word about Slim and The Beast.
It's jarring how quickly life can change, which is why it is so important to remember where things started. Thanks to all of you things are starting to happen fast, which is why I wanted to send a quick message and slow down. The notion that I could say too much is also a new thing for me, but part of backing the novel means you deserve to know what is happening.
Although it's still early in the editing process, the hope is Slim and The Beast will be in your hands before 2015. Inkshares takes its job very seriously, and most publishing houses can take up to nine months to publish from the time they receive a manuscript.
Anywho, that's all for now because I have to go to bed. It's both great and humbling to be excited about all this news because in the grand scheme of things these are very small advances. But you're all a part of Slim and The Beast and hence a part of my life, which is why I wanted to keep you in the loop as things progress.
Anywho, that's all for now because I have to go to bed. It's both great and humbling to be excited about all this news because in the grand scheme of things these are very small advances. But you're all a part of Slim and The Beast and hence a part of my life, which is why I wanted to keep you in the loop as things progress.
S
Howdy folks,
Quick update from covering Paris' World Streetball Championship: it was awesome. The sun was hot, the basketball was entertaining, and while I didn't meet Carmelo Anthony (he cancelled his interviews), I was able to meet Scottie Pippen. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't intimidating, what with meeting a childhood hero/being in a press tent full of people who thought I was a legitimate journalist for a "1 on 1" interview, but the seven minutes went swimmingly and I made a joke about Bill Laimbeer for all you b-ball fans out there (Scottie said he was never afraid of him).
On the novel side of things, I have found a great editor who is helping make this novel as good as I know it can be (as I think I mentioned he's from Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The deadline for the editing stage is October 1, which means Inkshares and I are hoping to have the book out for Christmas.
It's an exciting time and this is all because of you. Below are links for the article I wrote for SLAM, as well as my "medium" link, which for multiple reasons has become preferable to my blog. Of course I have Twitter and all that other digital jazz, but I want to make sure I'm keeping in touch with the people responsible for any future success, i.e. all of you.
http://www.slamonline.com/other-ballers/streetball/game-paris-quai-54-world-streetball-championship/
https://medium.com/@slbfiction