the wait never gets any easier.
turned in my manuscript a month early.
at first i don't even want to hear anything. i just want to enjoy being done.
but after a few weeks, i begin to worry. by week five, i've mentally put my house on the market and am moving in with one of my kids. i'm calculating how long i can be unemployed.
even if you're under contract, they can always turn down a book. i've seen it happen. not to me, but to others. and it usually begins with silence.
then i get the call.
the book is a fairly big departure, which is why i was so worried. they were trying to decide how to market it. dark suspense verging on horror.
breathe and smile
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- anne frasier
- Anne Frasier, USA Today bestselling author of Hush, Sleep Tight, Play Dead, Pale Immortal, and Garden of Darkness, has been recognized with numerous awards including the RITA and Daphne du Maurier for romantic suspense. Publishers Weekly says Frasier "has perfected the art of making a reader's skin crawl." The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls her a "master." She divides her time between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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thanks again, allen!!
i must warn you that quite a few people didn't like Before I Wake. but then a few people have said it's their favorite of the four.
thanks, jeff! i can't believe it won't be out for almost a year due to an earlier contract delay. but i had to rush the last three books. won't have to do that with this one. that will be nice.
allen,
this is kind of a weird situation because i'm hoping to write a sequel and i've already sent in the proposal for the second book. i don't normally write sequels or even continuing characters, but this book seemed to have more story than one book could hold. it will be really nice to have everything already established -- if they take it. BUT i will probably do a pretty heavy revision on the first book. I imagine that will take a month, maybe even two. i think it will mainly be fleshing out certain aspects of the story. to get back to your question, i usually have a new story formulating in my mind before the first is done.
Anne, you're scaring the crap out of me as I sweat over book two (which isn't due for a year)...
Anne, congratulations! Dark suspense verging on horror--my favorite. Now I have to wait a year? *flops head down on desk*
Well if you need an honest opinion, send me a manuscript :-)
I've been doing a book tracker list of the books I've read this year...458. I would consider me a book expert ;)
Good news, Anne!! Awesome, and good news for me I finally got my hands on a copy of SLEEP TIGHT. And yes, it was at Borders. =D
emom: that's not reading; that's addiction! :O
kelly: thanks, i hope you get some good news soon. i know you've been waiting too.
Thanks, the waiting surely sucks. ;D
Congrats, Anne. Being able to breathe is a good thing. Jer
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