It’s been a long strange year. And it’s been a long, strange 20 years since I started Butterfly. Since then, we’ve invented gasoline, fire, Turkish delights, the mob, clip-on pants, and the NHL has still never figured out how to let their fans watch their games online when they really want to, legally. Butterfly became…
It’s been a while since I’ve queried any agents and, for some reason, looking out over a wild and wooly lake in County Kerry, I decided to have one last crack at getting Trip to the Quiet Room into the hands of an agent. Well, the tools agents are using are really excellent now… I…
So did you ever think, what would happen if I ever called that number for the butterfly ranch? It’s all a lark, right? Guerrilla marketing for a fictional service from a book that doesn’t exist in the real world yet that is struggling to ever see the light of day? It’s also, by…
What could Old Sturbridge Village be hiding back there? Could it be a new barn, housing a secret project, one that would change the game for historical theme parks? Was that screaming you heard from the old saw mill? Or was it the funny lights from the old cooper’s shop, well after closing time? …
Following on my last post, that ever hopeful sending off of actual pages to a literary agent, I was going through my submissions list when it dawned on me that I’ve been sending out packages to agents for Trip to the Quiet Room for a long-ish time*. For the curious (?), I use Tinderbox (yes, I…
I’m thinking I may need to re-think my strategy for submitting good old Trip to the Quiet Room to agents and publishers. I’m thinking of ditching the query letter altogether and going with pictures of cats reading books. Thoughts?
I figured out the key to selling Trip to the Quiet Room… I will be awaiting your call for the movie rights…
I don’t know if it has anything to do with our new residence in beautiful Dalkey, but it seems like something’s gone sideways, with our dear author-tracker: We’ll see if and when the storm passes, but here’s hoping our intrepid author (oh, me) gets back out on the field without serious injury. Dalkey is a…
I almost expected to see William Murphy, the protagonist of Trip to the Quiet Room, make an appearance in the trailer. Go check out the article at http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/ice-guardians-aims-to-honor-the-place-of-tough-guys-in-hockeys-history/. Obviously I think the enforcer character is an interesting one and it looks like this movie is an excellent exploration of that role. [No other…
I feel like I should get some credit for including at least three of the ten trending micro-genres, according to Audible.com. Trip to the Quiet Room is a story about an ex-hockey pro struggling with his retirement, possible post-concussion symptoms, family life after the daily grind of a professional athlete’s routine, and the explosion of a…