Well. While we're on the subject of blog surprises, I just (within the last few minutes -- literally) received notice from my editor that The Marbury Lens has been named to Booklist's Editor's Choice list for the best books of 2010.
I wish I had a link to share, but this is brand new fresh news that just went public. I'm sure I'll be seeing a link for it soon.
Maybe I'm going to need to use a smaller font on the index page of my website.
But, again, I am totally blown away by the reactions I've gotten to this book. I actually have been receiving fan mail from young people around the country -- and I'm, like, holy shit! I mean, I've gotten nice emails from readers on all my books (even just got one from a first-time reader of Ghost Medicine a few days ago), but they've never come so quickly after a book's release. I'm blown away because I never thought I'd put this book out, and then I kind of assumed that if I did, people would think I'm creepy and insane.
Which I may be.
Wow.
Thank you, Booklist.
4 comments:
Maybe the time of vampires has expired and creepy and insane has replaced them. ;)
Its funny how surprised you are but to those of us that have read it there is no surprise to its popularity.
Thanks, Connie. I'm always appreciative of the good readers out there who get it. Maybe people are growing up, too, like I am; maybe things are changing. One of these days (maybe soon) I will post a blog about the very mean comments from the few people out there who really don't get it (who probably don't get a lot of stuff). All for another day.
I just read Marbury.......I'm in awe....I spent my entire Sunday afternoon smoking...freaking (out loud to my best friend)and reading...reading...reading....I can't wait until the morning so I can take it back to my 11th graders and then... to hear their reactions! Thankyou most definitelu for one of the most original books I have ever read!
Alan,
Whoever you are... I love you.
Thank you. You can't even begin to know how much I needed to hear that.
Cheers to you,
Andrew
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