Can't really say too much about the road trip yet, because my son and I are just about to depart.
But you may have already popped over to the five blogs (linked at the bottom) that are revealing the cover of Stick today.
Hope you like it.
Here's one more thing I'd like to say about Stick:
Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting up in my office, working on my latest novel, and my wife was downstairs reading an ARC of Stick. [Yes... it's true... I do not EVER let anyone in my family read my stuff until it is actually published. There's no point in it. Trust me. Attention all other authors out there: Stop letting your mates and offsprings read your stuff as soon as you hit the "print" button. They can't possibly know what they're talking about and they will lead you straight off the nearest cliff.]
Anyway, I heard her laughing. Out loud.
That's a good thing.
It would be something else, entirely, if she were reading The Marbury Lens. Then, I would think she's insane.
But Stick is a kind of human-being test, in my opinion: There are going to be parts of the book that will make you laugh (as evidenced by the spouse on the lower floor), and there are going to be parts of the book that... well... if you don't get at least a little choked up... then you're not a human, and you've failed the test.
Now... off to the endlessness of the Golden State Freeway.
Here, again, are the blogs revealing the cover of Stick today:
...more to follow, from Berkeley.
6 comments:
Enjoy your road trip. DON'T STOP AT CREEPY GAS STATIONS AND TALK TO PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW! HASN'T THE MARBURY LENS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT STRANGER DANGER?
I forgot to link to every body in my post. I should go fix that.
I've let my daughter read some of my writing before, because she wants to be a writer, but I won't let her talk to me about it. That may change one way or the other if I can actually get published. We'll see.
Enjoy the road trip. I bet the Golden State Freeway is multiple steps up from the freeways that traverse Michigan.
Will you share some of the road trip playlist with us?
Great news. Enjoy the trip. And we look forward to reading Stick!
I think I'm in love with the guy on the front cover of Stick. Can I have him?
stop by my blog, I'd love to give him some more "exposure"...
Up the dreaded 5, eh? In case you don't know -- and I suspect you do -- those are almond trees. Lots and lots of almond trees.
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