And Now It Can Be Told

[handful_ofdust]

After my week of nuttin', honey, and my vague birthday plunge into what-the-fuck-have-I-done-with-my-life-ville, today is my seventh wedding anniversary, and...last night, I got some amazing, probably life-changing news:

ChiZine Publications (CZP) is buying A Book of Tongues, on the strength of Chapters One to Seven. I'm signing the contracts next week; they need a full manuscript by November. And whatever else happens, because it's CZP, I therefore know the cover will be brilliant.

So--today I jumped right back on the horse, and floored that fucker: 1,039 words into Chapter Eight, pedal to the metal. Because I guess I maybe don't suck. And I guess I also know what I'll be doing for the rest of the year.;)

Comments

[sovay]

ChiZine Publications (CZP) is buying A Book of Tongues, on the strength of Chapters One to Seven.

Congratulations! w00t! Sign me up for a copy!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Hells yeah! But order it direct--they've got a great delivery system.

[onemoreshadow.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Gemma. Now that you've got a publisher who wants it, I'm sure the rest of the work will come fly along.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

That's the hope. But yeah, I'm already seeing it start to open back up; I'm scared and excited as hell. Best way to be.;)

Congratulations!

[richardgavin.net (from livejournal.com)]

A very happy wedding anniversary to you and Steve, and my sincere congratulations on A BOOK OF TONGUES being snatched up by ChiZine Publications! This is excellent news, Gemma. Can't wait to read it.

Best,
Richard

Re: Congratulations!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Can't wait to write it.;)

[kmarkhoover.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Yeah, baby! Thanks.;)

[come-love-sleep.livejournal.com]

*dances for you*

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

*dances back. Looks bad, stops*

[bearystl.livejournal.com]

Yay! I can hardly wait!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

You're my core audience for this, fer sure.;)

[baggyeyes]

Because I guess I maybe don't suck.

Well, Hell. I could have told you that. But a *contract out on you tells you more. Heh.


*borrowed liberally from Stephen King.

Happy anniversary, and congratulations. :)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess I knew I didn't really suck. Just feels that way sometimes, particularly when I'm tired.;)

[happymorlock.livejournal.com]

Go, you!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's always good to have fun stuff to post, especially when you've just made new friends.;)

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Yeah, damnit!;)

[jsridler.livejournal.com]

Kick ass! Mucho congratis, Gemma!

JSR

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

It's amazing, no lie. The most incredible thing since childbirth.

[jplangan.livejournal.com]

Congrats! That's fantastic news! Can't wait to read it!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope it stands up.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. :) Congrats!

(And I must reserve mine tout de suite.)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Well, finish that revision and get Above out there ASAP, man! I want to be first on THAT list.;)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Heee. Thank you. :)

*is trying*

*kicks and weeps*

[glamberson.livejournal.com]

Fabulous news, Gemma I'm very happy for you.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You've been a great influence, I gotta say.

[glamberson.livejournal.com]

That's flattering, since you're a far better writer than I am.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Debatable. But it's your work-ethic I've always coveted, and that's the thing which really spurred me to finally pucker up, contort into a hideous posture, and start kicking my own ass.;)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

What wonderful news!

And Within Temptation--good for getting creative juices flowing.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes: Nothing like a good jolt of Gothy emo metal in the morning, says I.;)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Gothy emo metal with a nonnative English accent!!

[blubeagle.livejournal.com]

Yay!!! I am blissfully jealous. :+)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

It'll come. I have no doubt.;)

[rdansky.livejournal.com]

W00t! Congrats!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thank ya! And just think...only seven or so years since the first time I tried writing a novel.;)

[lonesome-crow.livejournal.com]

Sweet!! Congratulations! Very much looking forward to it.

And Happy Anniversary!

WHOOOO-HOOOOOO!

[agincourtgirl.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Also, belated birthday and anniversary greetings!!!!

(Still fatigued due to medicine, but will properly post tomorrow.)

((((((HHHUUUUUGGGGGSSSS))))) to you, Steve and Cal!

Re: WHOOOO-HOOOOOO!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it! Hey, and email me, huh? Love to chat directly.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Man, it's nice to be married at a time like this.;)

[benet.livejournal.com]

Hells yeah!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Yup! Great to see you, BTW.

[marythefan.livejournal.com]

Hey, how'd I miss this? Clearly I need to be more vigilant about keeping up with my flist. Reading back after seeing your latest entry, and DUDE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

And of course you don't suck!

(Also, belated birthday felicitations. The contract must have been a hell of a birthday present, huh?)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

It was, in fact, the BEST BIRTHDAY EVAR.;)

[autobotsrollout.livejournal.com]

Hooray that it sold!

(I know nothing about ChiZine. Is this SUPA-BIG or just biggish?)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Biggish, I'd say. The Chiaroscuro is a great webzine, and like I said, the product they've picked up/produced thus far at CZP looks incredible. Better yet, I retain mass-market rights, so if I want to try and sell it to another publishing house for paperback publication, I can. This worked out very well indeed for people like the chick who wrote The Drowned City.

[serialkeller.livejournal.com]

Late to the party, as per usual. Holy fuck, Gemma. You must be buzzing with excitement. I'm so happy for you-- you absolutely deserve this. As a lamewad who doesn't understand publishing-- what could this mean for you??

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

At the worst, it means I have an actual novel out there, published--and that's pretty good! But the big thing is being forced to finish this project, in a lot of ways...hopefully, it'll break the logjam in terms of longer-form stories, and open up a new phase of my career.