The Other Shoe Drops

[ahunter3]

On October 18, Janet Rosen, assistant to Sheree Bykofsky, wrote back to me to say that she had completed her reading of my manuscript and that although it was not without merit, this was not a project that Sheree Bykofsky Associates could pursue

Comments

[musicman]

Your persistence is admirable.

I agree - you need mainstream venues now, to expand your audience. The BDSM people were to warm you up (!) and help you get your legs going. Now you have to do the walk with the real people in the wider world. I surely wish I knew how to advise you on that.

[devifemme]

Dear Allen -- I seem to recall the "double-l-e" version of your name

[devifemme]

ps I got to meet Garry Trudeau with just such a gambit. Long story, I also got lunch with another hero, the former racing driver Alessandro diTommaso, then running Maserati. I also got to take one of his cars for a few laps around the racetrack...

[mallorys_camera]

Jay knows the current economics of publishing well enough to have married into the Hearst publishing dynasty, Justine! :-) Jest sayin'. :-)

[mallorys_camera]

Oh! I'm really sad to read this, Allan! I was really happy that you were going to be published.

Question: Do you think you have other books in you?

Reason I ask is because yes, it might be prudent to cut your losses on Q. (I'm assuming there are losses, but maybe not.) It's not uncommon for writers to publish their first manuscript after their second has found an audience. If you think you have more to say on the subject, or different things to say on the subject, or different ways to phrase the things you say on the subject, you might think about giving it a shot.

You probably learned a lot writing the first book. You could target the second one using some of the feedback you got with Q.

Just a thought.

[ahunter3]

I get this advice fairly often. It's as if people think my objective is to get a book published. It isn't.

[mallorys_camera]

I think you're making an incorrect inference. :-)

[ahunter3]

Yeah, I think I'm kind of touchy and irritable on the subject.

I do have a second book "in the works" but it isn't as central on what I think needs to be said. It would have decent entertainment value but not better than this one, and target audience would, if anything, be more limited. There's a third and fourth waiting in the wings but I don't have a lot of interest in writing them until and unless I get the first one (and probably first two) in print.

I'm inclined to give STORY OF Q a lot more time; if I can't find a way to get it published, I think Plan B is to go back and get a PhD, then write a theory book on the subject and get it published. That's a good 5-10 year commitment that would probably have to wait until my economic situation has changed. So I plan on continuing to hawk STORY OF Q for another couple decades at least.

[anonymous]

Liz Stebritz I am so happy you share these with us.

[ahunter3]

Allan Hunter It's wonderful to have friends and allies with whom I *can* share them! Thanks!