big publishing news: book book book! (updated)

[jlundberg]

I've been sitting on some pretty cool publishing news for the last several months, but have been waiting until details were ironed out before I felt I could announce it here. Tonight, before the launch/reading for Ceriph issue no. 2 (which contains my story "Air is Water is Air," the first part of which I read to this packed audience at

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[michaeljasper]

Very cool, Jason!! Love the photo.

[jlundberg]

Thanks, Mike! :)

[carnwrite]

Congrats!

[jlundberg]

Thanks, Andrew!

[jlundberg]

Thanks, Deirdre!

[rudi]

Congratulations!

I like that you've got the Singapore focus--remembering the stories that I recognized from the TOC gave me an idea of what the feel of the collection will be, and I think it's going to have a really nice feel to it. Plus, I'm curious to see how the expanded stories expand. Such coolness! (Good thing we only have to wait until June...)

[jlundberg]

Thanks, Rudi! And it's not just the focus on Singapore, but on fantastic Singapore; "Air is Water is Air" didn't make the cut because there's no skiffy element in the story.

Yeah, I'm kind of astonished how quickly they're going to publish the book; even if I go back to September, when I sold it, it's still less than a year.

And to give you an idea, "Ikan Berbudi" went up to 2600 words, but "Dragging the Frame" expanded to 7500 words! I didn't realize I'd packed so much inherent story into those original flash pieces, but it turns out there was much more to tell!

[demonsismondo]

Great news! Congratulations.

[jlundberg]

Thanks, Mario!