The book of my enemy has been remaindered
Aug. 5th, 2008 05:44 pmActually the title of this post is probably not true - there's nothing like conspicuous success for inspiring true enmity, I find - but it's still a good line. And the converse is absolutely true, that the book of my friend may be pre-ordered.
My talented and delightful colleage Daniel Fox - that's
moshui, to those of you in the know (read him! he posts about writing! not idiotic cats and cooking!!) - is publishing a fantasy trilogy with Del Rey, and the first of this, Dragon in Chains, may be pre-ordered now: from Amazon.com or from Amazon.co.uk.
Pre-ordering is good. It indicates demand; it makes the publishers smile; it makes the bookshops order more. We like this.
Also, you will like this book. How not? It has a dragon! In chains! Also armies and an island and pirates and paddy and fishermen and palaces and barricades and temples and stuff. Lots of stuff. Few come through unscathed, for such is the nature of stuff.
And a dragon.
My talented and delightful colleage Daniel Fox - that's
Pre-ordering is good. It indicates demand; it makes the publishers smile; it makes the bookshops order more. We like this.
Also, you will like this book. How not? It has a dragon! In chains! Also armies and an island and pirates and paddy and fishermen and palaces and barricades and temples and stuff. Lots of stuff. Few come through unscathed, for such is the nature of stuff.
And a dragon.