sold: Leaving Fortusa

[realthog]

 
I've just heard this morning that my "mosaic novel" Leaving Fortusa has sold (with the usual caveats about crossing the "t"s and dotting the "i"s in the contract) to Vera Nazarian of Norilana Books (aka norilanabooks). My notoriously ballbusting agent forwarded along to me the e-mail containing the guts of the offer, in which Vera remarked:

I've just finished reading LEAVING FORTUSA and it proved to be an amazing experience all the way to the end [. . .] Very complex, philosophical, mind-blowing, terrifying, in short, what the best science fiction should be.

The very last sentence was a profound WOW, and I think this is an extremely powerful book that should one day become a dystopian classic (I just hope not a self-fulfilling prophecy!).

Aside from a sneaky thought that this meant I already had my first cover quote sewn up (well, maybe not), it struck me that more publishers should learn to say things like this to the authors/agents of manuscripts they want to acquire. After reading Vera's comments I was prepared to agree to just about anything offered contractually! Fortunately, though . . .

I'll witter more about Leaving Fortusa in due course. At the moment I must finish off my Foreword to the Wimbledon Society Museum's edition of T.G. Jackson's Six Ghost Stories.

Comments

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Hooray! That's great news!

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Nick! I'm kinda thrilled, as you might imagine.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks! As you can imagine, I'm finding it pretty tricky to concentrate on this stuffy historical Foreword I need to finish . . .

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Never having had a novel published, I can only imagine!

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!

and nice to have such feedback and enthusiasm from the editor.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Lawrence!

"nice to have such feedback and enthusiasm from the editor"

You bet it is!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

This one's a bit special to me.

[norilanabooks.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful and significant work and I am honored and proud to be publishing it! :-)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

That's two of the cover quotes sorted out . . .

[norilanabooks.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[scottakennedy.livejournal.com]

Congratulation! That is a quote to bask in.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Scott!

"That is a quote to bask in."

And I'm basking, I'm basking!

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Wonderful news! A hearty congratulations to you, Paul! You must be floating six feet off the ground right about now.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, J!

"You must be floating six feet off the ground right about now."

Well, the best part of two metres, anyway. In my European fashion . . .

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

She has broken the first rule of being an editor, which is never to praise an author's work to his / her face.

Congratulations!

Love, C.

P.S. I forwarded your congrats to Vaquero.

We also got translation rights and royalty check in mail today for the Cuba book.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Charles!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"We also got translation rights and royalty check in mail today for the Cuba book."

Well, dang! Had we but known we'd have been in to NYC to bum free drinks off you . . .

"She has broken the first rule of being an editor, which is never to praise an author's work to his / her face."

And I cannot laud her enough for so doing.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Yay {{{{{{realthog & pds_lit}}}}}}! I'm so happy for you both! Cheers and cyber-champagne, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, kiddo!

[plattcave.livejournal.com]

Great news! Congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, John!

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Aw, hell, I break that rule all the time...
Many congratulations, sirrah.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thank you, young whippersnapper!

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

I'm not worthy, oh Master...

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I'm not worthy, oh Master..."

True.

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Should I go into the cave now, Master?

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

I am so happy for you, and it is thrilling to watch from the sidelines. Can't wait to see it in print!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, K! Your good wishes are very gratefully received.

Norilana are hoping to publish in October.