I guess anything can happen, and in that vein I’m happy to announce that I’ve just signed a contract for the release of my first ever novel, a Christmas book tentatively titled:
ChristmaSin’
(A Juliette Christmas Epistle)
The story is set back in 1972, and features some things that really happened back then, mixed together with some BS. I wrote it because I got so tired of syrupy Christmas books, and believe me, this one isn‘t. It has everything in it from cockfights to back seat romps to living (but dead) people, but I do try to end it with an appropriate Christmas message. It’s the most different thing that I’ve ever attempted to do literarily, and I sure hope people will like it.
I’ve signed for its release with Champagne Books out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tentative release date of the book is November of ‘09, and it will come out in electronic and traditional paperback formats.
Beyond that, I don’t know much else to tell y’all at this point. This is all so wild – my first three books are in the Library of Congress, and now I will have one in Archive Canada. Unbelievable.
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of me, and, for those of you who try it, I hope you’ll enjoy the book when it comes out!
E3
P.S. In case some of y’all don’t know, Juliette, Georgia’s one claim to fame is it’s the place where the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed.
Way to go Ed!! Happy that a talented guy like you has accomplished another book publishing, but I am not at all surprised.
Comment by dodiegirl69 — January 3, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
The Gumpian Odyssey continues through a Canuckian publisher. Break out the beef jerky, Canadian bacon, Lime-Aid and Molson’s (for medicinal purposes only, of course.) Congratulations Ed. I get points on any movie deal!
Comment by thepeopleswebmaster — January 3, 2009 @ 8:48 pm