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I thought I’d use the same title for this post as I did for my last write-up about Nowa Fantastyka. First, because I’m always late. Second, because it is indeed great fun to work with this team. The editor, Marcin Zwierzchowski, has become one of my overseas favorites. Who else would put Jeff Carlson alongside Matt Damon?
Admittedly, Matt gets a little more space on the cover than Jeff. That’s cool.
The October 2015 issue included their translation, into Polish, of my story Long Eyes.
Or… Nobody Ever Tells Me Nuthin’… 😉
Many moons ago, Audible bought audio rights to my short story collection Long Eyes. After signing contracts, that was the last I heard of it except to learn that the smooth-voiced Chris Snelgrove was producing and narrating. Sweet.
Way behind the curve as usual, I recently discovered these fun covers for the individual stories and essays.
There are many more!
Here are links for “Long Eyes,” “Exit,” “Planet Of The Sealies,” “Gunfight” and “Writing About The Apocalypse.”
Team Carlson had a killer set of holidays. Hope you did, too. Now that the madness is settling down, I’m back at work, which means almost-healthy-breakfasts of WAAAAAAAAAY too much coffee, yogurt, bananas… and cinnamon toast…
Sometimes it’s tough to focus on the real world when your brain is inside Europa.
THANK YOU to everyone who’s emailed to say “Where the heck is the third FROZEN SKY novel?” I love it. No question this book is woefully behind schedule.
I finally updated my official bio on this site and here’s the short explanation:
“Early in 2015, Jeff was badly injured while muscling a 400 pound rock across his back yard, which is a boring and stupid way to get hurt. (For what it’s worth, the rock is infused with the fossilized remains of 12 million year old mollusks; it’s an extraordinarily cool rock.) Doctors, X-rays, pills and physical therapy were painful and expensive. Worst of all, the injury was time consuming.”
The other factor is since FS2 was more of a novella than a full-fledged novel, and since FS3 will be the capstone of the trilogy, I want to go out with a bang, so FS3 has turned into a godzilla. When I’m done, FS3 may be almost as long as INTERRUPT, which is an epic novel indeed. That’s the good news. It’s gonna be a big crazy adventure. But it’s taken extra long to write!
Originally I’d planned to have FS3 out before Christmas. Now I’m shooting for Valentine’s Day? Maybe sooner? The first 475 pages of the book are complete and out to my beta readers, but I still have to pen the big finale.
This is what those 475 pages look like if you’re a tree-killing maniac.
(Yes, I always edit hard copy because I spend all day in front of a computer and print-outs help me see the story with new eyes.)
