This news is only tangentially related to Star Trek, but I’m thrilled to announce that I have just sold my first novel, Fair Coin, to Lou Anders at Pyr! Lou has some history with Trek, and it’s very likely that one of my favorite episodes of the original series may have influenced some elements of the book. It’s young adult speculative fiction, but I don’t want to divulge too much about the plot right now; however, I think I can safely say that some of our re-watch community here will get a kick out of it when it’s published. And who knows, perhaps one day a careless starship crew will leave a copy of my novel behind on an impressionable planet and inspire a whole new way of life. What an awesome responsibility. I accept it gladly.
There’s a little more information over at my author website.
GO EUGENE!!!!! Yeah!!!!
If you’re going to be responsible for a society, though, you might want to check the Paramount costume closet first. Otherwise you wind up with orange plastic placemats.
Most hearty congratulations! I am so very happy you.
Congrats, Eugene!
I should suggest that you give your day dream a little more thought because the suggested outcome – with that link and picture – along with it being a work for young adults brings to mind that old movie Bugsy Malone. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074256/
Do you want to go there?
Being Serious now. Congratulations Eugene. I’ll watch for it to hit the stores.
Thanks, everyone!
@1 Torie
Apparently some people liked those placemats.
@4 Ludon
Scott Baio as Bugsy Malone? What? I’ve never seen that, but now I’m curious…
@5 Eugene
There is a reason you’ve not seen it – it was a bad movie. It makes Newsies look like a great movie. (Though, I must confess that I have a fondness for Newsies because I was a newsie in my teen years.)
Bugsy Malone is a great movie. (In the “great” equals “WTF?” sense.)
Congrats, Eugene!
Oh, hey, wonderful news, and well-deserved. I look forward to news of further publication! :)
and “it was the worst of times.” A publisher just passed on my novel.
Stil happy for you Eugene!
Ack! Sorry to hear that. I’ve had many “worst times” like that, believe me. Stick with it!
I will, I just couldn’t resist the other half of the quote when the rejection came in so soon after your good news. :)
Congratulations way after the fact! I look forward to seeing it on the bookshelves.
@13 Toryx
Thank you!