I've been away for a little while. What have I been up to?
My manuscript is in the hands of the German editor of my friend Mike Shultz' novel. I met Carsten when Mike and I had lunch with him in NYC last August. I'm going to put my query process on hold while Carsten has the manuscript. With no prior writing credits, I think my query letter will look substantially stronger with a foreign publication on it. Just need it to be accepted.....
I haven't been doing much writing. Mike suggested I work on the sequel to Eternal Knight, but write it as a stand-alone novel. I like his idea and have been doing some outlining.
I have also been playing some EVE Online. It is a wonderful science fiction MMORPG set in outer space. I've been splitting my time between chasing NPC pirates and playing the commodities markets. In EVE 90% of goods are player-produced. This allows for genuine market activities to occur. I'd love to find a way to include aspects of the game in the teaching of my AP Economics class.
Off to fire up the engines on the Hussar, my Thrasher class destroyer. Or maybe I'll take the Adam Smith out on a trade run. I hear there are good prices for oxygen over in the Pator system.
A German editor? That's really cool! If he accepted, would it have to be translated, or is there enough English in Germany that it doesn't matter?
ReplyDeleteIt would be translated. Mike just went through the process and said it was pretty cool. One of his protagonists is named "Emerald". Emerald in German is "Smaragd". Both Mike and the translator agreed that this was not a very pleasant name for a young heroine and they changed it.
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