Thriller Fest

Oooh Aaaah. Thriller Fest. I am seriously considering this one. What's cool about this convention is that you can get a day pass and just go for one day if you like. You don't have to buy the entire kit and kaboodle. I can't see me wanting to hang out with umpteen people for more than a day anyway.

I'm jazzed. I'm talking myself into it. Hmmm. Yeah.

I'll leave you with an entry from Nathan Bransford. I love this guy. He is so positive. A refreshing change from much of what you see and read in the current publishing market. Or any market, really.

But he thinks change is good, and I think he's right.

In the comments section of his blog entries a woman named Marilyn Peake comments that Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife, had her latest book, Her Fearful Symmetry go to auction and sell to Scribner for a nearly 5 million dollar advance. "She said that she loved the indie press that had published her debut book, but felt that, with only three employees, they wouldn’t be able to handle all that her new book would require."

No kiddin'.

But 5 million? Holy hell. I wouldn't know what to do with it. I'd probably stash all my cash in an account somewhere and just let it gather dust. Or shove the check under a mattress and forget about it. So much a creature of habit. I mean, 5 million? That's a lot of quid. You know? I have no idea what do with that kind of money. None.

Of course, the likelyhood that I'll ever have to worry about what to do with that much cash is pretty slim. So I guess I'm in the clear. Ha!

Okay, back to work. Two new scenes written. Several more to go.