"We degrade Providence too much by attributing our ideas to it out of annoyance at being unable to understand it."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
A while ago I told you I’d come to an agreement with a publisher, and promised more details to come. Since then I’ve been silent on the subject, and you’ve doubtless assumed that a) I’m delusional, or b) the deal had fallen through.
In fact it simply took a while to work out the details.
Yesterday I signed a contract with Nordskog Publishing of Ventura, California to publish the next volume in the Saga of Erling Skjalgsson. The book is titled (for now) West Oversea, and it ought to be released in very early 2009.
Nordskog is a new publishing house with only a handful of books on its list so far. I’ll be one of its first fiction authors. I hope that this will enable them to give my book more attention in terms of promotion and distribution than has sometimes been my experience in the past.
I’ll keep you posted as the process continues.
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Comments on "Announcement":
4. Rev. Paul T. McCain
- 08/19/2008 7:48 pm EDT
Hooray! I can't wait to pick up the story again. Congratulations!!!
8. Will Duquette
- 08/19/2008 11:13 pm EDT
You sent me a review copy of The Year of the Warrior...but you won't need to send me a review copy of the new one, I'll buy it myself.
9. Kevin Holtsberry
- 08/19/2008 11:49 pm EDT
I had better get started reading the series then. It has been recommended to me on a number of occasions.
Congrats.
12. Lars Walker
- 08/20/2008 7:00 am EDT
Thanks to all of you. We haven't discussed review copies, but I certainly hope we'll be doing that.
16. Roy Jacobsen
- 08/20/2008 9:34 am EDT
Woot! You da man! Erling and Aillil, too, of course. Looking forward to reading more about them.
17. Lars Walker
- 08/20/2008 10:03 am EDT
Yes, Erling and Ailill, with a special guest appearance by Leif Eriksson himself, the most famous Viking ever!
And for you saga buffs, we'll also be seeing Snorri the Chieftain, Olaf Peacock, and the chief characters of Laxdaela and Eyrbyggja sagas.
20. Lars Walker
- 08/20/2008 4:05 pm EDT
There are no republication plans at the present time. If the book sells well, then who knows?
In other words, buy several! ;-)
21. Phil
- 08/20/2008 6:08 pm EDT
You know, I've been thinking of design new (mock) covers for Lars existing books. Appeal to the chick-lit market, literary readers, etc.
25. Robert Treskillard
- 08/28/2008 7:59 am EDT
Congrats, Lars! Got my computer back up and just read the news.
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Congratulations!