Comments on: Almost Forgot to Mention . . .

By: Kira

Kira — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:14:51 +0000

Ah. It’s a prequel.

The part I didn’t get was about it being optional. Won’t my perception of Glenda and the others be colored by this prequel I read?

I suppose it’s consistent with what I’d have gotten out of the book, but don’t I have privileged information?

By: CrankyOtter

CrankyOtter — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:25:58 +0000

I coulda gone another couple years without thinking about that… I did the same thing, as far as imagining 40 years pre-me rather than 40 years ago which is only marginally pre-me. sigh.

By: gin

gin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:21:39 +0000

Just wondering — who did the book trailer? I just saw it at SBTB.

I loathe book trailers generally. Especially the ones that have moving elements. But I liked this one; the movement worked somehow, with an intrinsic value beyond simply “movement catches your eye.”

By: CrankyOtter

CrankyOtter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:45 +0000

Good thing you had that media training to remind you of stuff like promoting your book.

Thanks for the link too. I’ve been re-reading my crusie-mayers and enjoying them.

By: Flamingo Cherry

Flamingo Cherry — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:23:37 +0000

Eeeexx-cellent!

By: Meredith B.

Meredith B. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:27:59 +0000

You do not need a good reason to buy a book. The book is its own reason.

By: inkgrrl

inkgrrl — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:11:16 +0000

WOOHOO!

By: BCB

BCB — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:05:38 +0000

Actually, I said it was excellent. And it is. I might even print it out and paste it into the front of my copy of WILD RIDE . . . sort of like a– never mind.

And I wasn’t upset about the email signup with Macmillan. They’re a publisher, for godsakes. They sell books. Not like they’re going to suddenly start sending me email about products I don’t like and will never buy. But you know, guys, there is an option that lets you opt to receive email ONLY about books from Jenny and Bob. Who could object to that?

I can’t believe anyone is waiting until Monday. But I have no patience.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:03:18 +0000

If you begin a book with a chunk of story from the past that is not the real story, it’s the stuff that happens before the story started, that history gets labeled “Prologue” as long as it’s actually, physically in the book. I’m against prologues and epilogues so people tease me about writing prologues. I don’t write prologues. They’re bad.

But Jen asked me to write a standalone short story that was a prequel as a giveaway to readers, and I said sure. So I did a separate short story that will never be part of the book and we put it up on the web. And as a joke, BCB said, “That’s a prologue.”

Which would make Welcome to Temptation the prologue for Faking It. The fact that something in a story happened before another story does not lead inevitably to the conclusion that it’s a prologue to the other story. If it’s not in the book with the second story, it’s just another story. And even if it’s in the book with the other story, if it’s presented as a separate story, a short story on its own, it’s not a prologue. Only if the writer felt that the reader needed that history to understand the story and put it in the actual story is it a prologue.

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:37 +0000

What does that mean, “not in the book”?

By: Shari S.

Shari S. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:00:02 +0000

Wow, I was right there, I can’t wait to read the rest of it. Counting down the days….

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:06:50 +0000

Yes.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:06:34 +0000

If you wait until Monday, it’ll be on Bob’s website, my website, and the Crusie-Mayer website with no sign in. Really.

By: liz

liz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:30:14 +0000

Thanks for the prequel. It was just what I needed today. I have already instructed my mom that Wild Ride is what I want for my birthday at the end of March. Again, thanks for the teaser (even if it makes the wait harder!)!

By: BCB

BCB — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:49 +0000

Yes, ma’am. I seem to remember learning that somewhere . . .

By: Brenda Bradshaw

Brenda Bradshaw — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:27:58 +0000

March 16 — just one month shy of my half birthday! YAY!

Now listen — any reason is a good reason, dang it all.

By: Flamingo Cherry

Flamingo Cherry — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:22:07 +0000

I’m really looking forward to the prequel and the book (I’ll be at Borders on the 16th doing the happy dance). Thanks to you and Bob for providing the free prequel!

I was, however, extremely irritated with MacMillan for requiring an opt-in to their newsletters in order to obtain the prequel. I’ve already sent them an email about that. I despise having commercial email cluttering my inbox, and I generally unsubscribe or direct it to my delete box without ever reading it. A voluntary opt-in would be fine, but a forced one? Not so much.

Of course, I ordered the prequel anyway. ;=) I’m not going to cut my nose off to spite my face; I was just surprised at how annoyed MacMillan’s tactic made me.

By: Susan D

Susan D — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:19 +0000

But, yikes! When you said the prequel takes place 40 years ago, of course I envisaged the dim past. And then it starts with “Oct 31, 1970.” Wasn’t that just the day before yesterday?

By: Susan D

Susan D — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:57:06 +0000

Oh joy! There’s a map with the first chapter. I LOVE maps.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:54:10 +0000

I’m pretty sure Amazon reports to the NYT.