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Your BEST project is always your next one

Eric San Juan April 21, 2016 0 Comments

We abandon our children quickly. Quite quickly indeed. We conceive of them, nurture them, give birth to them, and set them out into the world … and then we turn our backs on them. It’s just one of those things we do. The project I’m always most excited about is the one I’m working on. The one I most want to talk about is the one still in the works. The best thing I’ve ever done? Still to come. Perpetually. Whatever I just did? Not that interested in it. Don’t really want to talk about it, usually don’t have much to say about it. I’m thinking of the NEXT thing. This is problematic, of course, because you’re supposed to promote your latest thing. You’re supposed…
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Random Musings, Writing

creativity, promotion, random musings, thoughts, Writing

WRITING: Nothing is ever truly done…

Eric San Juan May 12, 2011 0 Comments

… even when it’s already in print. Over two years ago I did a series of posts called How I Got Published outlining the start-to-finish of how Jim McDevitt and I conceived of, wrote, and ultimately sold A Year of Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense. My hope was that those posts would help other writers understand what they might look forward to when their time comes. Consider this a follow-up on that series of posts. Readers of this blog may recall that not too long ago, I announced that A Year of Hitchcock is coming to paperback. That’s exciting news. This edition will target a wider market; with better bookstore distribution and a very attractive price, we should be able to reach…
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Random Musings, Writing

A Year of Hitchcock, Jim McDevitt, marketing, promotion, Writing

Appearing on WQKR-AM in Portland this afternoon. Tune in!

Eric San Juan May 10, 2011 0 Comments

This afternoon at 5 p.m. EST (4 p.m. Central) I’ll be appearing on “The Women’s Roundtable” on WQKR-AM out of Portland, TN. We’re going to talk about my spiffy new book, Stuff Every Husband Should Know. If you’re in the area, tune in, or listen live on their website.

Works by Eric, Writing

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The really BORING part of having a book published

Eric San Juan April 8, 2009 0 Comments

Counting down the weeks to the released of the book I co-authored with Jim McDevitt, A Year of Hitchcock, you’d think I’d be giddy with excitement. I mean, it’s just three weeks or so away, right? Any day now I might get my comp copy in the mail. How exciting! But the truth is, as I mention in How I Got Published, your obligation to your work does not end when the writing is over. When not working on other projects (such as my comic anthology), I’ve spent the better part of my personal working time the last week or so drafting and mailing letters to local libraries and book stores, calling to get the proper contact information, working on press releases, and other painfully…
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Alfred Hitchcock, Works by Eric, Writing

A Year of Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, How I Got Published, Jim McDevitt, promotion, Writing

How I got published, part 6 – all that other stuff

Eric San Juan February 27, 2009 1 Comment

There is a lot of stuff they don’t tell you about getting a book published. You hear about the process of writing, and crafting cover letters, and how to approach agents and publishers, and on and on and on, but what about all the stuff the happens after you secure a deal? No one tells you about that. By this point I had done a pretty good job of educating myself on The Process. Thanks to loads of reading — books, articles, and blogs — I knew what to expect at almost every step of the way. But I had no idea what would come after we had gotten a contract. Well, here’s what happens: You still have a whole helluva lot of work to…
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