Yeah, so when I first go to sell my book, my agent is all like, “I just want to warn you, this is going to take a while. I am going to try and convince editors to move your book to the top of the reading pile, but still, it may be months before anyone [...]
Did I Mention I Sold My Book?
Did I mention I sold my book, along with two as-yet-unwritten sequels, last week? No? Oh. Well, I will. Remind me.
Rejection the Second
Met my agent today at Book Expo America. He let me use his assistant’s badge to get in, and we walked around so he could introduce me to people and score me some freebies. It was a Sunday, so the best freebies were long gone, and a lot of the top editors were nowhere to [...]
The Origin of “Peat”
My rationale has always been that since my name is “Peter”, “Pete” is just a nickname, regardless of how it is spelled, and so I am justified in spelling it any way I want. When I was 13 or so, I wanted to encourage people to call me “Pete” instead of “Peter”. I also wanted [...]