http://josephinedamian.blogspot.com/2008/05/meme-about-various-things.html

I finally did the p. 123 meme and have put it in my automated blog posting queque for Tues.

Stuart Neville, my Prince of Darkness, and the writer formerly known as “Conduit,” has landed an agent – and not just any agent – but literary powerhouse and legend, Nat Sobel.

His agency, Sobel Weber Associates, New York, represents a few scribes you might have heard of: James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, American Tabloid), Joseph Wambaugh (The Choirboys, The Onion Field, Hollywood Station), Pulitzer winner Richard Russo (Nobody’s Fool, Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs), F.X. Toole (Rope Burns – adapted for the screen as the multi Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby – and Pound for Pound), Robert Jordan (the Wheel of Time series), Tim Dorsey (the Serge Storms series), and many more.

Oh, Nat also loves him some cats. My kind of guy.

And how did Stuart get on the Uber agent’s radar? I’m going to steal a bit of Stuart’s thunder and reveal to my blog peeps that Mr. Sobel scouted him on the Internet. That’s right – a big name agent was scouring the online crime magazines and plucked our man from obscurity. (of course I’ve been singing Stuart’s praises loud and clear since last fall when I first read his work in Agent Nathan’s Bransford’s writing contest). To those of you that don’t believe agents are poking around the world wide web looking for The Next Big Thing – here’s your proof. Here. Is. Your. Proof.

So do stop by and give a big shout out to the literary world’s best and brightest rising star!

http://conduitnovel.blogspot.com/

*shake my booty*

Having already read Stuarts’s manuscript (it already holds the distinction of being only one of four books I liked well enough to finish this year) GHOSTS OF BELFAST, I can tell you it’s nothing by clover ahead for this blessed son of Northern Ireland.

Stuart Neville, my Prince of Darkness, and the writer formerly known as “Conduit,” has landed an agent – and not just any agent – but literary powerhouse and legend, Nat Sobel.

His agency, Sobel Weber Associates, New York, represents a few scribes you might have heard of: James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, American Tabloid), Joseph Wambaugh (The Choirboys, The Onion Field, Hollywood Station), Pulitzer winner Richard Russo (Nobody’s Fool, Empire Falls, Bridge of Sighs), F.X. Toole (Rope Burns – adapted for the screen as the multi Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby – and Pound for Pound), Robert Jordan (the Wheel of Time series), Tim Dorsey (the Serge Storms series), and many more.

Oh, Nat also loves him some cats. My kind of guy.

And how did Stuart get on the Uber agent’s radar? I’m going to steal a bit of Stuart’s thunder and reveal to my blog peeps that Mr. Sobel scouted him on the Internet. That’s right – a big name agent was scouring the online crime magazines and plucked our man from obscurity. (of course I’ve been singing Stuart’s praises loud and clear since last fall when I first read his work in Agent Nathan’s Bransford’s writing contest). To those of you that don’t believe agents are poking around the world wide web looking for The Next Big Thing – here’s your proof. Here. Is. Your. Proof.

So do stop by and give a big shout out to the literary world’s best and brightest rising star!

http://conduitnovel.blogspot.com/

*shake my booty*

Having already read Stuarts’s manuscript (it already holds the distinction of being only one of four books I liked well enough to finish this year) GHOSTS OF BELFAST, I can tell you it’s nothing by clover ahead for this blessed son of Northern Ireland.

Josephine-don’t worry about the meme. When/if you get around to it.

Christa-I can so relate to that. I really want to re-read Anne of Green Gables becuase I remember being so enthralled in that whole world, but I’m not sure if the sepia coloured memories can live up to them. Still might be good to try soon.

But I do recognize what a rare treat that is. I read several of Barbara Michaels’ novels as a teen, and although I think they are part of the reason for my interest in dark fiction, they are not that well-written!

I can tell you’re not planning on moving any time soon – I am within the next 12 months and am already purging books.

Don’t know about childhood books, but when I re-read one of my adult faves LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA a secnd time, it did not hold up.

Sometimes we love books due to our ability to relate to it – the character has the same problem we’re having. Doubt I’d feel the same way about ENDLESS LOVE now then what I did as a young 20-something lovesick girl.

Amra, I know I still owe you that meme – hope to have it up by this weekend.