Jennifer Pelland ([info]jenwrites) wrote,
2011-12-03 10:19:00
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Machine is now available to pre-order

Apex has posted the first chapter of Machine to their website, and it includes a pre-order link. I'll also have copies at Arisia. It's coming out late December/early January. We'd originally been aiming for late December for logistical reasons, but those reasons evaporated, so now we're thinking of moving it forward a week for entirely new logistical reasons.

http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/blog/4767412-machine-by-jennifer-pelland-chapter-1

This hardly seems real. I started this book back in 2004, so there's something oddly anti-climatic about it. I suppose that'll change when people actually start reading the damned thing.
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[info]beth_bernobich

December 3 2011, 15:55:26 UTC 5 months ago

*puts book on to-buy list*

This hardly seems real. I started this book back in 2004, so there's something oddly anti-climatic about it. I suppose that'll change when people actually start reading the damned thing.

I know the feeling. I wrote the original draft of Passion Play in 2002. Publication date was *mumblety* drafts and eight years later. And yes, things will change once you start getting reviews, sales reports, and fan mail.

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:33:07 UTC 5 months ago

Time will definitely tell. I wonder if it'll give me more of an impetus to get cracking on the novel I'm currently writing? I've been spinning my wheels on that for a few weeks now.

[info]eljaydaly

December 3 2011, 16:43:39 UTC 5 months ago

Congratulations!

That's the best kind of weird surreal news there is.

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:33:18 UTC 5 months ago

Thanks!

[info]dotar_sojat

December 3 2011, 17:58:06 UTC 5 months ago

Isn't it strange how the big goals often seem kind of anit-climatic? Sort of like the journey of a thousand miles ends with a single step kind of thing.

Anyway, congratulations, I'll check it out!

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:33:51 UTC 5 months ago

Very anti-climactic. It feels like the proverbial whimper.

And thanks.

[info]miraba

December 3 2011, 18:03:31 UTC 5 months ago

Woohoo! Guess I have something to ask for during the holidays!

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:34:19 UTC 5 months ago

It'll probably come out in time for your holiday returns. Maybe I'll be the literary equivalent of Nevermind!

[info]hirez

December 3 2011, 18:57:29 UTC 5 months ago

On the basis of that chapter - 'Dear me yes.'

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:34:30 UTC 5 months ago

Thanks :)

[info]bluestalking

December 3 2011, 19:32:52 UTC 5 months ago

AAAAH, that is so exciting! I loved the snippet and I can't wait to read more. (Hopefully by then I'll be able to afford new books, but for celebratory purposes I am going to assume that I absolutely will. :D)

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:35:09 UTC 5 months ago

You can save money if you do ebooks, but I don't think they're doing pre-orders in that format. And thanks :)

[info]unhappytriad

December 3 2011, 22:28:03 UTC 5 months ago

Ordered!

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:35:22 UTC 5 months ago

Awesome! :)

[info]mabfan

December 3 2011, 23:33:43 UTC 5 months ago

I plan to pre-order, but like last time, I'd love my copy personally delivered by the author. :-)

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:35:37 UTC 5 months ago

This can probably be arranged :)

[info]msconduct

December 5 2011, 08:16:52 UTC 5 months ago

On the opening, that's a must-buy. I don't understand why this wasn't snapped up by the first person who saw it. I'll never understand the publishing industry.

Incidentally, I was at the new 9/11 memorial a few weeks ago and couldn't stop thinking about your story "Ghosts Of New York". *That's* how powerful it is.

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:36:59 UTC 5 months ago

I gave up on trying to understand the industry a long time ago. It's better for my sanity if I just let it go.

And thanks for the kind words on the story. I don't know if I should be sorry or glad that it's resonant.

[info]oracne

December 5 2011, 14:50:55 UTC 5 months ago

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There will be copies at Arisia, yes?

[info]jenwrites

December 5 2011, 23:36:02 UTC 5 months ago

If there aren't, then Jason will have a lot of explaining to do.
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