We achieved a great milestone recently when the publisher authorized a second printing of the hardcover version of Night of Flames. They have scheduled the paperback edition to come out in October of this year but it seems we've also sold out the 1st hardcover run. I'm very grateful and appreciative for all the support of my friends and family in helping to make this a very successful venture. It has really been a pretty nifty ride. THANKS!!! The second book is on the way! Tomorrow we're off to Philadelphia and the annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. Stay tuned and thanks again.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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Dear Mr. Jacobson,
I've just finished _Night of Flames_, and am pleased to tell you that I quite enjoyed it. Your research gave the tale a factual depth that made it rich and rewarding reading. I'm an afficianado of this genre of book, and you have made an excellent entry. I hope you have more like this in you.
Furst, of course, is the best. Janes comes in well, too, of course. You're not quite there yet, but you're in the league. Another first novel in the genre I've read is _In Secret Service_, which cannot hold hold a candle to your work.
I might make the following suggestion, however. You need an Anachronism Editor. No German of your target era is going to say "No shit", as you have a military man say. This is only the most blatant of quite a few errors of this sort. Although I'm not a native German speaker, I'm pretty good: and I can recognize what's not in key.
Also, you might get someone old, like me, a genuine olde farte, to check esoteric stuff out. "Martial" law, for example, isn't spelled "marshall". Next thing we know, we'll be spelling it "walLAH!" as my students do.
Anyway, good job. I'll be awaiting your next one.
George Gale
Philosophy, UMKC
Dear Mr. Jacobson,
I've just finished _Night of Flames_, and am pleased to tell you that I quite enjoyed it. Your research gave the tale a factual depth that made it rich and rewarding reading. I'm an afficianado of this genre of book, and you have made an excellent entry. I hope you have more like this in you.
Furst, of course, is the best. Janes comes in well, too, of course. You're not quite there yet, but you're in the league. Another first novel in the genre I've read is _In Secret Service_, which cannot hold hold a candle to your work.
I might make the following suggestion, however. You need an Anachronism Editor. No German of your target era is going to say "No shit", as you have a military man say. This is only the most blatant of quite a few errors of this sort. Although I'm not a native German speaker, I'm pretty good: and I can recognize what's not in key.
Also, you might get someone old, like me, a genuine olde farte, to check esoteric stuff out. "Martial" law, for example, isn't spelled "marshall". Next thing we know, we'll be spelling it "walLAH!" as my students do.
Anyway, good job. I'll be awaiting your next one.
George Gale
Philosophy, UMKC
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