So I’m almost done reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, which is, as I opined on Twitter the other night, absolutely essential reading for a nerd of my age. Simplistically, it’s about a couple of teenagers trying to solve a giant Easter Egg Hunt in a vast virtual reality […]
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So I was going through queries today, as is my wont, and came across a book description in an email that looked a little like this: It’s a world of breathtaking beauty and despicable horror, of adventure, magic, and death-defying duels, with an ordinary boy-turned-hero and his compatriots, most of […]
It is the official pub date for Josie Bloss's debut novel BAND GEEK LOVE, and in celebration, I'm sharing tales of my high school geekiness. Oh yes.
Heather writes, "I realize that many agents use portable electronic devices to review manuscripts they are considering. Is there any benefit for an author seeking representation to offer their manuscript in formats compatible with these devices? I recently discovered how to use Palm Markup Language to format my manuscript for ereader (.pdb file), so I can keep it on my palm pilot. Is it worth mentioning to an agent that this format is available if they prefer or does that seem geeky and/or overly ingratiating? I'm technologically inclined, so I could probably learn to convert my manuscript into any desired format."
Pub day is still about two months away, but you can read the exciting first chapter of BAND GEEK LOVE now, on Josie Bloss's website!