The Blonde is yet to come...
So I've never been pregnant, but most people agree that by the time the nine months are up, a person is ready to be done with it so that she can actually have that baby in her possession as opposed to just carrying it around without any idea of what it looks like or anything. Yes, having a real live baby is at least as much of a pain in the ass as pregnancy, but it's still apparently worth it.
In this way, when a person has a book about to come out any minute, he (me) sort of just wants it to happen. So he (me) can have the book and show it to people and have them read it, and basically just move on to something else. One big bonus is that unlike a baby, a book does not cry or poop or seek sustenance from a person's breasts. Sometimes there are bad reviews and occasionally annoyingly critical e-mails, but that's not really the same.
I know that most people reading this are probably not eager for a baby right now or even possibly ever, but let's just say that you were. Close your eyes and imagine what it would be like if you had been pregnant for eight months or so and some doctor told you that gestation period in humans had been revised to eighteen months. Oops. No baby yet! You'll just have to stay pregs awhile longer.
You would probably be a little bummed out.
And I'm kind of bummed to announce that while The Blonde of the Joke is still definitely on the way, it's going to take a little longer than I expected. Like, a whole year longer actually. It was supposed to hit the stores was September 2, as in about a month from now. That is no longer the case. The new date is being hammered down, but word is that you can look for it in Fall '09. It sucks, but this is how things work sometimes. Why? I'm told it has to do with astrology. (I have a really unusual chart.)
That's the bad news. The good news is that I'm currently hard at work on the NEXT book-- working title APOCALYPSE BLONDE. That one will be out, uh, sometime after the first one.
Finally, I know have sworn never to mention Carly Simon again on this blog, but given the circumstances, I really can't resist seeking leaving you with THIS:
In this way, when a person has a book about to come out any minute, he (me) sort of just wants it to happen. So he (me) can have the book and show it to people and have them read it, and basically just move on to something else. One big bonus is that unlike a baby, a book does not cry or poop or seek sustenance from a person's breasts. Sometimes there are bad reviews and occasionally annoyingly critical e-mails, but that's not really the same.
I know that most people reading this are probably not eager for a baby right now or even possibly ever, but let's just say that you were. Close your eyes and imagine what it would be like if you had been pregnant for eight months or so and some doctor told you that gestation period in humans had been revised to eighteen months. Oops. No baby yet! You'll just have to stay pregs awhile longer.
You would probably be a little bummed out.
And I'm kind of bummed to announce that while The Blonde of the Joke is still definitely on the way, it's going to take a little longer than I expected. Like, a whole year longer actually. It was supposed to hit the stores was September 2, as in about a month from now. That is no longer the case. The new date is being hammered down, but word is that you can look for it in Fall '09. It sucks, but this is how things work sometimes. Why? I'm told it has to do with astrology. (I have a really unusual chart.)
That's the bad news. The good news is that I'm currently hard at work on the NEXT book-- working title APOCALYPSE BLONDE. That one will be out, uh, sometime after the first one.
Finally, I know have sworn never to mention Carly Simon again on this blog, but given the circumstances, I really can't resist seeking leaving you with THIS:
P.S. To those people who have reviewed The Blonde of the Joke on their blogs, thank you so much for the reviews but I suggest saving them for next year, when the book will actually be imminent.
Hey Bennett!
I'm sorry to hear about your news. I got ahold of an ARC of BotJ (You and I both have Tara for an editor) and was trying to put it on my Shelfari when a trail of Googling brought me here. I saw your cover while I was in New York and it is so perfect! I hope that this move to 2009 is able to bring out your book with an extra big splash! Good Luck!
Aprilynne Pike
Dude. Are you effing kidding me? WTF? I've BEEN pregnant and had a kid. I've also had a book. Or three. And there's no way I'd be excited about any of them taking ten months longer to shoot out the birth canal. I realize I don't actually KNOW you...but damn. Call me or something. Come out to L.A. and I'll take you to some awesome West Hollywood bars or Carly Simon or Rufus Wainwright shows or, um...whatever. Sending you Carnie Wilson-sized love and equal helpings of pissed offness. That just blows. xoxoxoxoxo
You're kidding! That blows-- I'm so sorry.
A whole year seems crazy. Ugh.
Well, I got Blonde of the Joke as part of First Look, but it was lost in the mail until recently. So I guess I'll wait to review til next year to review it on my blog.