Thursday, July 08, 2004

So I know this guy who writes. And he’s written this book that hasn’t been published yet. But he’s got an agent who’s shopping it to publishers and I was patiently waiting for it to actually get published so I could buy a copy and maybe get it autographed and then read it. One day he mentioned that a publisher seems interested, so I told him I was excited and couldn’t wait to read it and the next thing I knew he was offering to send it to me now. Well, I’m not dumb, so I jumped on that offer and I’m about 30+ pages in and it’s great! I’m totally hooked and I thought about it all day and as soon as I post this, I’m going to sit down to read more.

But I’ve got a problem in that the raw manuscript is large and not bound, of course, so I’m reluctant to take it with me everywhere like I do with books. I’m going away for the weekend, but I have to leave the book behind and I’m very sad about that.

And I’m incredibly honored that this friend, who really doesn’t know me except through our blogs, felt that he could trust me with his unpublished work. Thanks, friend*. You have a gift and it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the reading world gets to share it too.

*I will be happy to link to you. I just didn’t want to seem like a teacher’s blogger’s pet with our mutual readers.