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Reply #75 on: August 04, 2008, 07:09:26 PM
Wooo-Hooooo!!!!  Congratulations!!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)

Swarm got scooped.

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Reply #76 on: August 04, 2008, 07:28:07 PM
Got book deal.

That's great news. Congrats.



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Reply #77 on: August 04, 2008, 08:16:14 PM
Wooo-Hooooo!!!!  Congratulations!!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)

Swarm got scooped.

Gah!  Details...? :)


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Reply #78 on: August 04, 2008, 08:26:05 PM
Wooo-Hooooo!!!!  Congratulations!!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)

Swarm got scooped.

Gah!  Details...? :)

When I've got a contract in front of me I will divulge all... but to head off some potential questions -

It will be released as two volumes of Union Dues stories
They have a physical distribution network as well as online space (amazon, etc...)
They want the books available in major bookstore chains
They are about to release their first novella
They want to release both paperback and e-book versions (possibly Kindle as well)
I should see a contract in a month

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Reply #79 on: August 05, 2008, 02:02:22 PM
Wooo-Hooooo!!!!  Congratulations!!!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

(Can I ask if it was with Swarm?)

Swarm got scooped.

Gah!  Details...? :)

When I've got a contract in front of me I will divulge all... but to head off some potential questions -

It will be released as two volumes of Union Dues stories
They have a physical distribution network as well as online space (amazon, etc...)
They want the books available in major bookstore chains
They are about to release their first novella
They want to release both paperback and e-book versions (possibly Kindle as well)
I should see a contract in a month

AWESOMENESS.  Now I will be able to read U.D. at my own pace, and get them all in one place.

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Reply #80 on: August 06, 2008, 12:54:41 PM
Is there going to be any artwork?  More than just the cover I mean.  I'd really like to see how you see the characters.



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Reply #81 on: August 06, 2008, 02:19:11 PM
Is there going to be any artwork?  More than just the cover I mean.  I'd really like to see how you see the characters.

Just a cover.

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Reply #82 on: August 17, 2008, 05:23:59 PM
Coming soon to Escape Pod -

Union Dues: Tabula Rasa

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Reply #83 on: August 17, 2008, 07:23:48 PM
Coming soon to Escape Pod -

Union Dues: Tabula Rasa

Ooh, I thought we had reached the end of UD on EP.



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Reply #84 on: August 19, 2008, 09:08:36 PM
Coming soon to Escape Pod -

Union Dues: Tabula Rasa

Ooh, I thought we had reached the end of UD on EP.

How?  I haven't heard any Big Sweeping Ending stories.  Did I miss one?

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Reply #85 on: August 20, 2008, 07:55:35 AM
Coming soon to Escape Pod -

Union Dues: Tabula Rasa

Ooh, I thought we had reached the end of UD on EP.

How?  I haven't heard any Big Sweeping Ending stories.  Did I miss one?

I was recalling the sold stories mentioned here against the stories heard on the podcast.  It just seemed to me that Jeff was marketing his "Kiddie UD" on Clonepod and with his book deal that was it for UD on EP.



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Reply #86 on: October 09, 2008, 03:59:36 PM
Text interview with me up at geekvox.com if anyone is interested.

http://www.candestine.com/wordpress/?p=189

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Reply #87 on: October 30, 2008, 12:59:38 PM
Completed/Submitted - Union Dues: All About the Sponsors.

Whew... 3 years in the making.



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Reply #88 on: October 30, 2008, 09:11:11 PM
Completed/Submitted - Union Dues: All About the Sponsors.

Whew... 3 years in the making.



Woo-hoo!

How do you fight a bully that can un-make history?


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Reply #89 on: October 31, 2008, 01:37:50 PM
Completed/Submitted - Union Dues: All About the Sponsors.

Whew... 3 years in the making.



Woo-hoo!

Coming soon to Escape Pod!

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Reply #90 on: November 05, 2008, 04:27:07 PM
Two things -

Commentary - "ImNoFanO NaNoWriMo" available at www.writingshow.com

Story - "Union Dues: The Sojourn of Taizen Kiiro" available at www.clonepod.org.

Enjoy.

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Reply #91 on: February 11, 2009, 05:59:01 PM
Completed - Union Dues: The Threnody of Johnny Toruko.

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Reply #92 on: April 08, 2009, 09:29:40 PM
Sweet Like Maple Sugar was just awarded first prize in the first 2009 contest at Tales of the Zombie War.

Enjoy

http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2009/03/24/sweet-like-maple-sugar-by-jeffrey-derego/

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Reply #93 on: September 26, 2009, 03:50:13 PM
Coming soon to Escape Pod: Union Dues - The Threnody of Johnny Toruko.

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Reply #94 on: October 01, 2009, 08:29:36 PM
Completed "Bees Do It" the next Pleasant Hollow story. 5100 words.

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Reply #95 on: October 15, 2009, 06:23:13 PM
procrastination by submission -

Sent Burden of Bushido - Ronin on the High Seas to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly
send Lady of Mercy - to Weird Tales

Completed first drafts of "Bees Do it" and "If the Taj Mahal was a Dairy Barn"

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Reply #96 on: December 01, 2009, 08:17:57 PM
New short samples online from "Bees Do It" and "Nicotine Kisses and Muddy Soles" in audio, on this week's Sci Fi Dig. The samples start at about an hour and twenty minutes into the podcast.

Enjoy, and as always, comments welcome.

http://www.scifidig.com/?p=864

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Reply #97 on: December 02, 2009, 12:21:25 AM
Bees Do It was accepted at Tales of the Zombie War and will be available as a free read tomorrow morning.

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Reply #98 on: July 05, 2010, 11:48:42 PM
Sold a reprint of "Lilies for Donald" to the anthology "Live Free or Undead" due out in October this year.

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Reply #99 on: March 02, 2012, 05:36:22 AM
Available for pre-order, and shipping in June.

Escape Clause: A Union Dues Novel from ENC Press

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