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Mon 03
Feb
2003

Get thee to a bookstore

Jennifer Government It’s out! And oh, it’s good to see the thing in an actual bookstore. It’s such a long process to get a novel from idea to bookshelf—I began writing it in November 1999, if you can believe that—so it’s very satisfying to be done. It’s also great to see Jennifer Government and Syrup side-by-side. It makes me look like a real writer. A real writer who can’t decide what his name is, sure, but still.

Early signs suggest the book is selling well, although it’s hard to be sure. Book stores generally don’t report this information to publishers, so I can only get an indication from store re-orders, my Amazon.com sales ranking, and bestseller lists (which lag by a couple of weeks anyway). But so far, so good!