Entries from September 2009 ↓

Love how this shot turned out – took it in downtown Portland.

It will be long and brilliant and cause us all to weep into our LCDs, but, for his sake, please refrain from asking him about it.

My friend David pointed me to: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6695002.html?industryid=47146

In which James Patterson got a 17 book deal with Little, Brown and Co. If I’m reading that correctly, all of those books need to be written by 2012 which is a scant two years and some change away.

Wow.

I remember getting a quantity vs. quality lecture from a family friend when I was about 8 years old. At the time, I think it was an argument about whether to eat at Dick’s Drive-in or not. His argument at the time was to favor quantity over quality (he was 16), and it made perfect sense to my 8-year old brain. Not that I’m comparing James Patterson to Dick’s Drive-in. I think their burgers were 49 cents each. It didn’t say how much James Patterson will get for his deal.

James said: “I love writing stories.”

Phew! (wipes brow), good thing. Otherwise, that’d be a nightmarish job. His books average around 400 pages, so for the math-inclined: (400 pages * 300 words/page * 17 books) / 2.5 years =  a bafuckzillion.

I’m definitely going to be asking Small Beer Press for a 17 book deal. Guys? How about we ease-in slow with a six pack?