Andrew D Wice's Blog

• The Big One

  May 1, 2008

  • Tomorrow is the biggest event of my nascent writing career. I'll be reading from my novel at the Mineshaft Tavern in Madrid, New Mexico, on Friday May 2, 7-8 pm. Then country-rock powerhouse Hundred Year Flood will shake the stage from 8-12.I have never read before a large audience before but I feel good about the material. And a wee nip of courage never hurt a writer. Great local press and ...
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• Today Is My Novel's Birthday

  April 21, 2008

  • After a long time alone in the bottom of the well, one of my novels is being published today.  An entirely different world has finally opened up to me.  It is subtle, but I am different.  In the course of my career I have experienced great faith, great doubt and great endurance.  And if just one person reads my book ... I'm going to have a lot of extra books.   I am looking for reviews, ...
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• Pre-Publication Anxiety

  March 29, 2008

  • I finished my first novel twelve years ago.  I have been trying to get published since then, collecting around two hundred rejections for my six novels.My novel To The Last Drop will be published on April 21st.  I certainly hope that this is the beginning of a long writing career.  Everything I endured is about to be justified.And yet, I'm unsettled.  Because my publisher is so small, I've ...
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