CONTAGIOUS final draft sent to publisher, 9:32 pm Pacific Time, 9-3-08
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[img_assist|nid=1789|title=The Email of Doom|desc=sent to Tha Shiv at Crown Publishing|link=none|align=right|width=351|height=257]Holy crap. It's done.
720 pages.
138,400 words.
772,504 characters.
Add in the 22,300 words that didn't even make it in, and I typed well over 1,000,000 characters to make this bitch.
Allow me a moment to pry my ass away from this chair. I think it's grown into my gluteus maximums like a triangle's tail sinking into Perry's junk. I'm done. I'm done. I'm done.
Life is full of great moments, those times where your chest fills with the pride of knowing you busted your ass and put on a blue-collar performance worthy of an AFL-CIO endorsement. CONTAGIOUS goes to the publisher, warts and all, and no matter what you all think of it the book, this blood-spotted keyboard is proof that I put everything I had into making this the best novel possible.
The rush I'm experiencing right now is indescribeable. This is what it felt like to some Egyptian dude when he dropped that last block onto the pyramid, and then said, "Hey, Ezekiel, it's Miller Time, brah." So much work went into this. So many life changes in the last five months. The passing of a beloved dog, the illness of a family member. The Evil Queen™ returns from Michigan tomorrow, and I can finally dedicate my full attention to her in her time of crisis. Life giveth, and life taketh away.
I have put my very being into this rat bastard. I want it to rock you like Queen would if Freddy Merc were still with us. I want it to lock the breath in your throat, grab your privates in a not-so-nice way, make your stomach flip and your nips all hard and tingly. I want it to smash you flat like a Matt Wallace snap-souplex.
Above all, I want CONTAGIOUS to entertain you. You Damn Dirty Junkies have no idea what you all mean to me, and I hope this one hits you so hard you fly into the ditch with your empty shoes still on the road. CONTAGIOUS is my love letter to y'all.
And for you aspiring novelists asking if this level of committment and sacrifice is worth it? Yeah, it is.
I am your FDO™, and I do work.
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hey sigler
just a quick question:
How many junkies did you kill in Contagious???
Or is that some sort of state secret?
come on man, Tell us!!!!!
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
Now that's love
Now class, everyone say thank you to the Evil Overlord."Thank you, Evil Overlord!"
Tastes Like Chicken
Secretary General, Evil League of Evil
Maybe 10?
I'm not sure, I lost track. A bunch, though. Funny thing is we have a Junkie who's real name is "Vanessa Cockburn," and they wouldn't let me use it because they though I was being a douche. So now it's "Vanessa Coleburn," but you know it's you, Vanessa!Please tell me that's your line ...
I've never heard that before, but it's got Sigler T-Shirt written all over it. Did you make that up?That's how you celebrate!
I like that line. I'll use that on the Evil Queen. I'm either going to get some, or get shived, either way, will be interesting.Congrats FDO!
When's the signing? I'm starting a collection!I hope thats her maiden name
I would hate to think that she married into that unfortunately hilarious name, J/K Vanessa I think you should have it printed on a t shirt or a hat and proudly sport the name. That name is awesome, hey it got you killed by our FDO didn't it?:)
Assassins do it from behind
Assassins do it from behind
I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats awesome FDO! Now.................Nocturnal. cmon only a few chapters left
after Nocturnal and Contagious whats next? Mt. Fitzroy? cant wait to tap a vein with a new story ;) this Junkie needs his fix!
and will you be releasing Contagious as a podcast as well or it going straight into print? (I'm buying it either way)
Assassins do it from behind
Assassins do it from behind
Email
Can you cc me on that email?You are the Champion of the world
We're not worthy!!!!Congratulations Scott!!!
Congratulations Scott!!! Can't wait!
Well, I guess I can wait. I just don't want to.
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Congrats FDO!
Thanks for all your hard work in getting Contagious out for printing! Already got it pre-ordered and cant wait to get it into my sweaty shaking little Junkie hands!KISS'd by Sigler. Honored recipient of the 2009 "Iron Man" Award.
*Member of the Wolfpack* Funky Name Brotha, Gutter Brethren & Pusher Thrice Over!
Excellent!
Nice job, Scott. Can't wait for my next Christmas gift to hit the shelves.
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Hell fucking yes!
Now that's damn fucking awesome Scott. The euphoria you must be going through will hopefully what I will feel the next time I have sweaty sex (let's see, its been a year...which means...FUCK! that feeling is going to last shorter than 3 seconds). Seriously, awesome news. Cannot wait to get my fat Italian grubby, jizzed encrusted hands on it. TWay To Go! FDO!!
Already ordered and waiting impatiently!
"+5 for me"
email attachment
Is that a real screenshot of you sending the full draft to the editor?
if so how the is the 720 page book only 1MB?
Contagious!!! MUST HAVE IT! *twitch*
The knowledge that Contagious is finished makes for the best early birthday present I could ever get.
Good job Scott, now go have a beer and spend some time with the Evil Queen.
Sitting here with my computer hooked directly into a vein in my arm.
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Sitting here with my computer hooked directly into a vein in my arm.
See my writing at http://Writing.Com/authors/amaster<
Beats me, that's just how big it is
Text takes up very little memory space, actually. It's a 726-page document, double-spaced, 12pt Courier text. It is what it is ...Jizz-encrusted hands
Listen, if you're going to have "jizzed encrusted" hands, use your hyphens for the compound adjective. Most of my fans have jizz-encrusted hands, I imagine.Content size.
If I'm right, each character is one byte. 772,504 characters translates to 754.4 KB, and then the formatting, so that's about right. The text size and spacing is probably only around 10KB, which is read by the program as a pre-set thingy.YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW what?? finish noctural?? get more of the crypt out?? or are ya gonna get LAZY and take a few to recup??(loser)
we love ya scott. well done, boss. looking forward to more gore from the master
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Woo!
You've worked your ass of, Sigler. Take some time off to relax for once, we can wait a few days for new content; but that's it. Any more and we're going to raise our torces in riot-fashion.since when is there a ruler...
... next to the new email in "Mail" or is that a piece of another app.
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
Congrats FDO
If you have the chance, can you save it as a .txt file for release alongside the episodes?
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
Congrats..
You almost made me tear up there.. Thats a first for you Scott, I am normally so scared and disgusted when I read or listen to your writing I don't know if I am going to shit, puke or both at the same time. We all know how fun that is.. I am extremely happy for you and your success. I know the feeling you so eloquently expressed with descriptives' that make a person say Yeah, Fuck Yeah, pyramids and shit! Enjoy it, revel in it, you deserve it! Your obedient Junkie _evan