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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i guess
i guess that sounds about right.
i spose i just expected it to be bigger....thats what she said...
Wrong Address....
Hey Scott,
You sent it to the wrong email.....That's my old account. Just pass it along to my new email address, attached to this profile, and I'll take care of the rest......
-Shiv-
Congrats FDO!!
Congratulations Scott, you pushed that one out till it hurt, and had to endure several hardships along the way. Thank you for what you do. Know that it is important to us all(4000+!!) Get back to Michigan soon for a celebratory pub crawl....From GR but willing to travel.
We're Burnin' Daylight!
OMG
the best part is that we have no clue what's actually IN the book...
By the way,
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"Top Gunners gun from the top, mutherfucker!"
Ok so you sent off
Ok so you sent off Contagious or whatever, but where is Pandemic? I doubt your keyboard is THAT bloody...I guess you deserve a LITTLE break.
Congrats man, can't wait to read it!
-Carnie "I'll take you on a ride you'll never forget...."
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Does someone go into the park and, uh... lift up the dinosaurs' skirts?
You Junkies ... if I have to stop this car ...
"Where is Pandemic?" Jesus H. I hope that crickets hatch from your eyes.LMFAO
Assassins do it from behindAssassins do it from behind
Hey, man!
It's your own damned fault! You're the one who got us all hooked on this shit, ya know. We want it all and we want it NOW!!
"+5 for me"
PDF, maybe?
G-Man
Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane
G-Man
"I used to be obsessed with a tv show about people acting like jackasses. I think it was called dumbass" - Earl Hickey
No offense but that does sound like
something you would do in the sequel to Infected.
G-Man
Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane
G-Man
"I used to be obsessed with a tv show about people acting like jackasses. I think it was called dumbass" - Earl Hickey
That sounds painful.
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
I'm guessing it wont be till december
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
Awesome!
That rocks! Congratulations!
No sig today. Sig tomorrow. Sig always tomorrow.
Congratulations. Now enjoy
Congratulations. Now enjoy the moment of victory, take a step back, then get us the ending to Nocturnal you promised you cold unfeeling heartless monster!!!!!! :)yeah but will there be one in December?
G-Man
Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane
G-Man
"I used to be obsessed with a tv show about people acting like jackasses. I think it was called dumbass" - Earl Hickey
More rockingest than rockie things from rocksville
Awesome stuff Mr Sigler and I know the pain you've been through - I just had to type about a million characters to get a password reset as I can't get my home emails at work. Tell the damn digital golbins to keep those urls shorter than a squirrels junk.....
But seriously, Contagious is gonna rock, I just know it. We'll allow you the time to kick back before finishing Nocturnal - we're not that evil.
OK that's long enough, why you still here!
Obama, McCain - get ready for the shortest damn presidency ever - the FDO's coming for you!
I think so
'cause there was a free PDF version of infected for a few weeks. maybe the same will happen with contagious
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.
get the ruler for some knuckle crunching time
i got a drawer full, some with studs, others with tacks, and a few with nails
let me know if ya need any......
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Awesome
hey Scott I just wanted to say congratulations to you after completing this work through outright dedication. Its got to be an amazing feeing! Thanks for the update!Good for you!
I love names.... she should run for VP, heck, President
Could the name be written in print and in history books about her? or would they have to change the name... when speaking her name on TV would they Bleep it? I know she couln't get a vanity plate for her car.Names are just so great, esp. when they are a little different.
*I'm Rear Admiral but Sigler won a PARSEC*
Outstanding, FDO and thank you.
What a hardworking FDO you are.....and after reading what you said about how you wanted CONTAGIOUS to rock us, lock us, grab us, flip us and tingle our nips and all, I had to smoke a long french cigarette.......I can't wait!
Already on the wish list
The inlaws sent me infected (from the wishlist) and chicken scissors (from the wedding registry) in the same order. I bet that they will follow up with this one. Can't wait for more crypt and nocturnal.
My Line
Sure is my Line..................
Congrats
It must feel amazing to finally have it finished after all that hard work. Good job man. I loved Infected and now I can't wait until December. Gives me something big to look forward to.