tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post6429419871261200590..comments2024-03-28T05:13:15.639-07:00Comments on Victor Gischler's Blogpocalypse: My long lost novel (Or what you find when you clean out your office)Victor Gischlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-73122248008844943322007-01-27T02:18:00.000-08:002007-01-27T02:18:00.000-08:00Damn it. I knew it wasn't me. Drat that Houston ...Damn it. I knew it wasn't me. Drat that Houston man. I shall hunt him down and steal his next book. I was gonna steal yours, Vic, but... you found it before I could convince my trusty turtle to carry me to Florida. (I gotta get this turtle turbo-charged, some day.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-39721073581040551522007-01-22T14:49:00.000-08:002007-01-22T14:49:00.000-08:00Duane,
I think I can imagine how you feel since I...Duane,<br /><br />I think I can imagine how you feel since I know people sometimes call WHEELMAN a "great debut" and I think I saw one review call THE BLONDE your "sophomore outing." SECRET DEAD MEN sort of gets swept under the rug which is a shame because it's pretty damn cool.<br /><br />Maybe if we'd written our cross-genre books AFTER Charlie Huston started kicking so much ass things would have been different.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-5247955250255813232007-01-22T14:28:00.000-08:002007-01-22T14:28:00.000-08:00Um, that was supposed to be Gischleraholics.Um, that was supposed to be Gischleraholics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613235957316838052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-84837068218264248322007-01-22T14:27:00.000-08:002007-01-22T14:27:00.000-08:00I feel like the exact same thing happened to me......I feel like the exact same thing happened to me... only it was called <i>Secret Dead Men</i>, and it was eventually published by Point Blank.<br /><br />But before that, it also was an attempt to fuse a PI novel with the supernatural (and a little sci-fi). And it was also written in 1998! What the hell was in the water back then?<br /><br />The strange thing is, even though it was published, it feels like my long lost novel, because it's pretty different from the stuff I do now.<br /><br />Anyway... you've got me jonesin' to read <i>Three on a Light.</i> And I know other Gischeraholics would feel the same way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613235957316838052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-22980437474337024742007-01-22T11:49:00.000-08:002007-01-22T11:49:00.000-08:00gorjus,
A perfectly good idea which I have tried ...gorjus,<br /><br />A perfectly good idea which I have tried in a limited way. Some of the stories went to websites ... which then exploded and vanished. Other stories bleed into 8,000-10,000 word range which make them tougher to place. The story "Smoke" is still available via the sampler on this blog.<br /><br />I enjoy pretty fakes by the way.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-29523596496808576742007-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:002007-01-22T11:41:00.000-08:00Victor, have you thought about cutting it up? If ...Victor, have you thought about cutting it up? If you think it's too short-storyish, let it be short stories. That way, you could just cut out the rough bits you don't like.<br /><br />I'm also reminded of David Schickler's Kissing in Manhattan, which was ostensibly short-stories, even though they all had a common thread and fairly tumbled to a unifying end.gorjushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184937227327518682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-1379850270197479352007-01-22T08:58:00.000-08:002007-01-22T08:58:00.000-08:00Hey, Kent!
Glad you found the blog, and I hope yo...Hey, Kent!<br /><br />Glad you found the blog, and I hope you stop in frequently to visit.<br /><br />And if you know any computer game makers, send 'em my way.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-90475390475023373972007-01-21T16:01:00.000-08:002007-01-21T16:01:00.000-08:00The long lost novel sounds like it could be be a b...The long lost novel sounds like it could be be a big budget, CGI movie with the follow-up video game. I suggest your agent pursue that angle. I'm sure that's not what you want your legacy to be, but it sounds like a six to seven figure deal. You heirs will like that legacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-73850019720900120272007-01-20T13:10:00.000-08:002007-01-20T13:10:00.000-08:00Neil,
I wish there was a good press willing to tak...Neil,<br />I wish there was a good press willing to take a chance on that awesome, crazy book. You'd be a cult figure overnight.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-48172194787422189492007-01-20T12:28:00.000-08:002007-01-20T12:28:00.000-08:00I haven't yet been able to sell my novle GIRL MISS...I haven't yet been able to sell my novle GIRL MISSING, also referred to by my friends and me as the "porno P.I." novel.<br /><br />But I love this book. Shame to see it sit and get moldy.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540129844427544282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-49267722157899342562007-01-20T08:57:00.000-08:002007-01-20T08:57:00.000-08:00Bill,
That's always been the problem with this bo...Bill,<br /><br />That's always been the problem with this book. Too short, not novel enough, too much like a story collection. I still honestly think some folks would enjoy reading it, but it would give marketing departments the heebee-jeebees.<br /><br />I should just give the thing away for free to whomever curious.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-54450208633622813662007-01-20T08:41:00.000-08:002007-01-20T08:41:00.000-08:00I have a novel with Robert E. Howard as the main c...I have a novel with Robert E. Howard as the main character that I've tried to sell a couple of times. Part of it finally saw the light of day in <i>Cross Plains Universe</i>, the anthology given out at the World Fantasy Con last fall.<br /><br />The problem you'd have with Five Star is that they require 65,000 words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-61951126124611782822007-01-20T07:14:00.000-08:002007-01-20T07:14:00.000-08:00Victor, my basement is being re-renovated. We've ...Victor, my basement is being re-renovated. We've got a huge room down there that was renovated in the early 1970s...dark paneling on the walls, a crappy big built-in bookshelf, that creepy red eagle wallpaper we all remember not-so-fondly, and a huge bar covered with pink formica. Needless to say, it's all been gutted (my dad, who's doing the work, said there was a lot of overkill with nails in that bar, there were nails about 1 inch apart throughout!). I wouldn't have been surprised if there was a body down there; we heard that the folks who originally owned the house actually built a small airplane down there at one point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-74736986132209435532007-01-20T07:06:00.000-08:002007-01-20T07:06:00.000-08:00Karen,
The real question is this: Why the heck i...Karen,<br /><br />The real question is this: Why the heck is your basement being demolished? You've got bodies down there, don't you?<br /><br />Lee,<br /><br />Thanks for the tip. My agent and I have some things going with the current novel, but as soon as the dust settles maybe I'll bring up Five Star and see what he thinks.<br /><br />VGVictor Gischlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503919715676328059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-33089191008859405092007-01-19T13:53:00.000-08:002007-01-19T13:53:00.000-08:00You might try Five Star...they'd probably go for i...You might try Five Star...they'd probably go for it. They published my book THE WALK, which also didn't fit into any genre (and was turned down by every publisher with a printing press on planet earth).Lee Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442268370192897461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562628385364540098.post-65185242163511581362007-01-19T13:10:00.000-08:002007-01-19T13:10:00.000-08:00While cleaning out my basement for demolition last...While cleaning out my basement for demolition last weekend, I found a box that contained a dreadful novel I wrote about 10 years ago. I was trying for a "women's fiction" thing, a little romance, but there was a little "mystery" in it too. Mainly, though, there was a lot of crap. I think I needed to get it out of my system, and I'm glad I did, because now it's done and gone and over and I moved on quite nicely. I didn't throw it out, though. We need to keep stuff like that around to make us realize that there's always more to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com