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Fantasy Novel Engn Has a Publisher!

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

2013 looks like being a good year on the novel front. Regular readers will know that Hedge Witch is to be published by Morrigan Book next year. Today's very exciting news is that my fantasy (ish) novel Engn also has a publisher. Contracts have been signed with December House and they will be releasing the book, also next year. December House's announcement is here.

Thrilling and fantastic news. I wrote Engn in 2010/2011 and it's always been quite a hard novel to categorize. Fantasy? SF? YA? Maybe all of those. And that troubled me a little as I wrote it, as the publishing industry does love its pigeonholes. But December House had the vision to see it as simply a book. I'm delighted to be with them.




Editing of the 130K manuscript has begun. Bear with me if I'm a little distracted for the next month or two...

Posted by Simon Kewin at 19:29

18 comments:

  1. Cate Gardner18 December 2012 at 20:00

    Mega congratulations. Happy Christmas.

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  2. Simon Kewin18 December 2012 at 20:09

    Thanks, Cate. Hope you have a cracker too.

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  3. fairyhedgehog18 December 2012 at 20:33

    That's brilliant! Congratulations!

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  4. Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader18 December 2012 at 20:51

    Awesome! Congratulations :))

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  5. Simon Kewin18 December 2012 at 22:23

    fairyhedgehog and Michael - Many thanks!

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  6. Karen Jones Gowen19 December 2012 at 02:15

    Yay!!! What a great Christmas present for you Simon!

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  7. Deborah Walker19 December 2012 at 07:27

    Wow. What a way to close the year. Fantastic.

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  8. Lee Williams19 December 2012 at 08:00

    Congratulations! Great news!

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  9. Madeline Mora-Summonte19 December 2012 at 13:20

    Yeh, Simon! Congratulations! It's so great that your publisher recognizes a good story when they see one, regardless of genre. :)

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  10. Simon Kewin19 December 2012 at 15:36

    Karen/Deborah/Lee/Madeline - Many thanks for your kind comments. Much appreciated.

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  11. Ellen Brickley19 December 2012 at 16:47

    That is excellent news, Simon :D Many congratulations and I can't wait to read it!

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  12. Simon Kewin19 December 2012 at 17:09

    Ellen - Many thanks; I'll be sure to let everyone know when it's out...

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  13. Anonymous19 December 2012 at 20:04

    Way to go, Simon! Looks like I'll have TWO Kewin titles to add to the ol' reading queue.

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  14. Simon Kewin19 December 2012 at 20:39

    Thanks, Milo. I figure I'm definitely going to be focusing on the flash fiction to keep up with W1S1 next year...

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  15. Anonymous21 December 2012 at 13:51

    Hi Simon.
    I have nominated you for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award, which I hope you will accept. If so, you probably know what to do - seven facts about yourself and seven new nominees. You can read the details here: http://howesue.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/fame-at-last/
    Cheers,
    Sue

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  16. Simon Kewin21 December 2012 at 15:31

    Sue - thanks; I'll get onto it ASAP.

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  17. EC21 December 2012 at 20:46

    That's excellent news, Simon. Super congrats! We all love those books that break the pigeonholes, so cheers.

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  18. Simon Kewin21 December 2012 at 21:10

    Thanks, Erin - yes, I'm all for doing that.

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