CONTAGIOUS final draft sent to publisher, 9:32 pm Pacific Time, 9-3-08
Posted September 3rd, 2008 by scottsigler
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The Email of Doom: sent to Tha Shiv at Crown PublishingHoly 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.
Mac user?
Ok, realistically I know it makes sense--Scott uses a Mac just like almost every other podcaster out there.
Still... I read in my history book that at the end of WW II, when the Japanese heard their emperor on the radio for the first time, they were let down because he sounded so human.
So that brings us to the screenshot: to see our FDO's snippet of his Macintosh desktop there lookin' all... I dunno... normal. Well, it gives me a shudder. I mean, next thing you know he'll have a cute bunny screensaver or something.
Come on, FDO, where's the blood and guts? You should have a black-and-bloody Desktop Theme at least.
Furry cows moo and decompress.
What the F***
What you wrote a book, and someone like fucking paid you for it! Wow people will buy all kinds of SHIT! It can not be as bad as some of your other crap.
Just Kidding I always get all lubed up in anticipation of your stuff.
Sweet!
Congrates on birthing that bad boy.
Feel free to take a nice break before the next phase of the takeover.
But your minions still await more ammunition before the conquest gets going.
Can't wait
way to go Scott
cant wait to see it out in print. In other news im well on the way to hooking my 15 yr old daughters entire 10 th grade English class on your work. Hoping to hook the teacher first and then get them to add your Infected into the curriculum (sp) this year. :)
Patty
I wonder....
Thats Wonderful!
Great News!!!
AWESOMENESS!
Thanks FDO, and congrats on finishing it!
*doing the happy dance*
:O:O:O:O
NICE!
Good job on getting your book finished must have been a lot of work to get it done. My sisters is also
working on a book but it will take her a couple of months to finish it.
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.
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.
Outstanding, FDO and thank you.
I can't wait!
Good for you!
Awesome
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!
Congratulations. Now enjoy
Awesome!
That rocks! Congratulations!
No sig today. Sig tomorrow. Sig always tomorrow.
PDF, maybe?
G-Man
Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane
I'm guessing it wont be till december
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
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
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.
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...."
You Junkies ... if I have to stop this car ...
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......
#1
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/
That sounds painful.
Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.
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"
LMFAO
OMG
the best part is that we have no clue what's actually IN the book...
By the way,
or
who is in the book!
"+5 for me"
We know of one Junkie
Vanessa Cockburn, I wonder if the FDO will throw out some more Junkie names or If we will just have to wait?
["No matter where you go, there you are"] - And Sigler always knows exactly where there is!
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.
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..
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.
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.
Woo!
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
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/
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.
See my writing at http://Writing.Com/authors/amaster
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?
Content size.
Beats me, that's just how big it is
i guess
i guess that sounds about right.
i spose i just expected it to be bigger....thats what she said...
Way To Go! FDO!!
Already ordered and waiting impatiently!
"+5 for me"
Hell fucking yes!
Jizz-encrusted hands
Excellent!
Nice job, Scott. Can't wait for my next Christmas gift to hit the shelves.
-e
Congrats FDO!
Congratulations Scott!!!
Congratulations Scott!!! Can't wait!
Well, I guess I can wait. I just don't want to.
Murder at Avedon Hill - podcast novel by P.G. Holyfield - http://pgholyfield.com/maah
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