Next week MacMillan New Writing will publish David Isaak’s thriller SHOCK AND AWE in the UK. It’s a great read by a gifted writer, who, by the way, is an American. How did David Isaak wind up in the MNW publishing program? Well, they had the good sense to read his work and make an offer which is the basic transaction between author and publisher often overlooked in the all hype surrounding modern publishing.
MNW began its program in 2006, representing at the time the end of civilization as we know it, a reversion to a world without literary agents; yes, these manuscripts arrive over the transom, are read and evaluated by publisher’s personnel. Almost two years later, there is little doubt that MNW has located some fine writers and published novels worth reading.
Like all published works David’s book has had a long strange trip on its way to book form, but that’s his story to tell. Zip over to Tomorrowville, the title of another great Isaak manuscript, for the backstory.
Hey, thanks for the kind words!
You will be interested to know there is still at least one Ponderosa Restaurant in Jakarta, though I, alas, didn’t get a chance to patronize it…
Ah, yes, the equatorial salad bar and Hoss the waiter.
For some reason reruns of Westerns have always been big in Indonesia. One of my Indonesian friends came to visit and was reduced to tears of laughter by the fact that we had Wells Fargo banks. I guess he thought the Wells Fargo company was fictitious.