DISQUS

Ablog The Author: Ten days later, news worth mentioning....

  • noelnitecki · 2 months ago
    Congratulations, Bill! What a terrific honor, and well deserved.
  • The_Toast_in_the_Machine · 2 months ago
    Way to go, Bill! You deserve much more than that... It sounds like your last agent was actually agent "double-o shit fer brains." I'm no agent, but even I could have parlayed that incredible honor into bigger sales. And that's the deal. Your fan base stands poised and ready to help launch the next book into the literary stratosphere. I'm already thinking of ways to help you promote the next one. This "blog conduit" helps to keep your loyal fans abreast of the situation... Thanks for the update! And for what it's worth, I've never read a single novel written by this "Mozart."

    Hi-Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    ;)
  • billscheft · 2 months ago
    Thanks, Toast. Tell the fan base they can stand down for another two years....
  • cathyarmstrong · 2 months ago
    Congratulation! What good news! I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling bad--with the flu--and about yourself. You know we love you out here in Bill Scheft Fan Land. Is EVERYTHING HURTS nominated for the Thurber Prize as well this year?
  • billscheft · 2 months ago
    I was at the Thurber Award ceremony October 5 (Sandy Frazier won for the second time) and I saw Suzanne Jaffe, who runs the whole thing. I started to say, "When do I send --" and she said, "April, but we know all about it and will take care of it." So, they open it up for submissions in April, announce the semifinalists in June and the finalists in September. We'll see. That would be nice. Still, I will have Simon and Schuster send it in anyway. Would hate to be shut out via procedural problems....
  • edmarkey · 2 months ago
    Congratulations Bill! Great news. Just terrific.

    I've heard some people say that the committee awarded you this prize as a repudiation of Rick Reilly. I don't buy it, but I'm just sayin'...

    Way to go...
  • billscheft · 2 months ago
    Rick Reilly was very supportive of me at Sports Illustrated, and surprisingly realistic about who he was and what he did. Remarkably self-aware. One time he asked me for some lines for a column he was doing and said, "I need Reilly funny, not Scheft funny. So move it back to seventh grade."
    You can tease him, too. I used to say to him, "I like to flip to the back of Sports Illustrated and think, 'I wonder what body part Rick Reilly's subject with be missing this week." Because it was always, "The half-torso that scored a touchdown...."
  • edmarkey · 2 months ago
    I agree. He's a great sport when he's made sport of...which is why I used him in the above. He worked with Marvelous on his book and the three of us had a lot of great laughs at each other's expense, everybody taking it in good spirit.

    Plus, I got him a chance to fly the blimp.
  • BrettHouston · 2 months ago
    Good work Bill, well deserved, and hope you're feeling better. H1N1?
  • billscheft · 2 months ago
    I think not. I was lucky. Others at the show got H1N1. Still kicked my ass, though.