| Subject: Re: Hot, Fat & Clouded |
| From: Rachel Trusheim <rachel@sterlingandross.com> |
| Date: 12/14/09, 09:09 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
I just shared with you the first 7000 words or so of the Krauthammer chapter, which I'll be fleshing out a bit today and tomorrow. Will share the Cohen chapter next.On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Groovy, I understand; thanks anyway.
Let me know when you guys get an Amazon page up or otherwise have some pre-order form on your own sites so that I can start linking to them. Got a couple of things planned for this month, including an online piece for Vanity Fair declaring a truce in the War on Christmas, so should be able to generate a bunch of early attention for the book.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Rachel Trusheim <rachel@sterlingandross.com> wrote:Hey B,Great update. I'm sorry to hear about the mounting woes...times are pretty tough for sure. We're really excited for the draft--the pub date is beginning to creep up! As for the release of the rest of the advance, let's just say that I don't even ask for money around here these days. ;) I'm afraid Drew can't write that check just yet. If it's any consolation, I see a lot of potential in HF&C so far...Be well!Rachel TrusheimExecutive Editor212.244.2084 ext. 111
On Dec 8, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:I should have the draft finished within a week, as these other chapters are much closer to completion than the Friedman one was; had been incredibly for a while lately with other projects as I've had to provide financial assistance to a family member over the last six months or so and have had several roommates lose jobs thus requiring me to front them, in turn requiring me to do a bunch of time-wasting copywriting nonsense, but I've got the next couple weeks clear so that I can get the book into as good a shape as possible. The draft I get to you in a week should be pretty much the final version; I just find that if I go over it afterwards, I can make significant improvements to the flow and style and whatnot with just a few tweaks here and there.
Speaking of which, do you think Drew might be able to give me half of the second round of the advance ($500 from the $1000 to be paid upon completion) tomorrow if I came to pick it up? If not, that's totally cool; just thought I'd ask, as I think I'm about to get overdrafted when my landlord cashes my check. Vanity Fair takes its sweet, ostentatious time getting me my money. Anyway, let me know, please.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Rachel Trusheim <rachel@sterlingandross.com> wrote:Got it and love it...I'm going to send this and perhaps a portion from Friedman and Bennett to the sales team. Now for the next big question....when do you think you'll have a book draft?Rachel TrusheimExecutive Editor212.244.2084 ext. 111
On Dec 8, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:Okay, just shared the intro with you. It might work well as an excerpt after all. Let me know what you think.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Rachel Trusheim <rachel@sterlingandross.com> wrote:
OK great. Just let me know when it's posted.Thanks!Rachel TrusheimExecutive Editor212.244.2084 ext. 111
On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:Okay, sharing the intro chapter with you in a couple minutes. One thing regarding the Friedman chapter - I accidentally wrote that his intro to his shitty book was called A World Album. That's a typo, should be "word album." I'll change it on the shared document but wasn't sure if you'd already downloaded it off of the internet web network net.