JAMES M. TABOR

The first pre-publication reviews of The Deep Zone have begun to appear. My editor at Random House/Ballantine Books did a superheroic job of helping me bring this one home. Also can't say enough good things about the publishing side.
Some very famous novelists liked it a lot. Readers at Goodreads and Libary Journal are enthusiastic. Was it Wellington who said that a general can only make plans for a battle, then sit back and watch--once it begins, it's all out of his hands? Kind of like that publishing a book. You can write the best book you can write, which I did, but there's never any telling how it will strike others.
Makes for an exciting ride.

We have a new puppy, and I found some incredible training videos on YouTube. The presenter must have spent YEARS developing his skills and offers them free. Free! Can you imagine. Nor is he unique. I've benefited from other web-based "secret sharers" in everything from laying tile to classical guitar.
I'd like to do some sharing, too.
So if you're a writer with a question about writing, send it along and I'll do the best I can to help. You can send it here, if you want others to benefit from our discourse, or privately to my email, jim@jamesmtabor.com.
(This isn't total altruism, either. Someone once said, "To really learn something, teach it." That's the payback for me.)

Publishing a first novel is right up there with life's other Great Firsts,viz.:

*Kiss
*Fight
*Teen sex
*Real sex
*Marriage
*Divorce
*Parenthood
*Big Failure
*Big Success
*Etc.

Imagine doing any (or all) of those at 63. The first question: is it sweeter, later? The big answer: damn right, for me anyway. Climb,dive wrecks,ride horses (or anything) all your life, but there's always one undone thing. I've been a writer all my life, and the novel was mine.Good thing old genes abound in my family, because I'm looking to ride this horse a good way.
This novel is my undone thing finally done, and I'd like to hear about others--not just writerly things, either, but all kinds. Pitch in!