tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post1806028196547823251..comments2023-12-16T14:36:45.102-05:00Comments on Department of Justice: The Forgotten StoryMark Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15554011945292854614noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-79574482261499794692008-06-12T13:22:00.000-04:002008-06-12T13:22:00.000-04:00Them damn' aliens! They do the same to me!I'll dig...Them damn' aliens! They do the same to me!<BR/><BR/>I'll dig out and copy your contract when I'm allowed to shift heavy files. As this is a chore I may forget to do, feel free to nag me in a couple of weeks, if you've not heard anything, at dragonsofmanhattan //AT// hotmail //DOT// com.<BR/><BR/>-- Paul (aka John Grant)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-11701144843256385092008-06-11T18:06:00.000-04:002008-06-11T18:06:00.000-04:00"All authors were informed every step of the way, ..."All authors were informed every step of the way, and the transfer of publishers was not effected until I had the agreement of all."<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that's right -- and if the aliens hadn't sucked the memory from my brain, I'm certain I'd remember the correspondence.Mark Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554011945292854614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-73798044141934310122008-06-11T17:52:00.000-04:002008-06-11T17:52:00.000-04:00If you have a contract on file, I'd like a copy.I'...<I>If you have a contract on file, I'd like a copy.</I><BR/><BR/>I'll dig it out . . . though not <I>now</I>, as the chore'll involve heaving and lifting as I find the file of NWitF contracts.<BR/><BR/>For the record, the original publisher of what was to have been the two anthologies <I>Strange Pleasures #4</I> and <I>#5</I> was Prime. The editor there, Sean Wallace, waited until I'd assembled both volumes and then abruptly, without having seen the texts, dumped the books (also <I>Strange Pleasures #6</I>, which Dave Hutchinson was just finishing putting together. By very lucky chance, I'd been across at Eastercon and talking with the UK small press Pendragon about the possibility of doing stuff; they've produced a infinitely better book than I can imagine we'd ever have seen from Prime. All authors were informed every step of the way, and the transfer of publishers was not effected until I had the agreement of all.<BR/><BR/>You will have gathered that the anthology was a hell of a lot of work for me. But I did not wish to see it die and to let down 40+ contributors who'd already been told their stories had been accepted.<BR/><BR/>As I say, we got a far better result than the original could have been. A further bonus was that, within days of Pendragon taking over the publication, one of the contributors won the Orange Best New Writer Award -- a major international literary laurel.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry I've spoiled your anecdote.<BR/><BR/>-- John GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-61865576628884462142008-06-10T02:04:00.000-04:002008-06-10T02:04:00.000-04:00Hi John Grant.Sorry to hear about your health issu...Hi John Grant.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your health issues. Hope you're doing better.<BR/><BR/>As I mentioned in the essay, I don't recall correspondence regarding the switch in publications, but my memory could be at fault.<BR/><BR/>If you have a contract on file, I'd like a copy. If I ever had one it has vanished.Mark Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554011945292854614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-56055844444494643932008-06-09T18:27:00.000-04:002008-06-09T18:27:00.000-04:00Um, I have much of the e-correspondence on file, a...Um, I have much of the e-correspondence on file, and of course your signed contract for the publication of your story in <I>New Writings</I>, Mark!<BR/><BR/>I'm just back home from hosp after a triple bypass to find the book's been longlisted for a BSFA Award.<BR/><BR/>Gotta go crash . . .<BR/><BR/>-- All best, John GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18696447.post-59908663420950559022008-06-09T08:46:00.000-04:002008-06-09T08:46:00.000-04:00Sounds really fascinating, Mark. Keep my fingers ...Sounds really fascinating, Mark. Keep my fingers crossed you can do that tweaking and find an American anthology to pick it up. Sounds like something all of us would love to read.Ron Fortierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309149554499286208noreply@blogger.com