reed says: He stopped publishing after Boy's Life (arguabley
his best book) because he wanted to get out of the horror
genre, wrote at least one (possibly two) historical
mainstream books (but one involves witchcraft
hysteria/trials, possibly Salem's lot) that no one would pick
up. So he quit. At least until recently -- his witch trial
historical is supposed to be published by a small press later
this year. But I suspect you knew all that before I typed
this.
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nope. i hadn't heard it. thanks for the news. i don't
understand the publishing biz. i would have thought that with
his success, he would always have money up front from some
publisher. and writing a book that nobody is inter- ested in
publishing must be quite a blow, both to the spirit and the
pocketbook. i guess when the publishing industry has you
figured for a certain genre, they can be stubborn about a
change.
miker
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