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| Posted by: showtunetrivia 12:25 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - PlayWiz 12:05 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Agree on all counts, PlayWiz: Ella, the added songs issue, and yes, I would love to see Bleu try this. Full disclosure: Larry Hart is a major character in my forthcoming novel (yes, I can say “forthcoming” at long last, loves! I get preliminary cover sketches this week!), so I am certifiably obsessed with his career. Laura |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: WWriter 10:38 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 12:25 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Congratulations! How exciting! I love forward to reading it | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: StageLover 07:57 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 12:25 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| It's too bad Sondheim hates his work so much. | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 01:52 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 12:25 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| I can say “forthcoming” at long last, loves! I get preliminary cover sketches this week! Wonderful! Congratulations! I didn't realize you'd even sold it--but then, like so many of us, I've been a bit out of the loop for the last 18 months! |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 02:20 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - keikekaze 01:52 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Well, I haven’t sold it. After a decade of non-stop rejections from publishers big and small, I’ve decided to self-publish. I’m not getting any younger; publishing in general is in the toilet (my husband has written over a hundred novels, won awards, and made the NYT bestseller list, and even with that track record, he’s feeling the pinch); and, let’s face it, marketing the world’s first alternate theatre history novel is a hard sell. Niche market, anyone? More like a crevice! Of course, I probably didn’t help my chances of getting a sale by devoting an entire chapter to moving a piano. :) It’s an important piano, but still… Anyway, fingers are crossed that BROADWAY REVIVAL will be available by the end of the year. Laura |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:58 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 02:20 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Laura, even if some publisher didn't ask ''if you could write a book,'' congrats on self-publishing it. Hope your novel wins best ''Revival''! | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: Someday 03:21 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 02:20 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Hey, August Wilson wrote a whole play about "an important piano"... and much else. I'm glad you stuck to your guns with that chapter! And I empathize about the apparently crevice-like market for the material you're most passionate about. It's a crevice whose contours I happen to love, and I suspect most of the lurkers and posters here feel the same. So please keep us posted! | |
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| Thanks, gang! | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:47 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - Someday 03:21 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| My thanks for the encouraging posts above. You can expect a great deal of noise from me when BROADWAY REVIVAL is indeed available. Because who on earth is more inclined to be interested in a book where Gershwin doesn’t die in 1937 than my fellow Chatterati? :) Laura, still chuffed at the notion of being connected (however tenuously) to August Wilson |
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| re: Thanks, gang! | |
| Posted by: WWriter 10:43 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: Thanks, gang! - showtunetrivia 07:47 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| I love that concept! I read once that Gershwin said that he had written a piece in his head for, IIRC, a string quartet and only needed to find time to write it down. And then he died. Of course it's terribly sad that we lost ALL he would have done, but that particular piece breaks my heart, because it almost existed. Put me down for a copy. Wendy |
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| re: Thanks, gang! | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:19 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:19 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: Thanks, gang! - showtunetrivia 07:47 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| It may seem like a backhanded compliment, but I do actually mean it to be a true compliment - I'm far far more interested in your book than in this already odd rewrite of Pal Joey. Looking forward, Laura!! | |
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| And I got the first look at the cover art today! | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 11:55 am EDT 10/05/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Thanks, gang! - Chromolume 09:19 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Wow, I woke up this morning to a lovely email from Ann, this terrific compliment from Chromolume, AND the early cover art for BROADWAY REVIVAL, which looks awesome. And it rained last night, too! (We’ve had about five inches all year.) Laura, having a Very Good Day Indeed! |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 12:36 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 12:25 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| Let us know more about the book as it progresses. That sounds exciting! Good for you! | |
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