Steven,
you know how for Book Two on the forums it's been labeled "xxx xxxxxx xxxxx "
well, do you think you could keep us even more enthralled than we already are by, hmmm, maybe sporadically releasing a new letter every once and while????
now THAT would be an adventure!!!!
: )
p.s. "The" doesn't count because we already know that part.

New blog up here.

Includes some words and a whole phrase from Hula Hoop, and also some wondering about what went wrong with the new series of Skins

S

‘uncommonly susceptible to the Devil’s influence.’ Cool.. reminds me of someone.

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See in black and white, feel in slow motion....

New blog - 'The future of Eric Sanderson & almost some film news' - is up now :)

S

Apols for the lack of blog updates guys. Am racing to meet a Book Two deadline and there isn't much space for too many other things at the moment.

I'm going away for a week to try to make some progress so I might not be getting back to posts and Q&A questions as quickly as usual. Do keep the Q&As coming if you have them though, I really enjoy answering em.

Will check in when I can.

S

Thanks Cp,

No, it means that a respectable chunk of Book Two will be done soon though. I'm just starting tio realise what a huge project Book Two is, tbh. There's a lot to do.
I'm working on a whole different scale this time around.

S

New Blog!



Hello hello,

Been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry about that. I’ve just been plugging away here at Hula Hoop. Every paragraph that I’m writing at the moment is taking a long time, for reasons which will probably be obvious when it’s finally finished and you guys can get a look at it. I don’t make life easy for myself, I really don’t. I’ve got a great feeling about this book though, and hopefully all the extra hours will be worth it.


Book Two

Speaking of the second book there are a few new details over on the 3AM blog – nothing very spoiler-ish, but some things that haven’t been mentioned on here yet. There’s still a long road ahead with Book Two and I’ll keep you posted on my progress as best I can, although it might come off a little “something I can’t talk about yet is going really well, still struggling with a different something-I-can’t-talk-about though” but I’ll do my best to keep it interesting!


Book Two – duel format?

I’m just beginning to look at the possibility of having Book Two released in two formats at once. The first would obviously be as a printed book (if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it) and the second as something a little bit different. I’m very interested in working across different platforms, and I’m interested in the ways fiction can fit with the way we live now. I’m not talking about re-inventing the wheel or anything, but I feel that in the stampede towards ebooks (which are very interesting in their own right) publishers may have missed a trick, and so I’m going to take a shot at it to see what happens. I still need to talk to a few people about this (my publishers for one!) but hopefully everyone will be as excited as I am about the idea.


Raw Shark Chinese

On the Raw Shark Texts front, I’ve written a brand new introduction to the Chinese language edition which is out very soon. Once that book is out, I’ll make sure a translated version is available on here.

Expanded Raw Shark?

I’ve noticed here and here and in a few other places too that rumours are circulating about a new/definitive edition of The Raw Shark Texts featuring Jesse Walker’s amazing design work . I’d love to release a limited, expanded edition featuring everything found so far, and it’s great to see the interest in that happening popping up around the web. I’m going to speak to Canongate about it very soon, and would quietly suggest that the more heat there is around this online, the more likely it is to happen... ;)


That’s all for now, more soon!

S

Thank you for the update!

I saliave every time I see the Jesse Walker concept design. I had one of the images as my desktop wallpaper for a brief period of time (but you can see how that would be a potential problem.... heh)

Also, when I hear "the second novel uses the architecture of the book to tell the story," what I can't stop thinking of is Only Revolutions. Or, at least the idea of Only Revolutions. And that excites the heck out of me!! I can't help but feel that what Steven Hall (you) are doing is part of some sort of "book revolution" type-deal. And i'm ecstatic!!!

One more thing. Question. When you said duel-format - ebooks. Do you just mean it to be released in digital form? I can't really grasp the whole ebook thing.

And, one more thing. Question. (sorry, I lied). Something you might not be able to answer(?...just a yes or no) Will there be connections (big or small or minuscule) bridging this book with Raw Shark?

Sorry to add to the mass of questions but I'm rather excited; as the new book is said to bridge with TRST could it possibly be seen as a sequel of sorts? I understand if you don't want to give too much away though, Thanks.

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"In his dream, which he later forgot, he found himself alone in a room, firing a pistol into a bare white wall."

People can say whatever they want about Raw Shark, but sneaking in a plug for your own book at the end of a review is just plain cheeky D. Mikels!

S

Hmmm. Just saw that this guy also recently reviewed a bottle of Heinz Worcestershire Sauce...