Breath of Fire
Posted on 11/04/2001 7:58:33 AM PST by Jeff Head
By: Christopher Durkin
My good friend and Free Republic regular Jeff Head spoke with me on the phone this afternoon with the great news that POCKETPCPRESS, a major publisher of electronic books, has expressed strong interest in Jeff's recently completed work of fiction:
Which is a tale of the coming third world war. Mr. Doug Clapp of PocketPCpress wrote in his endorsement on Jeff's website:
"My company, PocketPCpress, gets to see a ton of novel submissions. Most are truly terrible...which is sad. We wish it weren't so.
We recently had the good fortune to read Dragon's Fury-Breath of Fire by Jeff Head and -- for the first time in a long, long while -- we were absolutely knocked out.
Don't be mislead by the fact that -- for now -- this is a self-published book offered only on the author's website. I'm sure this won't be the case for long. This is an amazingly accomplished, professional, techno-thriller that will make you turn page after page after page -- and enjoy every minute of it.
I could go on about plotting and characterization and all that, but I won't. This is simply a hellava great read and "right on" about what's happening in the world today. Tom Clancy now has some serious, serious competition."
Doug Clapp
Jeff went on to mention that Mr. Clapp has also put him in contact with a New York literary agent who has requested expedited delivery of a complete hard copy manuscript in anticipation of possible print publication. For those of you who may not have seen the initial announcement, excerpts from Jeff's book Breath of Fire can be found here.
This is a most noteworthy and laudable achievement and a source of pride for all of us here. It is also even further evidence that Free Republic is the beacon of American liberty which both attracts and stimulates the brightest minds to be found on the net or anywhere. Congratulations to you, Jeff !
Outside of that, I'll just keep on keeping on trying to get it going myself.
The first printing, which I am getting done on my own, should be in late next week or the week after and will mail out then. They're going fast ... mainly because I couldn't afford to buy too many at the price it takes for low production numbers.
But, I'll keep doing just that as long as I can.
FRegards.
I will be on the road between Thursday the 8th and MOnday the 12th on my way to visit our new grandson. Will be online sparsely during that time, if at all.
www.dragonsfury-breathoffire.com
On the order page you can order a trade paperback printed version. They'll ship late week after next.
We will take calls. So be ready Freepers to talk live to Jeff Head.
He read it in two days and we're now working on his company doing the MSReader and Adobe EBooks.
He then wrote the review that Chris posted above, and got me in touch with some agents in NYC to start talking about (hopefully) printing it big time. I hope it does because I believe the story is an important one for our time ... even though it is fiction, I wrote it with a purpose.
Thanks for the kind words!
I look forward to getting your order and filling it, but more importantly, to you enjoying a compelling and thought provoking read. Please let me know what you think.
Keep up the good work!
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