I just wrote a post where I tried to draw up a Top 50 of the Best M/M Romance, and R.W. Day's book is n° 6. For what is worthy to prove how good a book it's.

Elisa

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Thank you, Elisa, I'm honored!

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It's your book that is worthy and I hope the best for you. Elisa

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A Strong and Sudden Thaw is a wonderful book, and I'd hoped to see a sequel.

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Thank you! And there is one. It's done, or at least it was, until I realized I'd grown as a writer to the point where I was completely dissatisfied with a huge chunk of it, and began rewriting. Needless to say, I'll be looking for a different publisher when it's ready to go.

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Hurrah! Be sure to let us know when it gets accepted.
Rewrites... the bane of my existence.

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I adored A Strong and Sudden Thaw. It was one of those books that was a joy to review.

I really liked the idea of Iris Print. I knew a lot of the authors they were working with, and I liked the quality of the talent they were using. I'm just very, very dissapointed.

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Thank you so much! (And CB, I hope you don't mind me replying here - I don't normally respond to reviews or comments in other people's blogs because it's too easy to go from there down the path of Anne Rice-ish wankery, but I couldn't look at all these lovely, encouraging comments and keep silent!)

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Not at all: I know very well how isolating being a writer is, and I wanted you to see that there are so many people who think so very, very well of your work.

We all need happy boosts every now and then, too, you know?

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This is so disappointing. Iris Print gave me my first break, publishing my short story, and I've been doing my best to help promote. It just seems like she'd given up really trying, which is sad. I would hope she'd have the guts to come out and say it, though.

A Strong and Sudden Thaw is one of the best books I've ever read. If I don't see something else from R.W. Day in the future, I will be depressed. Seriously.

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Thank you! I fully intend to write and publish until my fingers are too arthritic to manage a keyboard.

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I am very glad to hear that! Write away, and let us know where you're publishing in the future, please! Especially that sequel to A Strong and Sudden Thaw I noticed you talking about up in another comment. :D

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Thank you so much for this. My current state of not-writing doesn't really have anything to do with Iris's problems. I'm certainly not in this for money - most of my sales are spec fic short stories that made something like an average of $10. I don't even care if she has to delay my royalty payment until the company is more solvent or pay me partially in stock - I just want to hear from her. Actually, the most frustrating part of it all is that my book has been out of stock on Amazon for quite a while now and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it.

As to getting another publisher, yeah, it's something I think about - I need to talk to that lawyer and see what my options are, but I keep holding off, hoping Kellie will get in touch. Hope springs eternal, I guess.

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