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Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled About:
David said, "David Macinnis Gill is the author of the debut novel, Soul Enchilada, due out in Winter '09 From Greenwillow/Harper Collins. His stories have appeared in several magazines, and his critical biography, ..." more
Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Soul Enchilada:
David said, "My novel SOUL ENCHILADA has been bought by Greenwillow/HarperCollins. Here's the story from Publishers Weekly: "Virginia Duncan at Greenwillow Books has pre-empted North American rights to a debut YA novel by David Macinnis Gill, called Soul..." more
Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Peoples’ Song:
David said, "Woody Guthrie has shown up again in my hospital room, and he's swigging from a bottle of cheap whiskey, like the first time he wandered in here two nights ago. I recognized him right off because of the scrawny build, the wild hair, and the guitar..." more
Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Contact:
David said, "Contact Info for David Macinnis Gill Email: You can email David using the Contact Form below. Snail Mail: David’s not very organized, and he’s afraid of licking envelopes (tongue paper cuts: Ow!). If you’d like to send letters, please..." more
Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Events:
David said, "UPCOMING EVENTS June 2008: Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 26–July 2, 2008 (as conference participant only). November 2008: NCTE Convention/ALAN Workshop, San Antonio, TX, November 21-25 (signing ARCs and presiding over the ALAN..." more
Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11:47 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Visits:
David said, "Hosting David Macinnis Gill at School Library, and Other Events Contact: You can reach David directly by using the contact web form on this website. The link to the form is at the top of this webpage. Or if you would rather work through..." more
Friday, May 23, 2008 9:17:33 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Soul Enchilada Book Trailer (Bug’s Version):
David said, "This is the second book trailer for Soul Enchilada. It's from the POV of the main character, Bug Smoot, and has a different tone than the first trailer."
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:02:57 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Soul Enchilada Book Trailer (Beals version):
David said, "This is one of three (at least) book trailer we're making for Soul Enchilada. The focus for this version was the scary aspect of the story. The others will be lighter."
Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:53:39 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled All That Twitters Is Not Gold:
David said, "This cracked me up:"
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:48:28 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Anatomy of a Final Revision:
David said, "The last of the manuscript arrived at 6:06 PM, a day and half later than expected.This bothered my wonderful publisher friends more than it did me because they have deadlines to meet, marketing to do, etc. Me, all I have to do is accept some spot-on..." more
Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:27:05 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Round 2: Words That Strike Fear Into My Skeevy Little Heart:
David said, "Round Two of revisions was the same as Round 1, but different. Same, in that the editorial notes included line-edits and marginalia, as well as a short editorial letter (addressing two major issues that I’ll describe below). Different in that..." more
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:06:04 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled Revisions? The Computer Says No:
David said, "The next two blog entries were to be about rounds 2 and 3 of Soul Enchilada. I learned scads about writing doing these revisions. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I became a writer somewhere during the convenience store scene, somewhere..." more
Friday, March 21, 2008 9:57:14 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled A Revision Story:
David said, "The revisions for Soul Enchilada were similar to ones I've done on novels in the past. Every novelist who has written a book that didn't sell knows the feeling of changing a novel in response to an encouraging but "not quite" rejection. The same is..." more
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:27:39 PM
David Gill wrote a blog post titled TYRELL Chat Wednesday, 2/20:
David said, "Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat to discuss TYRELL by Coe Booth. Date: 2/20/08 Time: 9:00 PM Eastern URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php Here’s more about TYRELL: “Tyrell is 14. Broke, homeless, with a ..." more
Friday, February 20, 2009 1:35:23 PM
David Gill made friends with Greg Leitich Smith