My novel manuscript

[SonomaCat]

I can't remember if I made a specific reference to this particular project before, but be prepared for another round of self-promotion on my part....

I finished the novel I was working on, and I have now finished about 20 rounds of revisions to it. As of right now, I am considering it finished. This will likely only be true until someone points out something about it that needs to be changed, and then I will hate the current draft and won't be happy until I have "fixed" it again.

The story is set in a small town in Montana for most of the book, and touches on a lot of issues and themes that many of you will likely be familiar with. If you are interested in taking a look, it is posted at:

http://thebergum.com/pages/2/index.htm

To date, I have been devoting my free time to getting the manuscript into a form that I was relatively happy with. My next step is to begin seriously investigating the publishing process. So as I say to everyone I talk to about this, if you happen to have any personal connections with, or insights into, literary agents or publishers for this kind of fictional novel, I would love any help that you can provide me. Thanks in advance!

[Cat-theotherwhitemeat]

I get dibs on the first copy, autographed of course.

[SonomaCat]

I can't remember how many people I have promised the first copy to, but if this thing gets published, then I will be thrilled to give out as many signed "first copies" of the thing as I can. That would be cool [as BAC fades into a fantasy scene of his first book signing, with girls screaming and flashing him to try to get his attention, and guys wishing they were him; his body guards picking only the hottest of the maidens for the limo ride back to the crib to drink 40s and Kristal before his overly hot and talent-less celebrity singer girlfriend gets back from her album promotion. Then the bubble pops and he realizes that he's still sitting in his cube, staring blankly at a computer screen and surrounded by stacks of financial documents for him to review.]

So, ummm, yeah, you get the first one.

[OZCAT]

BayCat-

Try contacting:

Farcountry press in Helena- Kathy Springer at 406-444-5105 or
Riverbend Publishing also in Helena- Chris Cauble/ ccauble@riverbend.com.

Good Luck!

[SonomaCat]

Thanks, OZCAT!

[briannell]

Brad,

will get more time to read the novel in a few weeks, but the few pages I've read are good.

good luck with it.

Rebecca

[bronco]

I read quite a bit and it was good. It's hard to write a novel and I was happy that 200 characters weren't introduced in the first paragraph...pet peeve. I like the Montana back ground of the story.

Did you see the movie about small Montana high school football called slaughter rule? I think it won awards a few years ago at Sun-dance.

Another pet peeve and it's minor but when you say he poured a cement pad....everyone understands what it is... but it's not correct.
It would be a concrete pad...I guess it's possible to pour a cement pad but 1st rain would wash it away. Minor but one of those things where I've
always had to correct. I have to.... can't stop myself no matter how how hard I try. So now you know how to get under my skin....cement pad...cement pad.

[SonomaCat]

Hey Bronco. Thanks for both taking the time to read a bit of the book as well as for the kind words ... especially considering how snippy and obnoxious I tend to get on some of our threads with each other. In particular, thank you for helping me out with the concrete/cement thing. That is exactly the kind of help that I need on a constant basis. I am spending the afternoon doing writing stuff (packaging crap for submissions, which is a pain in the arse), so I will make your noted change right now. I know that I hate it when I come across things in books that are inaccurate or don't make sense, so to the extent I can avoid doing the same (with a lot of help from others), I am thrilled. Thanks again!

I did see Slaughter Rule, and I really liked it. In fact, my aunt is one of the EMTs that hauls the kid off of the field in Power. She didn't like the movie, though. I think they were expecting something more along the lines of "The Mighty Ducks" or something, when in reality the movie was pretty dark. But I like dark movies, especially ones shot largely on fields that I used to play back in the day. That movie made my DVD purchases list, as do most good Montana films.

[bronco]

Sounds good...I'm jealous of folks who can write and artists who can draw and the list goes on .

The slaughter rule was a dark movie. I got a kick out of the female character being called Skyla. I talked to the makers of the film and they named her after Lady Griz great Skyla Sisco who is also from a small Montana town.

Good luck with the book.

[Sportin' Life]

The link does not work for me.

[ChiOCat]

I can't open it on my phone sitting in the sun drinking coffee, it sounded like a great addition to the morning!

[chester Spartanpot]

send one out to your pal Chester... but please hurry it up... his dining room table was begun to wobble

[HelenaCat95]

Just wondering....do you guys realize that this thread is from April 2005, so it is over 5 years old?

It doesn't meant that the novel isn't finished, or that it's not wonderful....but it is an old thread, resurrected by a first time poster and possible scammer.
just wondering

[SonomaCat]

Yeah ... that thread was a bit stale.

For those that actually do want to see my current (and only) book info, this is the current website:

http://www.bradbergum.com

I see that one can get copies of it very cheap on Amazon right now ... looks like it must have finally fallen out of the NYT best seller list.

[Sportin' Life]

Just wondering....do you guys realize that this thread is from April 2005, so it is over 5 years old?

It doesn't meant that the novel isn't finished, or that it's not wonderful....but it is an old thread, resurrected by a first time poster and possible scammer.
just wondering

I didn't see that at all. But thought it was about time for a next novel.

[ChiOCat]

Ha! I did not even look. I was surprised that there was another one so quickly! Sorry Brad, you just lost a bit of my awe!

[SonomaCat]

Ha! I did not even look. I was surprised that there was another one so quickly! Sorry Brad, you just lost a bit of my awe!

Ah, come on. I've totally got a new one started and I'm roaring along.

Check out this beginning ...

"It was a dark and stormy night ...."

Now I just need a plot, some characters, a few gratuitous deaths, and a heavy handed ending, and I'm all done!

[ChiOCat]

Hey that sounds a lot like the book I'm reading right now!

[RMD]

BAC wrote a book??????