{"id":2620,"date":"2023-02-09T06:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:04:24","slug":"the-night-prowlers-publication-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/the-night-prowlers-publication-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Prowlers: Publication Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>The Night Prowlers<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Backstory:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first contacted Avalon Books to query after my daughter had read a couple of their novels she got from the library and suggested that I could write something similar.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d been writing for about eight years at that point and had completed four novel-length manuscripts. When daughter mentioned Avalon Books, I read a couple of their books, and realized that the kinds of stories they published appealed to me, though none of the things I\u2019d written to that point would be appropriate for them.<\/p>\n

Still, I had an idea, so I quickly tapped out three chapters and an outline of a story I thought would interest them. Then I waited. I actually completed another book in progress at the time while I waited. A year or so later, I got a response from an editor at Avalon. She liked my idea, thought it would work for them, and wanted the full manuscript.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where it got interesting. I found the first three chapters I\u2019d sent, but I couldn\u2019t find the outline anywhere. This is so not me. I tend to be very organized and a bit of a packrat. I can\u2019t imagine that I wouldn\u2019t have kept a copy of the outline. But I searched both my digital files and paper ones and came up empty.<\/p>\n

I had only the vaguest recollection of what I had put in the outline. I went ahead and wrote the book as it seemed like it should work, which I hoped was at least similar to what I\u2019d promised. I actually completed that book pretty quickly, in just over a couple of months, as I recall. I liked the way it worked out even if I wasn\u2019t sure how close it was to what I\u2019d promised.<\/p>\n

Hoping that the editor wouldn\u2019t remember the original outline either, I sent off the completed manuscript.\u00a0 Apparently it worked for her, too.<\/p>\n

A couple of months later I got the Call<\/em>. Avalon offered me a contract for the book, however they didn\u2019t like my original title for the book and suggested \u201cThe Night Prowlers\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

It was published about a year later. This is the cover for the original hardback version:<\/p>\n

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