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Question: How did you get the
www.nietz.com
domain?
Answer: I worked at Microsoft,
OK? When the Internet was just coming into its
own, everyone on my project team (Transpoint...a
product that Microsoft later sold) searched for the
availability of their last name and registered it.
Question: Did you ever meet
Bill Gates?
Answer: Yes, and no.
When I first started at Microsoft, all 40 of us
ex-Fox people were gathered in a room and he came in
to greet us. In my seven years at Microsoft,
that's about as close as I got.
Question: Do you have any more
books coming out?
Answer: I'm always working on
something. Much of the writer's life is spent
revising and submitting manuscripts. It takes
a lot of time. My first published
novel, entitled A Star
Curiously Singing,
took almost two years from conception to
release. (Published in October of '09 from
Marcher Lord
Press.) The sequel, The
Superlative Stream, took about half that
time. Next on my list is another sequel. My hope is for that to see a cover in 2011
or 2012.
Question: Do you think you'll
ever code again?
Answer: Actually, when a
relative decided to run for political office last
year ('08), I did get a chance to code again.
Twas fun. Most of what I did was in HTML, JavaScript
and—dun, dunna, na—FoxPro! I found the FoxPro
version especially fun. I used the latest
version—9.0, and if nothing else, the experience
gave me a greater appreciation for just how robust
and powerful FoxPro is. I got to eat my own dog
food, and liked it! (Though, I can't say the product
is really mine anymore, there is certainly
still parts of me in it.)
Question: What writing books have
you found helpful?
Answer: Self Editing for
Fiction Writers by Browne & King,
The First
Five Pages by Noah Lukeman,
Negotiating a
Book Contract by Mark L. Levine, and
On
Writing by Stephen King.
Question: How
do I find a publisher?
Answer: Get a
copy of
Writer's Market for information about
publishers. Also, scour the Internet.
Remember, publishers are usually specific about the
genre (type) of books they are looking for. Search
out those that match your book.
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