On Second Thought

[EUOL]

He deciphered what all of the numbers mean on the Borders Books price tag sticker, so he can tell how many books were ordered by the store and when.  Then he counts them to see how many have sold.  Then, for new books, he moves copies out of the back up to one of the front 'sampler' table.  Then he digs the extra copies out of their hiding place behind the first line of books and stuffs the shelf with his authors' books.  Then he turns one of each face-out.  THEN he sneaks over to one of the Border's "look up a book" stations and puts in the employee code he filched from somewhere, and uses that to check up on how his authors are selling, and whether the Borders is keeping them appropriately in stock or not.

The guy's a nut.  Fortunately, he uses his powers for good (ie, for me.)

[House of Mustard]

I want him on my team.

[EUOL]

Heh.  Well, if you decide to go national with some fantasy/sf I'll hook you up.

Though, it would be hilarious if you brought an agent into your Covenant negotiations now...  (You made him sign a TWENTY YEAR first refusal clause?  Excuse me while I call our lawyers....)

[Lieutenant Kije]

Fortunately, he uses his powers for good (ie, for me.)

What does the E in EUOL stand for?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Extremely Beneveloent
EBUOL just sounds too much like Ebola

Evil backwards is "live." and we all want to live, don't we?

[JP Dogberry]

Y'know, that seems strangely fitting for EUOL, except note the benevolance is like this:

"Friend Evil Undead Overlord Only wants the best for you. You must obey Friend Evil Undead Overlord, it is for your own good".

[Lieutenant Kije]

EUOL backward is LOUE.  Loue.  Hmmm...interesting.

[EUOL]

Lol.  The 'E' stands for 'Awesome', of course.  

I'm a Sanderson.  You all know we have troubles with spelling.

...and if you have powers, do you use them for good, or for awesome?

[Mistress of Darkness]

Congrats on selling the first printing!!

My husband and I just finished last night. We highly approve. When you're next one coming out?

[House of Mustard]

Same bat-time next year: March or thereabouts.

[EUOL]

Oh?  I thought for some reason your next one was slated for December.

[House of Mustard]

It was, for about a week.  I'm actually pleased by the new release date though.  The LDS market has two really busy periods: Christmas and March/April.  Summer and fall are apparently slower than cold tar.  This means that if my book is released in the spring, nothing of great importance will push it off the good shelves for a long time (it might last on the new release shelf for six months or more).  If it's released at Christmas, there will be more people buying books, but it will also have more competition.

[Mistress of Darkness]

And then EUOL's book will come out a couple of months later. Happy, happy.

[EUOL]

And, hopefully, it will continue that way for decades to come.  HoM every March, me every May.

There are ten more months to fill, people.  Better get to work.  :)

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm hoping to eventually claim one of them.