Beyond the Release in Potomac Review

You may remember a short essay posted by Potomac Review last year about my experience with the release of my debut novel in stories, Tracks. In it, I wrote about the thrill of release day. You can find it here at the link below.

http://potomacreview.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/tracks-day-an-author-shares-the-thrill-of-release-day/


The editors of Potomac Review asked me to write a follow up to that with a little bit about an author’s experience beyond the release. My answer: “Beyond the Release: It Doesn’t End on Release Day,” which was published on Potomac Review’s blog.


In it, I talk about the experience following release day.

“I have tos ay that, for me, even more thrilling than a book sale is a note of support and encouragement from an author I admire. I feel like I’m rich in that department.”

Take a look at “Beyond the Release” at Potomac Review.


http://potomacreview.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/beyond-the-release-it-doesnt-end-on-release-day/

Sharing the Thrill of Release

The Potomac Review recently asked me to share the thrill of my first novel’s release day with their readers. The editors weren’t the first people to ask me about it. As I explained in the piece:

“A good number of people have asked me: what was it like? To finally have my first novel released after years—decades—of pitching to agents and publishers? To have a traditional publisher release my baby to the world.

The short answer: somewhat surreal.”

At the link below, you can find the long answer.

Enjoy “Tracks Day: An Author Shares the Thrill of Release Day” at Potomac Review.

And by all means, share your own release day experience!

http://potomacreview.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/tracks-day-an-author-shares-the-thrill-of-release-day/

Interview Published in Potomac Review

The Potomac Review, the literary journal published by Montgomery College, recently interviewed me about Tracks and writing in general. You can read the entire interview, “Following Tracks,” at their website.

http://potomacreview.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/following-tracks-an-interview-with-author-eric-d-goodman/


Here’s a sampling …


Potomac Reiew: Tracks: A Novel in Stories brings together characters with disparate backgrounds and interests. Why did you decide to write a novel in short stories?


Eric D. Goodman: When I wrote the first few stories from Tracks, I didn’t realize I was writing a novel in stories. They just happened to all take place on trains. It was around that time that I read Joan Silber’s collection of linked stories, Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories and then Now You See It … Stories from Cokesville, PA. I fell in love with the concept and decided to try to do the same with these train stories. Since I started about five years ago, the format seems to have taken off with such books as Olive Kitterige and A Visit from the Goon Squad and Here Comes Another Lesson. It’s a format I’d really like to revisit.


Read the full interview; visit the Potomac Review online.

http://potomacreview.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/following-tracks-an-interview-with-author-eric-d-goodman/