{"id":27,"date":"2010-12-11T19:45:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=27"},"modified":"2011-02-03T08:55:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:55:16","slug":"december-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"December 21"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Welcome to the last update of 2K9. Tomorrow I\u2019m off to the frigid north to visit family over Christmas. I\u2019m going to enjoy seeing them, but I am NOT looking forward to the weather. (I was just out golfing earlier today, and now I\u2019m about to be thrust into a sub-zero, ice covered golfing wasteland!)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve tried to catch up on my e-mails as much as possible before I left, but I have been SWAMPED with e-mails from fans since\u00a0Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil<\/a> came out. Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 that\u2019s a very, very good thing. It\u2019s just a little overwhelming, so if you haven\u2019t had a response yet please be patient \u2013 I\u2019ll get back to you in the New Year.<\/p>\n

As for\u00a0DoE\u00a0sales, I don\u2019t have any concrete numbers yet. But the most recent\u00a0New York Times bestseller list<\/a> came out and I placed at #18. At first I was a little disappointed: I was really hoping to crack the top 10 (the first two books both topped out at #11). Then I started to read the names on the list. Stephen King. Dan Brown. John Grisham. James Patterson. Sue Grafton. Michael Crichton. (Wait\u2026 isn\u2019t he dead? How can he still be\u00a0publishing!) Dean Koontz. The collaborative final book in the massive Wheel of Time series. That Kathryn\u00a0Stockett\u00a0novel that\u2019s been clogging up the list for 37 straight weeks.<\/p>\n

Seriously \u2013 check out that list. It is EPIC. What I failed to realize was that the pre-Christmas push from publishers includes all the heavy hitters. For a (not-so) young up-and-comer like me, it\u2019s hard to compete with the legends. So I don\u2019t feel all that bad. I\u2019m going to assume the numbers are there; the competition at this time of year is just a lot tougher than when Rule of Two came out (the week after Christmas).<\/p>\n

But I haven\u2019t given up hope yet. There\u2019s still a chance to climb a few spots in next week\u2019s list. So if you haven\u2019t bought your copy yet, rush right out and pick it up! Yes we can! Yes we can! (And if we don\u2019t, I\u2019ll deal with my sorrow by playing an extra round of golf when I get back to\u00a0Texas.)<\/p>\n

Okay, that\u2019s all. Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Festive\u00a0Festivus\u00a0(AFestivus\u00a0for the rest of us!), and a spectacular New Year.<\/p>\n

Drew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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