INfusion 47 ebook - Summer 2012 - NMIT

Warwick Sprawson
Windmill Books
From: publisher@windmillbooks.com.au
To: dev074@fastmail.com.au
Subject: New Voices Award 2012
Dear Devin,
Congratulations! You are the winner of Windmill Books’ inaugural New Voices
Award! Your manuscript, with its vivacious writing and vivid characterisation,
beat contenders from all around Australia. Everyone here at Windmill is really
excited about working with you to publish your wonderful manuscript, ‘The
Bourgeois Collective’.
Would it be possible to come into our Melbourne office and meet the team? It
would be good for you to meet Kathy, the editor you’ll be working with.
Thanks for choosing to entrust your manuscript with Windmill Books and
congratulations again on winning the New Voices Award.
Warm regards,
George Nagelmackers
Publisher, Windmill Books
From: dev074@fastmail.com.au
To: publisher@windmillbooks.com.au
Subject: New Voices Award!
Dear George,
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I can’t tell you how excited I was to receive your email! As you well know, being
a writer it is a constant battle to get traction and continue your journey against
the blizzard of rejections, so you can imagine how winning this award has
bucked me up. I’ve been working on this book for nearly three years and it is
wonderful that I will be able to share it with a wider audience.
As my letter may have indicated, I live on a bush block near Castlemaine but I
come down to the city regularly and would be delighted to meet the Windmill
team. What day/time did you have in mind?
Thanks for this great opportunity.
Warm regards,
Devin Keys
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From: publisher@windmillbooks.com.au
To: dev074@fastmail.com.au
Subject: Re: New Voices Award!
Dear Devin,
Summer Edition ‘12
It was great to meet you yesterday and present you with your certificate.
Everyone here at Windmill really admires your work and is keen to produce
this book and, who knows, perhaps future books too! We are sure you will
become a significant new Australian voice.
Could you please forward us your most recent manuscript? Kathy will do a
thorough read and provide the initial feedback. Obviously we want to work
with you to make this book the best it can be and, as discussed, this will likely
mean a bit of rewriting before publication.
It was lovely to meet you and we look forward to seeing you again soon.