December 2004 

Steve Alten December Update
In this UPDATE: A new CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE character contest


To my readers:

I want to wish you and yours a safe, happy holiday. Here's 2 unique gift ideas that won't cost you a bundle:

1. Enter your loved one to be a CHARACTER in an upcoming Steve Alten thriller (see below).

2. Purchase any Steve Alten novel, and I will send you a personally signed bookplate to your loved one - free of charge. Just e-mail me the mailing info and who you'd like the bookplate signed to at MEG82159@aol.com NO LATER THAN Dec. 19th.

Just my way of saying THANK YOU.

-Steve Alten

May 2005 opens a CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE summer!

May 2005 launches my guaranteed best novel to date, THE LOCH, set to be released May1st, 2005, along with the paperback of MEG; Primal Waters. It'll be a summer 2005 CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE...and opens the door for a new contest for characters in my 2006 novel.

I need characters. Lots of them. Figure 50-60 readers will be selected to be actual characters in my 2006 novel. BE PART OF THE ACTION!

RULES TO ENTER:
1. Send me an e-mail at Meg82159@aol.com with your FULL NAME, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, and...

2. Tell me how you will help us promote the CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE in May.

Examples: You will promote the novels on websites, bloggs, classmates, co-workers, you have ties to a newspaper, magazine, TV station, radio, etc.

I will select the TOP 50 entries AS THEY COME IN and notify you right away. Winners will also be listed in the April newsletter. You must follow-up with your commitments to see your name in the Summer 2006 novel.



May 2005 CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE featuring 2 great new ERIK HOLLANDER BOOK COVERS!!!

Summer 2006 novel - GIVE US YOUR INPUT Here's a few choices for a summer 2006 novel:

A. SORCERESS (the sequel to Goliath)
B. PHOBOS (the last book in the DOMAIN trilogy)
C. MEG 4; Hell's Aquarium - The final chapter of MEG ???
D. Something original. (Shh, can't tell, sort of a political thriller)

Cast your vote on the home page of SteveAlten.com The winning selection will receive a sneak preview in the hardback copy of The LOCH.

MEG movie news

Jan De Bont will direct MEG movie I confirmed this awesome news in the last newsletter, that the director of Twister will be directing the MEG movie...using MY screenplay! Jan and the entire Hellboy team (who are producing) have been giving me great direction and input on the script, and the changes will make the movie better than the book, while still staying true to the story and action.

However..while we are in negotiation with one major studio, at this writing, we do NOT have a movie deal yet. That means no release date, because nothing has been signed off on yet. But if and when it happens, you guys will be the first ones to know, because you are the ones supporting my work, spreading the word about the books, and ultimately making it happen.

More Alten predictions coming true:

For those DOMAIN fans who read RESURRECTION, the novel talked about the public having access to space flight, thanks to new breakthroughs with SPACE PLANES. This week's edition of TIME Magazine names Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne the invention of 2004, the first privately funded manned flight into space...the first key cog in a wheel that will lead to public flights into space!

For MEG fans, another shark attack happened, this time it was a South African woman, devoured by Meg's smaller modern-day cousin. Our condolences to her family.

That's all for now. Stay well, stay in touch, spread the word, vote, and know I appreciate you.


Steve Alten