“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The dream book, which is now at Ace for consideration, was involved. Jane wrote during the morning several pages of notes, ideas and impressions. The gist of these seemed to be that the dream book, its struggles in creation, etc., was involved, and that it was to be accepted, finally, by Ace. This would be a triumph. More than this seemed to be involved however—there were feelings of health improvement tied in also.

(Speculation: Did Jane’s phone call today tinker with the experience yesterday? Did the experience lead to the phone call, and will informing Ace of the sale of the Seth material result in the sale of the dream book? On the other hand, can the sale to P-H have an adverse effect upon the hoped-for sale of the dream book to Ace?)

Now he is so concerned however that I tell you whether or not Ace will take the book, it is difficult for me to speak clearly on the issue. (Pause.) Give me a moment. (Pause.)

He will hear of its publication soon. That is, within a short time he will know physically that it will be published. (Pause; smile.)He will be working on it through some stages of the Seth material, also. (Pause.) Wollheim will be involved in it. With it. It will be an ace of a book. (Smile, eyes closed.

(“Ace seemed to like the outline idea for a book on ESP that Jane sent to them. [...]

(“I was thinking of sending it to Ace.”)

Ace. [...]

[...] To Ace.”)

(Instead however Seth began to talk about Jane’s evident conflict with an editor at Ace Books. Last Thursday, March 20, Jane had written Ace demanding the return of her dream book manuscript because of the delay in hearing from Ace—but once—since last December.)

In the meantime I will tell you about your Miss Grippo (the editor in question at Ace), and the name is an apt one. [...]

(In the 460th session of January 27, 1969, Seth predicted the sale of the dream book to Ace, considering present—at that time—probabilities. [...]

Ace.

(“What will Ace pay for the cover?”)

[...] The next day Jane put in a call to an editor at Ace Books, after receiving an encouraging letter from Don Wollheim of Ace, concerning her dream book. The editor Jane will be working with at Ace is named Evelyn Grippo. [...]

(And after she wondered about the success of her book on ESP, for Ace:)

[...] I do not intend to keep you very long, but I am pleased with the letter from Ace; and Jane is right, you have them hooked. [...]

[...] I do not recall if the dream book, now at Ace, was mentioned; or if others were.[Jane died in 1984. [...]

(Earlier today Jane had said she thought this development referred to the dream book, now at Ace Publications, and that a sale was quite possible.

[...] Exactly a week and a half later, on Wednesday, August 17, Jane received a letter from Don Wollheim, of Ace Books. [...]

[...] Connection with music, and with an ace. [...]

(“and with an ace.” [...]

This is to you: You tried the experiment when you did, having an ace in the hole, so to speak, in case you became frightened, knowing full well that Ruburt would be coming to bed. [...]

(Jane talked to Don Wollheim of Ace Publications on the phone today, and he requested that she send him her book on dreams. [...]

[...] On the other hand, Fell did not go for the next projects that he either offered or had in mind—nor did Ace Books, who fell into the same category. [...]

(At break I asked that Seth say what he think of our recent idea that Jane show some book ideas to Don Wollheim, at Ace, as a means of mobility in her writing.)

[...] She came to the studio to tell me this, and that she also received the thought, evidently from Seth, that Donald Wollheim, her editor at Ace Books, could or would write the introduction for Book One.

You tried the experiment when you did, having an ace in the hole, so to speak, in case you became frightened — knowing full well that Ruburt would be coming to bed. [...]