tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post1318678163408337984..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Taking a fresh direction as a writerMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-29843168396088376412018-08-30T22:02:55.306+01:002018-08-30T22:02:55.306+01:00Thanks, Rambler, I didn't know that about Pill...Thanks, Rambler, I didn't know that about Pillars of the Earth.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-22828079048542299762018-08-30T22:02:30.092+01:002018-08-30T22:02:30.092+01:00Paul, as always I'm grateful. Keeping my finge...Paul, as always I'm grateful. Keeping my fingers crossed about Gallows Court!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-58628300446106817472018-08-30T10:51:05.441+01:002018-08-30T10:51:05.441+01:00My thoughts instantly flew to Ken Follett, an auth...My thoughts instantly flew to Ken Follett, an author renowned for his thrillers, when he wrote "Pillars of the Earth" and his publishers advised him that it would be inadvisable to publish it. He insisted and the book came out with no advance publicity, no stacks of books in W H Smiths, etc - and became a best-seller through word of mouth alone. Added to that, "World Without End" the sequel, was 18 years later! Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914227535503925006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-49102579581783855042018-08-29T10:54:34.636+01:002018-08-29T10:54:34.636+01:00Hi Martin,
I’ve seen over the years how often you...Hi Martin,<br /><br />I’ve seen over the years how often you’ve tried new things in your fiction – for example, in the short form, your hilarious flash fiction story ‘InDex’ and your detour into the macabre, ‘No Flowers’; in the long form, your fascinating take on the Crippen case, ‘Dancing for the Hangman’.<br /><br />And now, following your brilliant Harry Devlin novels set in Liverpool, and – hopefully only interrupting – your deservedly popular Lake District series, we have coming up the biggest and riskiest departure of all, your Golden Age-style crime thriller, ‘Gallows Court’. <br /><br />But with such a compelling lead character as Rachel Savernake in her Rolls Royce Phantom, her mysterious 1930 London doings so ably chronicled as to hold us on the edge of our seats, and with such a good publisher as Head of Zeus behind you, I believe your gamble will pay off handsomely with many a present fan loving the book and a whole new readership gained. <br /><br />My very best,<br /><br />Paul <br />Paul Beechhttp://paulbeech.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com