tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7499315478150098954..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Easter BreakMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-44228892550123158092009-04-19T18:16:00.000+01:002009-04-19T18:16:00.000+01:00Paul, very good to hear from you and many thanks f...Paul, very good to hear from you and many thanks for your remarks. As for a new Bloody Murder (for many years my favourite crime reference book)I would certainly love to have a crack at it one day!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-28534915641382730002009-04-19T07:48:00.000+01:002009-04-19T07:48:00.000+01:00I recently read ‘The Coffin Trail’ and really enjo...I recently read ‘The Coffin Trail’ and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to reading the others in the Lake District series now, and it’s great to know a fourth is coming through, ‘The Serpent Pool.’ It’s certainly a title to fire the imagination.<br /><br />I imagine there might have been more exhaustion than exultation at the moment of sitting back in your seat after tapping out ‘THE END’ (in 24 point, like Daniel Kind?), but I’m sure the exultation has followed! To have the draft done at last, even if there is the odd passage you’re itching to tweek. To know you’ve pretty well nailed it despite a little inevitable nervousness about how the book will be received. To resurface and enjoy the here and now again - the company of good friends, Lymm Dam, that heron (Little Egret?), those cormorants… Congratulations!<br /><br />It’s amazing you’re able to write so well and keep your excellent blog going whilst working full time, but I’m jolly glad you are. Having taken early retirement I’m enjoying re-engaging with the crime scene – the fictional crime scene, that is! – and I find your critical writings and blog excellent guides (love Ann Cleeves). Just wondering whether we might look forward to a book-length modern history of the crime story from you some day, a sort of update on Julian Symons’ classic ‘Bloody Murder’?<br /><br />Regards, PaulPaul Beechnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-24059101991658000712009-04-15T07:46:00.000+01:002009-04-15T07:46:00.000+01:00Great title for the next book!Great title for the next book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-85923995998366607582009-04-14T19:55:00.000+01:002009-04-14T19:55:00.000+01:00Uriah, I am afraid I have become spoiled living by...Uriah, I am afraid I have become spoiled living by the Dam and would not now want to live in a house that wasn't by the water. It is restful, and helps to calm me down when working life is stressful.<br />Dorte, I'm confident you'll like Kate's books. The Plague Maiden is especially recommended.<br />Bookwitch, you're right. I fear I'm losing my grip!<br />David, as always your comment is appreciated.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-51567561422183962672009-04-14T15:58:00.000+01:002009-04-14T15:58:00.000+01:00Great pics and once again, congrats on the book.Great pics and once again, congrats on the book.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-37028632145440572802009-04-14T14:06:00.000+01:002009-04-14T14:06:00.000+01:00Impossible to keep up with Kate. Seeking the Dead ...Impossible to keep up with Kate. Seeking the Dead was ages ago, Martin! Even I have read it.<br /><br />If you read this Kate, Adèle was asking how you are, just the other day. I can see you look great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33746791633327076152009-04-14T13:13:00.000+01:002009-04-14T13:13:00.000+01:00I thought the name Kate Ellis sounded familiar and...I thought the name Kate Ellis sounded familiar and checked the pile I have brought with me to our cottage this week. And there I found her debut, The Merchant´s House, which I bought recently and plan to read soon (when I have finished The Cipher Garden).Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-56135854193728836972009-04-14T10:28:00.000+01:002009-04-14T10:28:00.000+01:00There is something beautiful about living close to...There is something beautiful about living close to water. <br />Bank Holidays in the past always seemed to be wet but since I retired they have become sunny. I am pleased for those that continue to work but wonder if this is the global warming effect or my selective memory.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.com