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Alex Scarrow

Hometown:: Norwich, UK

About Me:: Author of LAST LIGHT and A THOUSAND SUNS. I'm beavering away on the next, but it can be quite a lonely business, tucked away in my study. So it's nice to be able to chew the cud with people with a passion for books.

If the surname sounds vaguely familiar, my brother is Simon Scarrow, author of the roman series.

I Am A:: Writer

Website:: www.scarrow.co.uk

Books And Authors I Like:: Nevil Shute, Jack Higgins, Alex Garland, Joseph Finder.

In my younger years I was a big fan of scifi by the likes of Philip Jose Farmer, Greg Bear and James Herbert. It's been a long time since I've read much in the way of scifi, but you know what?...I'm drifting back to it again. I'm getting a little tired of the thriller/crime market.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Not much of a fan of TV these days. I used to enjoy it a lot, back before we were inundated with dozens and dozens of channels of digital crud. If I watch anything at all these days, it's Newsnight, Questiontime and hmmm...that's it.

Movies, ah...different story. Love movies. If you put a gun to my head and asked me to pick three favourites I'd say: Sophie's Choice, 2001, Children of Men.

But sheeesh...you'd probably get an entirely different answer if you put a gun to my head tomorrow

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I could bear only a few minutes of it before turning over....it's just embarressing, cringe-inducing stuff. The bad news is, the crud that gets published by the winning sleb, will encourage new leg... Read More »

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Eye Opening

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add 'historical' to that and you can add a zero to the deal. Read More »

What do you think of free book downloads?

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I do think it's the future. And I don't think making freebies available, will cannibalise your sales for the simple reason that no-one's going to read a whole book from a monitor. Nor are they goin... Read More »

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At 6:47pm on January 19th, 2008, Alex Scarrow said…: Simon and I have always been quite competitive, certainly as kids we were. But oddly...since we've both become authors in different genres, there's a mutual support. Which is nice. I think in a way, writing has brought us much closer.

Aaarghhh....the dreaded rewrites! I'm nearly done with it....but I have to concede, despite being a pain in the ass, it makes for a much better book.

At 8:25pm on January 18th, 2008, helen black said…: ps is there competition between you and your bro - I'm an only child and can only imagine the elbowing...
HB x

At 8:24pm on January 18th, 2008, helen black said…: Hi.
I'm beavering away as well - have just doen a six hour stint and am knackered.
Draft has to be with my editor by end of Feb and I've 30, 000 to go - hmmmmmm

At 1:44am on January 4th, 2008, Ali said…: Yes Alex - will love to do a feature for www.therapsheet.blogspot.com and www.shotsmag.co.uk - on your work

Perhaps to time when LOST LIGHT comes into PB - when is it scheduled for PB release?

My email is akarim1462@aol.com

Good hearing from you

Ali

At 1:54am on January 3rd, 2008, Ali said…: Hey good seeing you here -

Loved 1000 suns AND Lost Light

Good thought provoking work

Ali
www.therapsheet.blogspot.com
www.shotsmag.co.uk

At 2:03am on December 27th, 2007, LC Fraser said…: Hey yeah - your last name did sound familiar. I have a son who loves your brother's books. Guess now I will just have to try yours too.

At 11:48pm on December 19th, 2007, Alex Scarrow said…: You're on AW? Same name?

At 11:08pm on December 19th, 2007, Carla Harker said…: Ditto, though I guess you could say we've met in the sense that we're both members of AW.

At 12:46am on December 18th, 2007, mike D said…: Love your website...very nice!

I plan on getting A Thousand Suns right after new years..it will probably be the first book I read of 08.

At 5:18pm on December 17th, 2007, Alex Scarrow said…: thank you Rick. I'm relatively new to this writing malarky - still trying to find my feet. So any positive feedback I get helps to reassure me I've not made a big bleedin' mistake jacking in my job and winging it as a writer.

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