"Completely agree, Suzanne. Gothic was a big disappointment after Out (though a perfectly good book in its own right)."
John Dodds's Discussions
Bone Machines and other podcasts
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Started this discussion. Last reply by I. J. Parker Feb 17, 2011.
Unagented subs - any US publishers?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by John Dodds Apr 4, 2009.
Seeking US publishers without an agent (but with a first novel in UK)
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Grant McKenzie Jun 20, 2008.
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John Dodds replied to minervaK's discussion formatting email queries"Paste and match style may work. But I recommend you take your text out of Word or word processing program first, paste it into a plain text editor, without formatting, and just put double spaces between paragraphs. Then paste it into the body of…"
John Dodds replied to QualityBookReviews's discussion What are you currently reading?"Not a recent read, but a book I am wildly enthusiastic about. Translated from the Japanese, a crime novel called OUT by Natsuo Kirino. It's about a group of women working in a factory, and one of them ends up bumping off her husband, so the…"
John Dodds replied to Brian Hoffman's discussion Is writer's block the right diagnosis?"I agree with what the others are saying here. Maybe not classic writers block...characters have an annoying habit of wanting to go their own way, regardless of whether you've written a tight outline or not, for example. I tend not to outline…"
John Dodds replied to Cammy May Hunnicutt's discussion Attacking writers on their amazon pages"Because I've got two crime novels coming out through Blackstone Audio, it's all there in my profile"
John Dodds replied to Cammy May Hunnicutt's discussion Attacking writers on their amazon pages"There's something to be said for ignoring the idiots also. As for the Moorcock praised story, it was originally on the Fantastic Metropolis website, then in their first anthology, "Breaking Windows: A Fantastic Metropolis Sampler"…"
John Dodds replied to Cammy May Hunnicutt's discussion Attacking writers on their amazon pages"Now there's an idea for a crime story right there! But seriously, there must be a way to report abuse directly to Amazon. Unfortunately the internet gives idiots complete permission to behave badly without repercussions. Same goes for so-called…"
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Stornoway
- About Me:
- My two novels, BONE MACHINES and KALI'S KISS, are out in audiobook format from Blackstone Audio - www.blackstoneaudio.com (from August and September 2012). I've had numerous short stories published, three of them receiving honourable mentions in THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR.
- I Am A:
- Reader, Writer, Editor
- Website:
- http://bonemachines.wordpress.com/
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Birdman and The Treatment by Mo Hayder
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Out by Natsuo Kurino
Anything by: John Connolly, Patricia Highsmith, Mark Bingham, and many more
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- The Wire, Prison Break, Cracker (the UK version), Wire in the Blood (UK), Blood Simple, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Valley of Ellah, much more...
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 11:19pm on September 5, 2008,
Lee Martin said… - woops, I meant to say "so your stories that are set (not sent) in Glasgow"..............
Sorry for the typo
Lee Martin
- At 11:17pm on September 5, 2008, Lee Martin said…
- Hi John,
I also am a member of Crime Space and saw your bio. Your books sound very interesting. My wife was born and raised in Glasgow, so your stories that are sent in Glasgow caught me attention.
Possibly we can become Crime Space friends.
Lee Martin
"Just Another Case"
- At 1:23pm on June 27, 2008,
JackBludis said…
- Ah, yes--"Cracker" the UK version by all means.
Jack
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