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2. The hero likes the Red Sox.
Uh-oh.
Only two things cause me to jettison a book:
1. I lose interest.
2. The hero likes the Red Sox.
Actually, I'm replying to myself because I have seen what people are sending to agents, at least two people. I'm working with two authors who are revising at the request of their agents (one already has an agent, the second is doing revisions at t...
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- Hometown:
- Newport News, Virginia, living in North Carolina
- About Me:
- I'm currently retired from mostly sales and marketing work, though I've done a lot, and will be going back into business. Education in Political Science. I'm a veteran of the Marine Corps before and during the Viet Nam era, which has a profound influence on most of what I write, whether mystery or literary. Am the founder of the short-lived International Crime Study Club of the early '80s, established for the purpose of investigating old and cold cases of murder and missing persons. And like my character, Wray Larrick, I just hate it when such a case goes unsolved in real life. Expect to live way past a hundred, unless somebody runs over me or shoots me first, which is a real possibility.
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- Reader, Writer
- Books And Authors I Like:
- James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton, Jonathan Kellerman, Elmore Leonard, Anne Frank, Robert B. Parker, the Florida mystery novelists Randy Wayne White & Edna Buchanan/others, Pat Conroy, Wm. Styron, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, I.B. Singer, Harrison E. Salisbury, Ernest Hemingway, Ken Follett, Elie Weisel, James Michener, Nelson DeMille, et al.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- 60 Minutes(news, documentaries & investigations), some crime & police series, including Shark, Kojak, Andy Griffith, Crime Story, Seinfeld, Tonight Show, the general run, but not overly so--seen'em all a million times, could write the damn things.
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'tis the season to sell?
So what is the best time of year to market a book? Fall, when many are closing in for the cold, as well as for the holidays? Spring, the opening of the beach read season? Either? Both? I know publishers tend to favor certain times, but it that only because that's when the new books are released, or because it's when people read most?
Just a thing.
Just a thing.
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:52am — 2 Comments
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- At 9:36am on November 21, 2009,
Paul Murphy said…
- Thanks Dan!
- At 7:36am on November 21, 2009,
Paul Murphy said…
- Thanks Dan - it's a fun job! I've just uploaded two of my trailers (The Killing Hands and Blood Born) into the video section.
- At 10:34pm on November 18, 2009,
Ruth M. McCarty said… - Thanks for the welcome. I just heard about this from a google alert I had sent out about "crime stories by New England Writers."
Ruth
- At 8:53pm on November 18, 2009,
Bill Kirton said…
- Thanks Dan. It's absurd that I first visited so long ago and have taken all this time to find my way back. It's even more absurd that I left this comment for me instead of for you. It must make me seem a very lonely guy to write messages to myself. I'll learn.
- At 3:07am on November 18, 2009,
Herbert Holeman said…
- Glad to meet you, Dan. I note your interest in cold cases. Some years ago, while a state investigator, I was assigned to such duty and found myself rummaging around cavernous warehouses digging through old telephone books and dusty old city directories that libraries used to have.
Seems like we also share a bit of military experience.
- At 5:08am on November 17, 2009,
Kirk Wilson said… - Appreciate the welcome, Dan.
- At 4:30am on November 17, 2009,
Bryar Cougle said… - Thanks for the information on your new book. I'll look for it when it goes to print. I'm not familiar with Burke but will check him out. Thanks for communicating! Bryar
- At 5:43am on November 15, 2009,
Julie Denyer said… - Many Thanks Dan, for your welcome and support.
- At 1:22am on November 14, 2009,
Ronie said… - Thank you, Dan, for the comments and compliment--and for welcoming me to CrimeSpace! :-D
- At 9:56am on November 13, 2009,
Gale Borger said… - Hi Dan'
Thank you for the kind words-I look forward to this experience with great anticipation.
Gale
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