PW Interview

[I. J. Parker]

Publishers' Weekly generously included my name in an essay on historical mysteries they ran this past spring. I was honored. The company was select, and it felt great to be in it. Now they honor me again: with an author interview -- a good interview that made me think about why I do the things I do, and why my books are set up the way they are. It's not that I'm a thoughtless author, but rather that each novel takes over and I'm not always aware of the larger picture or how I fit in with approaches used by different authors. I enjoyed doing this interview.

Here's the url:

[I. J. Parker]

Thank you all. I have a notion the original was quite a bit longer and some of the questions were cut. Never mind. I'm very glad it was done.

[Jon Loomis]

Congrats, IJ. Very nice.

[Benjamin Sobieck]

Congratulations! Your accolades are certainly picking up as of late.

[Pepper Smith]

Cool! Nice interview!

[I. J. Parker]

Hmm. I tried again and this time it showed up. Not sure what was wrong last time. Sorry about that.

Dana, you're very kind. Thank you. I could wish that you were right, but I watch sales (at least on Amazon) and am not impressed. Besides, by now it's very difficult for me to be hopeful. Too many disappointments. As for the publicity: it's mostly trade publications. Readers don't get those. Still, I won't complain too loudly, provided Severn House get their library sales.

[I. J. Parker]

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/arti...

[Dana King]

IJ,
The link didn't appear.

Even before reading the interview, I cans safely say you've been on a roll lately. Things looked pretty bleak earlier this year, but the past few months it's been varying degrees of good and better news. Let's hope you're momentum is reaching critical mass and you can become of those overnight sensations everyone always talks about.