Declan Burke's Comments

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At 2:24am on December 20, 2008, Rachel N. said…: Hello Declan, I recently read The Big O and couldn't put it down. It's fantastic and I have recommended it to friends. I read your reviews in culture magazine every sunday. I love the theatre! I am a part of an actor's company that produces at least two plays a year in Dublin. If you are interested, I would love you to check one of them out at some point. Thanks for a great read. Rach

At 9:04am on October 2, 2008, Deathspiral said…: Hi Declan thanks for the nice comment. I have read your books and they are excellent. Have a great day!

Tim

At 5:30pm on September 25, 2008, Declan Burke said…: Hi Linda, thanks for getting in touch. Wow, that's fantastic news ... please tell Bobby that I'm very grateful for this enthusiasm ... I'd seen the latest newsletter, when he made The Big O one of his favourites, but it sounds like he's really pushing the boat out there ...! As for me coming to visit the Mystery Bookstore, that may well be me knocking on the door right now ... Cheers, Dec

At 2:59am on September 25, 2008, Linda Brown said…: Hi, Declan. You're getting quite the following at The Mystery Bookstore-Los Angeles. Our manager, Bobby McCue, is postively thrusting The Big O into people's hands! Come visit when you can. Linda Brown, Asst. Manager

At 10:59pm on September 8, 2008, Steven Hague said…: Hi Declan,

Crime Always Pays is a great site, and I'd love to do a Q&A for it!

Cheers,
Steve

At 4:10am on June 13, 2008, Brian McGilloway said…: Hi Dec.
A weekend in Bristol and this is what's become of you. Have a ball at Cohen on Sunday.

At 7:16am on June 12, 2008, Donna Moore said…: Dec - it was great to finally get to meet you. Sorry about your flight delay - I bet you were dying to get home and give Lily a hug. Helena kept you SANE? Jeez-o - there's no hope for you man.

At 6:32pm on May 25, 2008, Declan Burke said…: Absinthe? Krazy stuff, Liam ... Keep me posted on how CHASING THE DRAGON fares ... We're always on the look-out for new talent over at Crime Always Pays ... Cheers, Dec

At 8:37am on May 25, 2008, Liam said…: Quite a shocker that I'm the first. Seriously. You've got mad skills. You have an amazing way of turning a phrase. You make me a better writer. No drugs needed to know that one, mate.

Thanks for the props on Chasing the Dragon. It's the first chapter of my first book. I'm shipping it around to various agents right now. I have a few good ones interested, so if you would be so kind as to cross all extremities right along with me, I'd be much obliged.

I'll drop you a line, for sures. Keep the home fires blazing like a sugar cube atop my glass of absinthe. Wait, that count as a drug? If so, first sip's yours.
Slainte.

At 3:31am on March 30, 2008, Tom Piccirilli said…: Glad you've been wandering about the Adios, Declan, feel free to jump in anywhere you like. Ray is more of an ankle-nibbler than actual biter.

At 5:00am on January 12, 2008, Darren Laws said…: Hi Declan, copied the Q's from a Q&A on the site but where do I send the A's?

At 3:48am on January 12, 2008, Darren Laws said…: Hi Declan, thanks for the invite. I also qualify as an Irish writer being half Irish on my mother's side and having a wife who parents both hail from Dublin. My mother-in-law's family has a rich pedigree, her aunt was Kitty McShane from the Old Mother Riley films etc. My mother-in-law grew up living next door to the Abbey theatre. I am a big fan of The Club in Dalkey, a great place for a drink and a chat. I head over to your blog to check out the craic. Kind regards, Darren

At 4:10am on January 5, 2008, Mitzi Szereto said…: No not Crete. It was Kythira, Skyros, and Skiathos. I was asked back to Skyros this year but declined. Can't take the heat and the wasps!!

At 10:58am on December 4, 2007, Janet Rudolph said…: Declan, it's not ''just a dream, just a dream'' do wah... It's Left Coast Crime 2009--March! Save your pennies and join us all on the Big Island for the Unconventional Convention.

At 2:21pm on October 31, 2007, MysteryDawg said…: good to be company of a fellow Irishman. Welcome aboard and greetings from Southern California.

At 9:05am on October 3, 2007, David L. Hoof said…: Declan,
Welcome. In writing about 'lost' Shakespeare plays, two interesting questions arise. One, what laws comparable to the salvage rights in the open ocean, obtain when one finds a lost play. Second, to provide juice for the plot, someone would obviously want to make it part of a very private collection, and pay scads to acquire it. There's much of this going on, more evidently with endangered species, but also art theft. Girst for the mill

At 12:27am on September 2, 2007, Charles Kelly said…: Declan, I love Crime Always Pays! I could read this stuff all day and never get to my writing. Congratulations on The Big O. I was intrigued by your story of getting it published and finally getting rave reviews. This writing business is tough, man.

At 12:01pm on September 1, 2007, Nick Lawless said…: Thanks, Dec! The rewrite is going to be a challenge, as I'm going from script format to novel, but sleep's for wimps anyway. By the way, The Big O and Eight-Ball Boogie have joined my stack of books on the nightstand. What I've read so far, I dig.

At 8:05pm on August 31, 2007, Pat Mullan said…: At 7:04pm on August 31st, 2007, Pat Mullan said…
Dec, you asked:

"Hey Pat, how's tricks man? What's the update skinny on The Root of All Evil? My breath remains bated ... " Cheers, Dec

Ah, yes, bated breath and nape of neck and all that good stuff! Well, I can only say that it's in good hands. Svetlana's out there knocking on all the doors so I'm holding my breath ... in the meantime, I'm distracting myself by working on my next one, CREATURES OF HABIT ...

Read your Crime Always Pays blog religiously! Keep it up! It's just superb. Great interview with Dusty Rhoades. Hung out with him at Thrillerfest in Phoenix last year. Great, great craic!

Slan, Pat. Delete Comment

At 9:02am on August 28, 2007, Kelli Stanley said…: One and the same, Decumanus! (That's my new Roman name for you). ;)

I *love* Cunliffe. He's an archaeology hero. One of my research specialties is mystery cult and related objects like curse tablets. I've got a giant two volume report Cunliffe did for the Bath excavations, and have given a few presentations on curses in Bath (Aquae Sulis). Last summer I was in England for a Univ. of London conference, and detoured to Bath for some actual (and very lucky) "hands-on" research at the museum.

When I got back home, I started writing my second book, which is set in Aquae Sulis and (naturally) deals with curses. So I really do love Barry Cunliffe--he's the best, and is immensely helpful! Have fun reading!

And I'll email you about the Q&A--I'd love to participate! Thanks!

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