And that's very good news indeed. I'm grateful. PW has generally been good to me, but it is particularly helpful now because my new publisher, Severn House, is very pleased.
Added by I. J. Parker on September 15, 2010 at 4:52am — 9 Comments
Given the reputation of Kirkus for savage reviews, I'm pleasantly surprised. Still, a star would have been nice.
The Masuda Affair, Author: Parker, I.J., Severn House,…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on September 12, 2010 at 5:11am — 2 Comments
I find that I like doing interviews. The only one that was uncomfortable was the very first one, where the interviewer was working for the local newspaper and inisted on coming to my house. My first thought was: what will he think of my house? Maybe I'd better clean, rearrange the furniture, cover the coffee table with impressive books, give the dog a bath, make coffee . . . What do interviewers eat? Do I need to buy a new outfit and get my hair done? By the time the man showed up, I was a…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on September 6, 2010 at 4:39am — 5 Comments
THE CONVICT'S SWORD was released a year ago, my last book with Penguin. I didn't get as many reviews as I'd hoped for, given that I was prouder of that novel that any of the earlier and well-reviewed books. Now I'm with a smaller publisher (Severn House) and reviews are even harder to come by. So I really didn't expect the pleasure of getting a review on last year's novel, and such an intelligent and well-written one one at that.
You may read it here:
Added by I. J. Parker on September 4, 2010 at 12:50am — 6 Comments
It seems to me that until this novel, all of my other releases have observed release dates set by publishers precisely. This time things are different. THE MASUDA AFFAIR, scheduled for release July 28 (today) in the UK, suddenly went on sale on Amazon UK a little over a week ago. And now a fan in the U.S. writes me that he preordered copy, scheduled to be released in this country October 28, will actually be shipped to her August 2. What gives?
I'm not complaining, but isn't…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on July 29, 2010 at 5:18am — 3 Comments
Things have been all around unsatisfactory. All those years of work. All those books. All of those miserable hours of promoting them. All of the diappointments. And nothing much to show for them.
So I blew the advances for my latest two novels (plus a sizable chunk of savings) on a painting.
Added by I. J. Parker on July 20, 2010 at 6:30am — 10 Comments
Theoretically it was not supposed to be released until the 28th of July, but I've noticed that for Amazon such dates are flexible. U.S. release is not until October 28., yet I'm told it will be available some time in August. It's all very strange, but not at all bad if that gives me a little extra time to sell a few books before the libraries have them.…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on July 14, 2010 at 1:15am — 2 Comments
You may recall how horrified I was when my French publisher chose the photo of a geisha to put on my fourth novel THE ISLAND OF EXILES. This is number five, THE HELL SCREEN. They tried harder, because I was so unhappy, and this one is much better and fits the story. In fact, I like it a lot. What I still don't understand is that they think historical mysteries will sell better with modern…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on June 25, 2010 at 6:26am — 2 Comments
As you can see, the publisher didn't pick my design. I was disappointed, but on the whole, this is ok. It's Japanese art, and it doesn't conflict with the time or setting of the novel. And my name dominates! I didn't even have to ask for it. I could come to love this.
It turns out, the artist read my blog about my troubles with…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on May 1, 2010 at 7:54am — 7 Comments
I've been on pins and needles to tell everyone since February. My agent strictly forbade this until the countersigned contract was in my hand. Even Amazon got to announce it before me.
I have a publisher. I have a contract for two books. I get both hardcover and tradepaper a year later. I have a great editor (with clout) and a great copy editor (and that's something I really no longer expected). I get published both in the UK and the US. This year! All very…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on April 29, 2010 at 8:03am — 17 Comments
(Apologies for double posting. Thanks to Pepper Smith's help I got the image up, but then the text refused to appear on the same page.)…
ContinueAdded by I. J. Parker on March 13, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments
I think we all need a break some time. Enjoy!
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