Thanks for the welcome. Congrats on your book. How exciting.

Like me? If you've never been in an exclusive club before, now you can relax.

You made me laugh out loud, first thing in the morning.
I like you!

It does help. Thanks much.

Hi new friend
Love the cover of your book. I'm intrigued.
Also curious about how you got published in Japan.

Hi David. Just wanted to thank you for the read. Reminded me of "A Separate Peace" but with more bite. Hope you're doing well. Keep in touch!

Congrats to you too! It can be a hard slog at times, but just so much fun and so rewarding when you finally see your name in print. Hope work's going well on your next one.

It was great to meet you at AU today, David, and thanks for your kind words. Stay in touch.

Thanks David!

Thanks, David. Yes, sharing knowledge, making connections and supporting one another is what networking is all about. I am what I describe as a terrified sailor. I love the sea but am not very good at the sailing lark. My husband is an expert though! We sail a small gaff-rigged yacht, which is currently laid up for the winter. We had such a dreadful summer last year that we hardly went out in the Solent. Still, who knows, this summer might be better - but then we say that every year.

Re: Comment on my page:

Could your character have walked off the page and onto the stage?

Hello David, Just getting used to Crimespace. Probably take me ages to work it all out, but you've already given me one idea that I hadn't thought of and that is to display a jacket photo of my latest book, or one of my books, on my profile page. My books are beginning to do well in the UK, but I have only recently gone into the States, mainly in Libraries, but it's early days yet. And talking of early, it's 7.15 am in the UK at the moment and I need to go out soon, after doing a quick bit of writing, so will view your web site and catch up properly later.

You're about 4 hours off. It's 9.42am and I'm at work. Is this a case of double daylight saving doubled? :)

Yep, our postal workers are the new knights in shining armour. They deliver. As do some american crime writers named David. Thanks again!

Hi, David. and thanks for the book. It lay there waiting for me when I returned to the office after the holidays. Looking foreward to read it!

Thanks for the Antarctic plot offer, but after four years writing on Antarctica and publishing in diverse fields, I'm moving on.

Will you be on an author PR tour during your Perth visit? I opened the bi annual Mundaring heARTlines festival there last June at the gallery exhibition which included some artwork from my book Antarctic Dad. Most Australian authors work interstate regularly, but I have no WA plans this year.I'll be speaking at the 2008 CLIC Festival in Alice Springs in May and going onto Darwin NT,which is the setting of my latest YA 'Outback Ferals' .

I agree that you need to be intrinsically interested in the character and setting of the story and that writing is not just for financial profit, but to live more richly, by particiapnt-observation.Antarctica was an enriching experience for me, in that I learnt more of the attitudes of 'boffins' and came away with respect for the resourcefulness of expeditioners.That's why my YA novel 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen' (the frozen chosen are those chosen to work in A) may not be my best seller, but the experience of writing from the viewpoint of a young male and including real experiences such as being beset in the polar ice with 34 blokes and the chopper crash, certainly made me evaluate those polar experiences, perhaps more than those who worked there.I'll read your blind detective as that concept interests me. I mentored a legally blind woman writer for three years and observed and admired her coping techniques.

Many thanks for the welcome as the only webchats I've been on before were as visiting festival author. Noticed your surname differed.Intrigued by your blind detective as I've some Brailled publications, including my Antarctic Writer on Ice diary from my 2001 expedition.Also have Auslan signed DVD children's. stories for deaf students. I'm a fulltime writer in diverse fields.Will update my content as other material went into the locked file on this site.You might like to check out www.hazeledwards.com . when I update there also and include my crime file.Currntly working on a short gambling story and script 'Making a Killing at the Pokies'
I liked the tight writing of your sample pieces. Hazel