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Dear Earl,
How is your work on Order 17 coming along?
Yours
Edd
Dear Edd,
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now. Order 17, the book I worked on for nearly two years, has been temporarily shelved. Some writers might use that term for a book that will come out at a later date, but I’ve never gone back to a shelved book and finished it. In other words, Order 17 has been round-filed. It rarely happens that I start a book and fail to finish it. I don’t think it’s happened to me in the last twenty years, at least not that I can recall. I won’t bore anybody with why I’m not finishing Order 17 or what went wrong with it. It’s the nature of the business that at times large swaths of a writer’s life are literally thrown away. As my mother would say, “Tough tittie.”
The good news is I’m two-thirds of the way through the first draft of a Thomas Black mystery, a book I’m very excited about. I’m going to write mysteries only for a while. My thinking is that the country and the world is in bad shape and things seem to be getting worse every day. Fewer people are reading. The Internet and other new gadgets have blotted up a lot of free time that was formerly spent reading fiction. No fiction author I know of is immune to this. Thus, I’m writing a Thomas Black and plan to write two or three more in quick succession. If I can work things out with the new publisher, I will try to bring out a new book more often than one book per year, which has been the industry standard for years, and my habit. More on this later.
ee
Perhaps this is not how you would have it, given your druthers, but what good news for Thomas Black fans!!!
I just found your Thomas Black and enjoyed him in Deception Pass. I can’t wait to get more. I hope you continue to create stories for him…
looking forward to more of your books!!
Wow, that’s terrific news from my point of view, can’t wait for more Thomas Black! (and I still buy books printed on paper!)
I am saddened at today’s lack of interest in reading and writing, but my husband and I are reading more than ever. We have read all of your books along with many other authors, and will continue to do so as long as you publish them.
Yeah! I have been disappointed in not seeing a new book from you in a long time. I totally enjoy your work. I read alot of mystery/suspense and especially from local authors. I am very excited to hear you have more Thomas Black books to come. I have missed them. Thanks.
Please hurry, we need good books from Northwest authors and I miss reading your books. Hope it’s finished soon!
I think we’re seeing a large shift from dead-tree books to ebooks. I’ve always been a reader, a book by my side wherever I go, but I slowed down for a decade or so. But since I’ve gotten my Kindle I’ve been reading and buying more than ever. When you release the new books make sure you hit the e-reader sweet spot of $2.99-$4.99, I love your books but the days of paying more than $9.99 for something are gone.
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