tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post4887439994275944409..comments2024-03-28T23:48:27.173-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Presto Variations by Lee LamotheBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-49019250806079646272014-06-03T23:39:45.604-06:002014-06-03T23:39:45.604-06:00Lee: Thanks for the further comment. You are causi...Lee: Thanks for the further comment. You are causing me to think about the relationship between authors and bloggers. I expect to post on the subject in the near future.<br /><br />You have a busy time ahead with three books to be put up and put out.<br /><br />Please feel free to come by the blog anytime.<br /><br />Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-78990950585945042472014-06-03T09:51:50.514-06:002014-06-03T09:51:50.514-06:00Bill, let's just be Bill and Lee. I just found...Bill, let's just be Bill and Lee. I just found out last night that Glass Pieces ("independently" published; available as a Kindle and Kobo ebook) will be available in paper shortly through McNally-Robinson, out your way. It's the second book in the Charlie Tate/Elodie Gray series (a series that did much better in the West than in the East.) I point this out to point out: I'm not looking for a publisher for anything. I need a publisher like I need a club foot. Right now, over the summer, I'm hoping to get three more books up as on-line and print-on-demand; the fourth Ray/Djuna is underway, but will have to wait a few months. While this is the wave of the future (and the present, obviously) I'll get to my point: I think bloggers like yourself and genre-specific websites are undergoing similar changes -- I'd rather have the personal contact with someone who (usually) bought the book, than have the remote and usually non-existent interplay with mainstream reviewers. Looking forward to your upcoming post. Best, Leelee lamothehttp://www.leelamothe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-66594312820233504722014-06-02T23:17:33.563-06:002014-06-02T23:17:33.563-06:00Mr. Lamothe: Thanks for the comment.
I hope you f...Mr. Lamothe: Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I hope you find a way to continue the series. I think a publisher may pick it up.<br /><br />I will keep an eye out for The Glass Pieces.<br /><br />I hope you can drop by the blog again.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-25336413915494192842014-06-02T23:15:25.982-06:002014-06-02T23:15:25.982-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I am not much inte...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I am not much interested in cardboard villians any longer.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-66216170218718043482014-06-02T23:14:22.112-06:002014-06-02T23:14:22.112-06:00Moira: Thanks for the comment. If you decide to ve...Moira: Thanks for the comment. If you decide to venture onto the dark side it is a good book. I think you will find my further post on the book tomorrow interesting.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-72031978686728774292014-06-02T10:07:16.477-06:002014-06-02T10:07:16.477-06:00Mr. Selnes, thank you for your kind comments about...Mr. Selnes, thank you for your kind comments about Presto. Two minor issues, I might mention: the Ray/Djuna tales take place in a generic part of the northern U.S. -- I deliberately made it seem like maybe Detroit, Michigan, but the city has no name beyond (in other stand-alone books to be released soon) "Murder City". In any event, the publisher decided to discontinue the series -- interestingly before it was nominated. I'll likely continue it by other methods. <br />My latest book, The Glass Pieces, is a sequel to The Finger's Twist (also nominated for an Ellis a few years ago. Glass is available as an ebook and soon, in a paper version. (I don't mention this as self-promotion -- which I don't practice -- but as an encouragement to writers who don't have or who lose their publishers: there's a life after if you just keep writing.<br />And, yep: Jerry Kelly is a good one. I'm more proud of old Jerry than any other character to date.<br />And, Ms Kinberg: yes it can be done. The method in the book, from "boiling" to the "squeezing" is based on the old days when I investigated that stuff.<br />So, again, thanks for the interest.<br />Best, Lee LamotheLee Lamothehttp://www.leelamothe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-5835124263355646522014-06-02T05:18:14.983-06:002014-06-02T05:18:14.983-06:00Bill - That's an interesting question actually...Bill - That's an interesting question actually: how do you get that much money across an international border? And I know what you mean about developing the 'bad guy' characters. Even in a whodunit, where one may not know someone's the 'bad guy,' it's still more engaging if we know something about that character. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-29584364960029935192014-06-02T04:06:44.496-06:002014-06-02T04:06:44.496-06:00This isn't my kind of thing, but you do make i...This isn't my kind of thing, but you do make it sound intriguing. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com