tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post2232349730288534120..comments2023-12-14T10:28:43.397+00:00Comments on Declan Burke: Time To Talk TurkeyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-70065202953427222992011-11-13T20:54:01.969+00:002011-11-13T20:54:01.969+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741987831863130975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-1887767047304315602011-11-13T20:24:32.315+00:002011-11-13T20:24:32.315+00:00Hi Laurence - Maybe the tone of the piece was off ...Hi Laurence - Maybe the tone of the piece was off to you, but I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with any aspect of your book, marketing included. More power to your elbow, sir, and I hope the book gets a fair wind when it arrives. <br /><br />Cheers, DecDeclan Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322645323239292406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938060587020568315.post-57911927983880323932011-11-13T20:04:55.655+00:002011-11-13T20:04:55.655+00:00Declan - a confession
Thanks for mentioning The I...Declan - a confession<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning The Istanbul Puzzle. I must admit I was as surprised as you are that Harper Collins mentioned my Twitter followers on the proof copy as well as comparing me to Dan Brown in the Amazon blurb! Imagine!<br /><br />My Twitter problem is obvious. I've actually come to enjoy it and spend far too much time Tweeting. Sob! It is a reckless confession I know, but unfortunately I've always had a tech addiction and have yet to get the cure. <br /><br />As for marketing efforts I must confess here too that I got tired after 12 years of writing and getting rejected and decided to embrace the dark side. Commercial fiction is what I write now and I hope some day to earn enough to make a living at it. <br /><br />Whether I succeed only time will tell, as you rightly point out, and the odds are stacked to the roof, but I'm going to put it out there on the way and leave the hiding in the garret to others. <br /><br />Perhaps the writing should be enough, but I know John Grisham toured bookshops for years pressing his books into people's hands, so I have no shame in doing the same in the digital age. Does any one disagree? Should Irish writers embrace the tools of commercial fiction or disdain them?<br /><br />Are you a writer if you have no readers?Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741987831863130975noreply@blogger.com