Hello everyone! Today is the day! After...

Hello everyone! Today is the day! After all my planning, all the research, all the outlining with the inevitable fits and starts, and then all those hours of writing, meaning isolated from the world with just my cat, Primo, keeping me company, CHARLATANS has finally appeared. Today is publication day. For those of you who have written a book know, it is a time of relief that all the effort has finally paid off. At the same time it is a moment of anxiety because it is a situation where one has put a lot of one's self out there for all to see and judge. The hope is that people will enjoy it, find it interesting and thought provoking to the point of being willing to spend the time and effort reading it even though there are so many other demands on time and other avenues of entertainment. The fact is reading generally requires more effort than say, watching a TV show or watching a movie because reading is a more active process requiring more areas of one's brain to be functioning. I will hold my breath to see if you readers think Charlatans ranks up there with my previous books that you have indicated you have enjoyed. Personally I think it is one of my best, but I am merely the author lol! (that means I have to be biased). I can't wait to hear some responses. But there is one thing I want to emphasize. In contrast to many other bestseller writers, I have no staff. I do everything myself, research, outlining, and writing. So I am to blame for the result, which I hope is positive. I believe it is the most character heavy book I have written, meaning the whole story wouldn't happen if the main characters had different personalities than what I have created. I am really looking forward to hearing peoples' responses as well as a little worried. I have one request. Part of the fun of Charlatans is the surprises so I hope people will refrain from giving them away. So...my fingers are crossed that people will enjoy the story as much as I did writing it, and I can't wait to hear some comments from all of you. Rest assured, I will read all of them.

To celebrate publication day, my very creative Literary Agency called Trident Media Group made up a hospital ID card for one of the main characters of CHARLATANS, Dr. Noah Rothauser. (in my dreams it looks like me when I was a surgical resident laugh out loud) I have included it with this post. They also made up a Facebook profile page for another main character, Dr. Ava London. I've included that too. Happy reading everyone. All the best, Robin Cook





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