Scott Smith
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Linwood Barclay:
How did you find success as a writer when there are so many thousands of books being self-published these days? In other words, how did you get noticed through all that noise?
Linwood Barclay
No short answer to that question, but I will try. I have a very good agent, who offers great advice on the books themselves. The books, I hope, are not half bad. But there is also a lot of luck, I think. Had the Richard and Judy TV Book Club in England not picked No Time for Goodbye 10 years ago, I might not be where I am now. That book went supernova, but why it and not some other book? That's the mystery. But back to my agent: I did four novels that went nowhere. She insisted I shift gears, write a different type of book. I came up with No Time. So, she played a huge part.
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stephen greenslade
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Linwood Barclay:
Hi, Mr. Barclay, I hope you remember me! You signed my copy of Bad Guys a while back (paperback edition.) I am a huge Zack Walker fan. We also e-mailed back and forth a bit. My question is, did you ever release Lone Wolf and Stone Rain in hardcover format? I have searched Amazon and Ebay without success. I did find Bad Move and Bad Guys though. If you can help me with this, i would appreciate it.
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