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Welcome L.H, I'm sure you will enjoy this group.Good luck with your books!
Wow...a dozen books in two years? It took me 25 years to write one. So, you are certainly welcomed back to the Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group.
I'm with Don. Wow, 12 books in 2 years! Crazy. I've been nearly a year working on one, and it's not even close to being done.
Nichole wrote: "I'm with Don. Wow, 12 books in 2 years! Crazy. I've been nearly a year working on one, and it's not even close to being done."I did three rewrites before the book was finished. Then came the editors' comments that had to be incorporated. I think this was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Don wrote: "Nichole wrote: "I'm with Don. Wow, 12 books in 2 years! Crazy. I've been nearly a year working on one, and it's not even close to being done."I did three rewrites before the book was finished. T..."
I got offered a deal for four of them from a rather large book company but the terms were basically extortion for no guarantees in return.
I suppose I probably write to formula somewhat, Don, in that I pre-plot every angle from back to front before I start, and I tend to pace my action on where it has worked in the past.
Also, my wife lets me work from home as a writer full-time... at least for a little while longer. Royalties were pretty crazy in the summer after one of my books went onto Amazon's (overarching) mystery best-seller list for a few months but have quieted down since.
I'm working on genre, lit fic and a screenplay right now and I"m amazed at the vast difference in time to finish each.
Welcome to the group, LH. I hope it's second time lucky. :)
Bill wrote: "Welcome to the group, LH. I hope it's second time lucky. :)"Cheers Bill!
Sounds like a good wife! I'll have to check out your books. Not that I should really be adding anything to my TBR list right now. It's well over 100!
Nichole wrote: "Sounds like a good wife! I'll have to check out your books. Not that I should really be adding anything to my TBR list right now. It's well over 100!"Not to worry, I routinely run into people on GR who haven't reached books yet that they shelved in 2009!
Don wrote: "Wow again, L.H. I am truly humbled."Thank you! It's a lot of hard work now but I'm hoping down the line it'll pay off in having more time to write about esoterica.
My name is LH Thomson and I'm a 43-year-old mystery writer. I got heavily into the Goodreads community for about six months two years ago, then retreated into a hermit-like state to write a dozen books. Now I'm trying to get out there a little more, so I'm just stopping in here to say hello. Drop me a note or a friend request (or just a reply here!) and we can connect. In the meantime, a blog post about why I have so much trouble being a sociable dude....
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...