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Philip (sarah)
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Nov 25, 2011 11:49AM
Wave the 'finger' Lorraine! Go on.Pleeease.
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Philip (sarah) wrote: "Wave the 'finger' Lorraine! Go on.Pleeease."I haven't got it ! Had to give it back when we had the party for the release of Killers !
Have you ever been part of a "Kult"?
Have you planned how many novels Prosper will appear in ?
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Have you ever been part of a "Kult"?"I’m not at liberty to answer that one.
Anita wrote: "Have you planned how many novels Prosper will appear in ?"
No. I never expected to write another novel with him in. But I had this idea, and it just made sense that if I was using a police officer in the story, that I resurrected Prosper. I think it worked well.
Shaun wrote: "Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Have you ever been part of a "Kult"?"I’m not at liberty to answer that one. "
So I take it you still are then? Anything you can tell us about it?
Shaun wrote: "Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Have you ever been part of a "Kult"?"I’m not at liberty to answer that one.
Anita wrote: "Have you planned how many novels Prosper will appear in..."
I think it worked sublimely Shaun
Katy wrote: "Have you ever felt the need to act out scenes from your books?"Lol. I don't think I'd be out in public if I acted them out as I'd be in a prison cell somewhere. But I can't say I've never thought about it ...
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun wrote: "Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Have you ever been part of a "Kult"?"I’m not at liberty to answer that one. "
So I take it you still are then? Anything you can tell..."
And get arrested? No. Lol
Jud (Krisztof) wrote: "I think it worked sublimely Shaun "Thank you :)
I KNOW it worked well Shaun! I cant wait for the next novel, there will be one won't there?
Going back to using Prosper again. There were lots of problems that I had to resolve, as he obviously has some baggage from his first story, so it was hard to write about him without giving too much away for those who've never read The Kult.
Anita wrote: "I KNOW it worked well Shaun! I cant wait for the next novel, there will be one won't there?"I'm working on it, but it's slow going until I get in the groove, so to speak. Hopefully it will all come together soon.
Shaun wrote: "Going back to using Prosper again. There were lots of problems that I had to resolve, as he obviously has some baggage from his first story, so it was hard to write about him without giving too muc..."Poor Prosper... in novel 3 he's going to need a trailer for that baggage of his !
Sorry to refer back to something that's gone, but I'm interested that you self-published even when you'd got a publisher. I imagine that's a nervous-making decision. Do you think you'll continue with the self-publishing?
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Poor Prosper... in novel 3 he's going to need a trailer for that baggage of his ! "Lol.
I've told you several times that I feel very drawn toward Wolfe's character. How do you feel about him?
Ooooh this one is the question I'm most excited about...Patti and I absolutely crazy about Wolfe, did you expect him to be so popular among us ladies? Will he come back in number 3?
Lol Patti ! What do they say about great minds eh???
Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I've told you several times that I feel very drawn toward Wolfe's character. How do you feel about him?"Yes, I think he might be a bit of a dark horse
I like to follow characters through multiple books eg.Rebus,Lincoln Rhyme,Alex Cross,does this make it easier or more difficult for the author working with a well established character?
E A M Harris wrote: "Sorry to refer back to something that's gone, but I'm interested that you self-published even when you'd got a publisher. I imagine that's a nervous-making decision. Do you think you'll continue wi..."Yes, I had sold Killers, but I withdrew it. I know there's still a stigma about self-publishing, but lots of people are making a success of it. What I like is that all the work I do promoting etc, is purely for my benefit. I put a lot of hard work into it, and I sometimes think that publishers who don't always reciprocate don't appreciate it. As for whether I'll continue to self publish, I don't see why not - unless I was offered a good deal of course.
Patti (Totally Bananas) wrote: "I've told you several times that I feel very drawn toward Wolfe's character. How do you feel about him?"Of course he's popular. He’s based on me ;)
Philip (sarah) wrote: "I like to follow characters through multiple books eg.Rebus,Lincoln Rhyme,Alex Cross,does this make it easier or more difficult for the author working with a well established character?"It's nice to continue with a character you've used before, as you know all about him so it makes it easier to create the character, but it's also hard as you have to remember everything that's happened to said character so that timelines etc don't cross, or that one minute he's 35 years old, and then in the next book he's 34 etc.
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Ooooh this one is the question I'm most excited about...Patti and I absolutely crazy about Wolfe, did you expect him to be so popular among us ladies? Will he come back in number 3?"
I expect he'll make a return. But I won't say any more.
[off to hang out the washing be back shortly, don't miss me too much (I'll be lucky if you miss me at all...)]
Do you use character profiles to keep all the information on your characters together in one place for reference or do you just 'wing it'?
Jud (Krisztof) wrote: "[off to hang out the washing be back shortly, don't miss me too much (I'll be lucky if you miss me at all...)]"Mine's staying in the washing machine until this is over even if I have to go hang it at 2am, having too much fun for household chores !
Jud (Krisztof) wrote: "[off to hang out the washing be back shortly, don't miss me too much (I'll be lucky if you miss me at all...)]"Missing you already. Come back soon!
Jud (Krisztof) wrote: "[off to hang out the washing be back shortly, don't miss me too much (I'll be lucky if you miss me at all...)]"No worries. Our aim sucks.
Darren wrote: "Do you use character profiles to keep all the information on your characters together in one place for reference or do you just 'wing it'?"Which was my next question. Thanks Darren.
Shaun, do you remember the first idea that started the writing of the Kult?
Darren wrote: "Do you use character profiles to keep all the information on your characters together in one place for reference or do you just 'wing it'?"I really should, but I don't. I'm my own worst enemy in this respect as I have to keep reading things to check what colour their eyes are etc. I really am going to have to make a profile though, if only to make it easier for me to keep track.
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun, do you remember the first idea that started the writing of the Kult?"Oooh that doesn't sound very English, hope you understand what I mean !
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun, do you remember the first idea that started the writing of the Kult?"Yes, it was about a deformed family seeking retribution for their treatment by others!
Shaun wrote: "Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun, do you remember the first idea that started the writing of the Kult?"Yes, it was about a deformed family seeking retribution for their treat..."
So as you can see, the original novel was nothing like the published book. I had an agent trying to sell that original novel though before we parted ways and I rewrote the novel from scratch.
Shaun wrote: "Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun, do you remember the first idea that started the writing of the Kult?"Yes, it was about a deformed family seeking retribution for their treat..."
And for Killers, were you set on looking for another plot or did you come across and idea and thought it'd be good for novel 2?
Shaun wrote: "So as you can see, the original novel was nothing like the published book. "Yea I was thinking you'd done a fair bit of work to come up with the end result being so different from your original idea !
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun wrote: "And for Killers, were you set on looking for another plot or did you come across and idea and thought it'd be good for novel 2? "I had an idea that I wanted to write about, and it just made sense to use Prosper in the role of the police officer. I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to pull it off though ...
Shaun wrote: "I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to pull it off though ... ."Well I'm not the first and I won't be the last to say you did that quite well :)
Lorraine SPOILER CODE IN THE FIRST POST wrote: "Shaun wrote: "I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to pull it off though ... ."Well I'm not the first and I won't be the last to say you did that quite well :)"
Thanks. It puts more pressure on for book 3 though!
So you'll be doing a straight series, or will you be trying to do other things in between as well?
Darren wrote: "So you'll be doing a straight series, or will you be trying to do other things in between as well?"Well I had started another novel that's unrelated, and I've written a screenplay that I want to turn into a novel. As with most things, it's finding the time to do everything I want!
I think Kindles will make it even more difficult for authors re continuity issues as readers can use the search facility to check.Do you have a Kindle Shaun?Would having one help authors with this problem?
How do you handle the proof-reading problem Shaun? We hear so many horror stories about Indie authors being torn apart because of the bad proofing.
Shaun wrote: "Well I had started another novel that's unrelated, and I've written a screenplay that I want to turn into a novel. As with most things, it's finding the time to do everything I want!"I hear that. When do you do most of your writing?
Shaun wrote: "Thanks. It puts more pressure on for book 3 though!"I think you'll manage fine since both book 1 and 2 were fantastic! You should have more confidence in yourself you are obviously a very talented writer :o)
Philip (sarah) wrote: "I think Kindles will make it even more difficult for authors re continuity issues as readers can use the search facility to check.Do you have a Kindle Shaun?Would having one help authors with thi..."
Yes, I have a Kindle. I don't think it would help authors any more than the 'find' facility on my word processor though.
Anita wrote: "I'll miss you Jud"Thanks Anita, i won't forget that you were the only person to say this!! You're my new fav person *mwah*
