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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Meet your local authors
I attended a discussion and booksigning last weekend for James Rollins and John Lescroart, megahit thriller writers who are part of a group of 32 authors who've written short stories for an anthology for Mira titled THRILLER. The book is unique for a couple of reasons. First, the authors themselves did not get paid, but elected to have the advance paid to a new organization called the International Thriller Writers. The money will be used to fund the group's initial set-up and conference, which I think is an incredibly generous gesture. Second, each story features a character from one of their previous novels or series. Sometimes it's a lead character, sometimes a minor character they love whom they thought deserved a spotlight, but weren't big enough characters for a novel of their own.
Now, I'm not a big short story reader, nor do I generally read thrillers. My critique partner, Robin Burcell, is published in mysteries/police procedurals, and I love her work, but so far she hasn't written a thriller. I dove right into THRILLER and read the Rollins and Lescroart short stories, as well as the one by Lee Child, and they were all excellent. I expect to read the whole book. I can highly recommend this book for Father's Day, graduation, or for no special reason whatsoever.
Jim and John's lively discussion at Border's was entertaining and enlightening. A good crowd asked a lot of great questions, and got serious, funny and intelligent answers. It was a great way to spend an evening.
Since long before I was published I've attended signings. It became part of my networking process and definitely paid off in contacts when I decided to write and try to publish. Support your local authors, please! It'll do you both good :-).
posted by Susan Crosby at 6:43 AM
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4 Comments:
Patti R. said...
Hi Susan,
I'mmmmmmmmmmmmmm back....:-)
I thought it was a "Great Blog" today, and it perked me up. I really enjoyed reading it and can't wait to see this new book you wrote of....THRILLER. My reading habits this year have changed to reading a "Romance" book and then a "Thriller" book....to keep me balanced. As you know...I'm one for going to the local book signing's too. I do support my local authors when I can, and that's how I met and have several new wonderful friends. Patti R.
1:41 PM
Susan Crosby said...
And we greatly appreciate you, Patti.
I tend to alternate fiction and nonfiction, but I can see that I'm going to have to add thrillers into my reading mix. I'll have to get recommendations from you!
Susan
3:40 PM
Playground Monitor said...
I'm trying to get my husband to read more and watch less TV, so I'll look at that book as a possibility for him.
Great to see you back on the blog! And super that the book store will stay open.
I'm excited to say that my braces came off yesterday and I keep staring in the mirror wondering if those straight teeth are really mine. My blog post today was even about my teeth, complete with before and after photos.
And... looks like the grandbaby will be here next week. They're inducing my DIL on Tuesday.
Marilyn
6:55 AM
Susan Crosby said...
Wow, Marilyn! You had a slew of good stuff happening. Enjoy!
Susan
9:16 AM
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