My debut, COVENANT, achieved the same position but not nearly as quickly, so this is an awesome result. Fingers firmly crossed that the novel keeps climbing the charts. My publisher, Simon & Schuster, posted the below image on Twitter recently: it shows just how hard they work to promote my novels, and turn dreams into reality.
CrimeFest was a great experience: I was on two panels, both of which I really enjoyed, and I met a huge number of authors both published and aspiring. There were a lot of BIG names present this year; Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Frederick Forsyth, Sue Grafton and many others, along with agents, editors and fans. Being the new guy in town I decided to hang back a bit and watch the whole show unfold over the weekend, but the people present were so incredibly friendly that I found myself being invited out to dinner with a group of authors and a top journalist ( thanks Matt ) or approached by editors and invited for drinks that went on late into the night ( thanks Rachel ), or having a few beers with hugely enthusiastic aspiring authors with a big plan and great ideas ( cheers Mark ).
Thanks to everybody whose path I crossed, or stumbled into, and I'll be back next year without a doubt :o)
6 comments:
Love that tag line: Live forever or die trying.
Good, innit? :o)
Sounds like you had a great time, Dean. Fantastic to see the poster on the underground. Good news on the new book. Well done!
John Carson
Cheers John!
Ooh, fantastic Dean! I wonder if you met my good friend Mel Sherratt at Crimefest? :)
Thank you for your thoughtful blog comment.
I did indeed meet Mel! She was one of the authors I went out to eat with ( there were about ten of us ).
Your blog post was great, and really encouraging for aspiring authors, something I always like to see.
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