The Right Direction

Posted in Precious Blood, Uncategorized by Jonathan on November 19th, 2009

Things are going  well for A Hard Death in the UK. Yesterday, I got an excited email from my agent to let me know that the book is on the UK Bookscan Top 20 Fiction Heat Seekers list, bumping shoulders with work by some really strong authors. I’m amused to see that I actually beat out the Master, James Ellroy; I’m sure it won’t last long, but if I ever meet him, I’ll be sure to let him know.

Next Monday, I have a feature article in the Independent, a British broadsheet newspaper. It’s a peculiar piece, about my experience with blood, covering everything from how I became a forensic pathologist to my feelings about the Twilight series; we’ll see if that affects sales at all. I’ll be sure to post it here when the piece goes online.

I’ve been meaning to record a podcast, some thoughts and a brief reading from A Hard Death, but there seem to be a thousand and one things that need attention at any second – the penalty of living a disorganized life, I fear. I’ll get to it this week, or die trying. Or a reasonable facismile thereof.