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Comment on A Vengeful Longing by Historical Fiction Author … R.N. Morris | A Writer of History

Historical Fiction Author … R.N. Morris | A Writer of History — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:06:45 +0000

[...] things smelled and how primitive health care was and how grinding the poverty. One of my novels, A Vengeful Longing, is set in a hot summer in St Petersburg and there’s a fair amount of texture about the open [...]

Comment on On realism in crime fiction by Ben Solomon

Ben Solomon — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:23:35 +0000

Didn’t some long-hair in flowery dress once write, “The play’s the thing?”
I’d say that’s the starting point.
Any artist, the writer in this case, attempts to create a complete, functioning universe, a way of things, its own laws of nature. Whatever the approach to violence, it’s gotta play, doesn’t it?

Comment on Welcome to the yard sale. by Roger

Roger — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:27:57 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Fiona. It’s a tough one. I do feel there is a sense of devaluing our efforts. And the prices on these particular books aren’t set by me. But if dropping the price results in more readers, then that’s obviously a good thing. Which is why I have decided to tell people about it, despite my mixed feelings about the bargain basement attitude it sets up.

Comment on Welcome to the yard sale. by Satyavani Fiona Robyn

Satyavani Fiona Robyn — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:21:30 +0000

An OUTRAGEOUS bargain.
I’m interested in kindle pricing at the mo. My book had been flying high for six months but started to droop so we made it ultra cheap and it flew back up to the top. Most of the books at the very top of the fiction chart are 20p or less than a pound. Then I make it more expensive again, and it drops. So what do we do? Let it disappear from the charts or contribute to the devaluing of fiction like everyone else is doing? A tricky one……

Comment on The repellent muse. by Roger

Roger — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:25:44 +0000

Thanks for looking in, Ed. Jekyll and Hyde is right. I think the Orwell piece is very early in cinema history – pre-sound, even. He was certainly talking only about silent films. Now, where did I put my knife…

Comment on The repellent muse. by Ed Prichard

Ed Prichard — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:36:57 +0000

Thanks for posting this Roger, lots to think about. I guess we’re all creating stories, published or otherwise, that we feel need/have to be told. As you say, it doesn’t matter if anyone else reads or appreciates it, it’s just got to come out.

It’s a bit Jekyll & Hyde isn’t it – mild mannered on the outside, violent maniac on the inside… Dr Roger and Mr Morris perhaps?

I’ve read the Orwell piece too, years ago – rereading that extract made me immediately think of Citizen Kane. I wonder if he wrote it before it was made and if Welles had read it.

Sharpen your knife and get down to it – you know you want to.

Comment on The Next Big Thing by The Mannequin House « R. N. Morris

The Mannequin House « R. N. Morris — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:21:17 +0000

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Comment on Look what came in the post… by Roger

Roger — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:05:03 +0000

It’s on its way, I promise!

Comment on “A sort of Edwardian Dirty Harry” by Roger

Roger — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:04:49 +0000

Thanks Sarah! I really appreciate your support. (I’m researching book 3 at the moment.)