'THE DROP' - my book will be published by 'No Exit'
Hello all, I am starting this blog to coincide with the announcement that my debut novel "THE DROP" will be published by 'No Exit' in 2011.I am pleased to say I have signed a two-book deal with Ion...
View ArticleThe Business of Writing
It's been an exciting and busy couple of weeks since 'No Exit' bought my debut novel 'THE DROP'. I would love to say I have been so busy there has been no time to celebrate but that would be a lie....
View ArticlePrevarication's what you need
Not written for a little while and I think the main reason is how easily I am distracted from the business in hand, even when that business is writing. When I don't have enough hours for writing, which...
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The Drop - a sneak preview of the cover of the book
We have a cover for 'The Drop'. No Exit have been playing around with a lot of different ideas but it looks like this is the one we will go with. It is now on my page on the publisher web site and on...
View Article'The Drop' on Amazon
'The Drop' is now available to pre order on Amazon:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drop-Howard-Linskey/dp/1842433946/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289515760&sr=8-1
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The Drop - from Tesco, Waterstones, Foyles, WH Smiths.......
'The Drop' is now available as a pre order on the following sites:Tesco: http://www.tesco.com/books/product.aspx?R=9781842433942Waterstones:...
View ArticleFirst press Article on 'The Drop'
The press release went out from No Exit this week. The following article is the first piece to appear in the Trade press about 'The Drop'. It's on...
View ArticleAn interview with Barry Forshaw from Crime Time Magazine
http://www.crimetime.co.uk/mag/index.php/showarticle/1672
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Great First Reviews for 'The Drop'
The first reviews of 'The Drop' are in and thankfully they are great, better than I could have hoped for. I'm delighted and also relieved because I think my confidence might have been a tad dented if...
View ArticleExtract from 'The Drop' - now on-line
My publisher 'No Exit' has put an extract from 'The Drop' on their web page. In these pages, David Blake goes to see drug dealer Billy Warren with his enforcer Finney. There they encounter one of the...
View ArticleBusy, busy busy....
I can't believe it has been so long since I have had the chance, or should I say the time, to write here. Where have the weeks gone? Blink and you miss them. It seems crazy to say I am more busy now...
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A Time of Firsts
It's been a time of firsts lately. In the past couple of months, leading up to the launch of The Drop, I have been interviewed by newspapers, magazines and radio programmes and I've read reviews of The...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing - Peter Guttridge's Questions
Guttridge: What is the working title of your next book? It’s called ‘The Dead’ and it’s the third in the David Blake series. Blake is a white-collar gangster, an anti-hero and the reluctant boss of a...
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Geordie gangster, David Blake, returns in 'The Dead'; to be published by No Exit on April 25th, 2013. In the third installment of the trilogy the reluctant gangster is back on his home patch and facing...
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On the Joys of Editing ‘The Dead’
This writing lark is easy really. Just rattle out a first draft of your novel in six months or so then send it off to your editor, who’ll ring you straight back to tell you she just loves it, don’t...
View ArticleLiving with a Gangster
I was honoured to be invited onto author and reviewer Graham Smith's blog in May, which is where the following post first appeared. Graham has a lot of interesting posts on his blog from up and coming...
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Music Maestro
This post is from a piece I was asked to write about music and writing:I like to listen to music while writing but my choices are limited because I just cannot write while anything with a lyric is...
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This is an interview that originally appeared on Ruth Jacobs great web site ‘In the Booth with Ruth’, which is here: http://ruthjacobs.co.uk/2013/07/08/howard-linskey-interview/ What’s your writing...
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Carry On Up The Amazon
I just had one of those days writers dream about. It started with an e-mail from my publisher that morning, telling me my second book ‘The Damage’ had been selected as a Kindle Daily Deal. Obviously...
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