So, to celebrate publication day, the blog tour stops off today at The Madwoman in the Attic, A great blog by Lisa D in Ireland. Lisa is a book obsessive, and writes for websites, print and radio. History is her passion and she’s currently working on a novel set, like The Long Fall, in two time periods.
My piece is about my top five domestic noir novels. As you will find out, I had a lot of difficulty choosing …
So when Agent Simon sent my manuscript out into the world of publishing, he told me that I had written a piece of Crime Fiction.
Crime Fiction? I said, mildly appalled.
Not having had any dealings with publishing before, I thought to be classified as a writer of genre fiction was somewhat demeaning. This is an example of the ignorant state I was in. Of course, like many first-time writers I had thought I had written a literary novel, the best I could possibly write, potentially the next Booker Prize winner.… read more
