and talking about Declan Burke:
http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/2009/11/woe-is-me-etc-failing-writer-writes.html
The publishing world has probably never been more brutal for new writers. I know writers who've gotten one-book deals from NY, then no promotion, no support, hence predictably lousy sales numbers, and they're dropped, and now because of their bad numbers they're up against it in finding a new publisher. I have to think if some of the heavyweights of today--Connelly, Lehane, Pelecanos--were starting off in this current climate instead of 10+ years ago, they would've been spat out also by the industry after one or two books.
I wish Declan the best for his future, and I understand fully where he's coming from.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Juri Nummelin" <juri.nummelin@...> wrote:
>
> Oops, I didn't notice Declan Burke's HIGH BALL BOOGIE in the list I sent to
> the group.
>
> It would be interesting to see what books would make the list now, with Dave
> Z.'s run of excellent books (just started PARIAH last night and loving it),
> with Megan Abbott stepping on the scene, with Sean Chercover's two novels,
> and so on. (It seems that we are actually getting too many good-to-excellent
> noir novels, since it's no more easy to make the same buzz that surrounded,
> say, THE WHEELMAN or the advent of Hard Case Crime.)
>
> Juri
>
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