Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bob's Blog Hop

To start off this blog roll, blog hop, blog whatever-it-is, I want to thank Patricia Browning – I think – for including me in this spirited – I do tend to exaggerate – online adventure. With her debut mystery, Absinthe of Malice, A Penny Mackenzie Mystery, Browning explored quirky relationships and interesting secrets of Pearl, a fictional, small town in California. Be sure to check it out. Here’s the link:
So much for the Hop, now for the Blog:

I’ve never interviewed myself before. So, Bob:
What is the working title of your book?
It has to do with identity, what’s inside as opposed to what we project. However, since Footprints of a Dancer, the third book in the Detective Elliot Series just escaped my fingers in time to have been published October 2012, I haven’t actually begun writing the fourth book, and the title is a bit proprietary.
Where did the idea come from for the WIP?
I hope it is a WIP and not a RIP. The possibilities for and the boundaries of anonymity within our society have always intrigued me. The book will be an exploration of this concept.
What genre does your book come under?
I like to call it Paranormal Mystery. My book, Footprints truly is a mystery with my publisher, who can’t seem to understand that I’ve stretched my wings a bit. The term Hard-boiled no longer fits, not that it ever did really. The first two books, Twisted Perception, and Beneath a Buried House slightly hinted at paranormal themes. However, Footprints of a Dancer dives right into the thick of it.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I’m not sure. I don’t really watch many movies, and the actors that I could identify – no pun intended -- with the younger people wouldn’t know. Elliot, the protagonist of the series, might be difficult to cast effectively. He’s sort of a mixture of James Dean, Nick Nolte, and Jeff Bridges.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
I haven’t gotten that far. I don’t work like other authors. My work generally starts as an unmanageable amalgamation of plot, character, and setting. I then set out to manage it. I’m not always successful.
Is your book self-published, published by an independent publisher, or represented by an agency?
Actually a WIP probably wouldn’t be any of these things yet. However, my first three books were published by an independent publisher.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of you manuscript?
I don’t know. I haven’t written it yet. And if the first three are of any indication as to that time, I’m a bit frightened even to think about it.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
These questions are getting way too difficult.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Please see question number two.
What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?
I put my heart into my books while writing them, living with my characters as I take them through the emotions of getting from here to there. I’ve been told they are worth reading.
Listed below are the authors who will post their answers to the questions posed above.  
Jim Laughter


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