Just had a really nice accolade from a fellow writer in the USA, Chaunce Stanton, which I share below...makes it worth while!
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Putting the Artist in the Work
Do you see the painter in the painting?
I like it when an author conveys a personal voice -- even within
troubling story lines like gruesome murder investigations. As a reader, I
feel like I come to know the writer in some small part even as I come
to the characters and the action enfolding them.
Reading +Phil Simpkin's Jack Ketch's Puppets, I sometimes find myself
laughing aloud or releasing intrigued "hmmmms" so that my wife, Naomi,
asks me what I'm on about, and I read something to her that not only
advances Phil's story but shows his sense of humor or the amount of time
he spent researching and deliberating over his subject matter.
One brief example that made me pause to write this post:
"I'm afraid, sir, that we have the gravest of problems - the corpse has been stolen," said Beddows...
Phil's person comes through. I know many writers from the objective
school try to "cover their tracks" in order to completely remove
themselves from their work. But the natural way in which Phil
accomplishes this balance between "narrative dream" and the reality of
writer as creator is truly a credit to his comfort level with himself
and with the story.
I'm certain of one thing: for those readers
beginning with the Borough Boys series, they will begin a relationship
with Phil as well as his characters.
Fortunately, he is a highly accommodating companion.
Chaunce's blog can be found at...
https://plus.google.com/100915686438618444292/posts
He is a great guy and writes some dark and humourous stuff!
Promoting an author writing Victorian crime and murder novels, with a timeline in 19th century Leicester -'The Borough Boys' series. Book one, 'Jack Ketch's Puppets', introducing Samson Shepherd. Book two, 'Death lurks in Cock Muck Hill'. Book three, 'Without Fear or Favour'. New works always in progress.
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