"Blood & Ashes" - AVAILABLE on Amazon.co.uk

Pendragon

hurrah! finally got to listen to the interviews. was gonna try to listen live, but it would have been waaaaaay too early for me :P

"he's a bad-ass" exactly.

Loeffelholz

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Actually, you have a quite pleasant, light-sounding voice tone... you sound younger than your years.

Well, thanks! But I think that's because my voice never changed during puberty ;%

Napoleon Plural wrote:

A face for radio too!

Guilty as charged! -{

Pendragon wrote:

hurrah! finally got to listen to the interviews. was gonna try to listen live, but it would have been waaaaaay too early for me :P

"he's a bad-ass" exactly.

Glad you got to hear 'em, Pen {[]

Another Loeffelholz

I too was finally able to hear you ON THE AIR ! You were fantastic big brother ! {[] Those interviews and promotional plugs aren't easy to do and you pull it off like a true pro ! Extremely proud of you my man..... -{ And by the way, you're way too flattering to you're lil bro... ;% Everyone knows you're the one with talent in the family .... or at least they will once they read "Blood & Ashes" ! B-)

Barbel

Did I mishear or did Bob Murray call you "Martin" at one point?

Loeffelholz

Barbel wrote:

Did I mishear or did Bob Murray call you "Martin" at one point?

I don't think so...but he DID think I was from Jacksonville---don't know where THAT came from, LOL...and he did a great job with the last name, so I couldn't complain if he messed up 'Mark' ) Regardless, a prince of a guy. Actually bought the book on Amazon.com, instead of holding out for a free one. Helluva guy.

Barbel

Well, I know he'll enjoy it- and you're relaxing into the interviewee mode well!

Loeffelholz

Cheers {[] I love that my B&A debut was in Scotland B-)

Barbel

Yeah, that was fun! I wonder if it got you any sales?

(I'm on the air in about 3 1/2 hours. No interviews today, me & the boys will be playing some blues)

Loeffelholz

Haven't gotten any Amazon.co.uk numbers yet...can't have hurt! I'm going to keep trying to get some sales over there...

Pendragon

dunno if it's a marketing thing Amazon does, but I keep seeing "ONE COPY LEFT! GET IT NOW!" next to the book description...

Mr Martini

^I just went and checked. I also notice the used copies are priced higher than the new copies. Interesting.

Loeffelholz

My understanding is that sites like Amazon will use the "only one copy left!" as a fairly common ploy...and it seems that smaller 'mom and pop'-type operations will pick up a couple of copies and keep them on hand, just in case. But the beauty of publishing independently is that we never "run out" of books...it's just possibly a couple extra days whilst we print some more

But I don't mind the sense of urgency created, there---please order a copy now! I'm trying to get the hell out of my day job, for crying out loud

thesecretagent

Been without internet access for a few days X-( - but logged on quickly with a mate's laptop to say I'd finished the book.

Really impressed with the whole book. I can't say enough good things about it. The characters simply live and breathe on the page, there were no flat spots, no parts of the book where the reader was filled with information they didn't need. To anyone reading this post Mark Leoffelholz is a quality writer, utterly flawless in his execution of bringing a a thumping good read to life, writes very much in the Ian Fleming vein, but with his own sense of style that is utterly intoxicating. I am actually sad that I will have to wait most probably a long while to read the next installment of what has been one of the best works of popular fiction I have ever read.

Loeffs - thanks for Oscar Jade, and make sure you get your arse back in the typing seat very soon...

Loeffelholz

thesecretagent wrote:

Been without internet access for a few days X-( - but logged on quickly with a mate's laptop to say I'd finished the book.

Really impressed with the whole book. I can't say enough good things about it. The characters simply live and breathe on the page, there were no flat spots, no parts of the book where the reader was filled with information they didn't need. To anyone reading this post Mark Leoffelholz is a quality writer, utterly flawless in his execution of bringing a a thumping good read to life, writes very much in the Ian Fleming vein, but with his own sense of style that is utterly intoxicating. I am actually sad that I will have to wait most probably a long while to read the next installment of what has been one of the best works of popular fiction I have ever read.

Loeffs - thanks for Oscar Jade, and make sure you get your arse back in the typing seat very soon...

tsa...I'm humbled. Thanks very much for your kind words. Some time back you told me that after the hype, "it had better be good." I take that sort of thing to heart, so I'm naturally gratified that you had a good time. And don't worry, I'm nearly ready to start banging the keys again

EDIT: PS---please tell all your non-AJB friends...thanks!

Napoleon Plural

Who I'd pick to play Oscar Jade:

I set up a disco for foot fetishists once... it didn't make much money. It was called Club Foot.

Loeffelholz

) ...Have you read B&A, NP?

Barbel

Loeffelholz wrote:

) ...Have you read B&A, NP?

He'd have to give it a... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_(film)

Napoleon Plural

Oscar Jade's gonna hit the screen before our mate James Bond.

No, I only read the first few pages on Amazon.

Loeffelholz

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Oscar Jade's gonna hit the screen before our mate James Bond.

I would have no problem with that at all {[]

Napoleon Plural wrote:

No, I only read the first few pages on Amazon.

Well, I hope you give it a read sometime!

Napoleon Plural

Are you familiar with the Murder on the Hellweg festival, Loeffs? It's in the Ruhr every two years, it's in October and Nov this year I think.

http://www.essen-fuer-das-ruhrgebiet.ruhr2010.de/en/programme/exploring-language/murder-on-the-hellweg.html

Of course, you'd have to bring someone who understands the language.

Barbel

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Of course, you'd have to bring someone who understands the language.

Ich freiwillig! )

RogueAgent

You know, Loeff it would be cool if you had the opportunity to pitch your character to someone like Stephen J. Cannell's production company for a television show. Jade, as a character is right up his alley in writing a pilot seeing he used to do The Rockford Files and the like.

Although you might not be too comfortable having too many chefs in the kitchen, it would be a great stepping stone in your literary career if it came to fruition. Not to mention the insane royalties you would earn. Just a thought.

Loeffelholz

Not a bad idea, Rogue---I've got a producer buddy shopping it around to film studios right now...TV is always another option...be a good HBO/Showtime series too, IMO...

thesecretagent

Like a better version of Mike Hammer. I can see Oscar working well on tv, but filming a forties Miami Beach would be a nightmare (but not impossible - obviously). Especially as it looks now...

Loeffelholz

A lot of CGI filler in the backgrounds to mask non-'period' objects...but it can certainly be done. As long as we're dreaming long shots, I'd like a feature film

RogueAgent

Loeffelholz wrote:

Not a bad idea, Rogue---I've got a producer buddy shopping it around to film studios right now...TV is always another option...be a good HBO/Showtime series too, IMO...

Ah, yes, Showtime would be the way to go since HBO is trying to supplement their subscribers' Sopranos thirst with this Boardwalk Empire series starting up.

As secretagent said, Miami Beach wouldn't be terribly expensive to shoot a 12-ep cable series at all I would think. Just wear your Cheap Trick tee when you do the commentary and interviews on the dvd set...but keep the beard. Makes you look like you've been doing this awhile.

Loeffelholz

Another book signing scheduled in Quincy, Illinois---about 2 hours away by car---where I understand I'm being read by a mystery book club...I thought getting radio time and newspaper space in my hometown was a challenge!

darenhat

What are the chances of doing a book-signing/Q&A at your local Barnes and Noble? I see my local shops doing that for regional authors quite frequently...but I'm not sure how much of that is arranged locally. If you do it, you have to make sure you get a modest group of friends to 'salt' the crowd. I once read that Bernard Cornwell doesn't do book-signings anymore because he found it 'humiliating' (in regard to the lack of interest).

thesecretagent

I've had ten years to get over this, so I can laugh about it now - just. I had a signing for my novel at my local WH Smith. Great. Bigtime. I had my pens, best suit, briefcase. Beside me was the stack of books the store had provided. Across from me, the other side of the store, and doing his book signing for Single & Single was a certain John Le Carre... He was also signing copies of everything from The Tailor of Panama to oh, just about everything he's ever written. X-(
I signed four books.

darenhat

thesecretagent wrote:

I've had ten years to get over this, so I can laugh about it now - just. I had a signing for my novel at my local WH Smith. Great. Bigtime. I had my pens, best suit, briefcase. Beside me was the stack of books the store had provided. Across from me, the other side of the store, and doing his book signing for Single & Single was a certain John Le Carre... He was also signing copies of everything from The Tailor of Panama to oh, just about everything he's ever written. X-(
I signed four books.

Ouch! )