Tales and thoughts from the coal face of writing and life from Scottish crime writer Jennifer Lee Thomson.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Success at last!
Just got an email saying that Pulp Press want to publish my first novel, a pulp fiction revenge book provisionally called How Kirsty Gets Her Kicks. I'm over the moon. It will be published in August 2011.
It's about a one legged barmaid who ends up killing a lech in the seedy bar where she works and has to go on the run with a sack of gangster's cash and a hot gun.
What really makes me happy about this is I absolutely loved writing this book. I had so much fun. Maybe because I thought it's about time that there were books where women wern't just window dressing or victims or the detective solving a crime who's weighed down by childcare arrangements
I know there's a long road ahead with editing and what not, but I'm so excited.
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Fantastic news! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Patsy. I see you write zombie poetry, as well as short stories. Have you tried writing a novel? I'm working on a zombie book right now and its great fun. I've always been obsessed with them.
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