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JosephFinder.com Newsletter
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December 2008
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Happy Holidays!
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I’m making my lists and checking them twice, and there’s still time for you to get on my holiday card mailing list, if you’re interested. Just send your complete mailing address to my assistant, Claire Baldwin, at Claire@josephfinder.com, with the subject line “Holiday Card.” We have a lot of fun with the annual holiday card, and I think this year’s is particularly good. If you live in the Boston area and still need to do a little Christmas shopping, I hope you’ll come out for a holiday reception to benefit ReadBoston on Monday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m., in the Esplanade Ballroom of the Hotel Commonwealth. I’ll be signing my books along with 17 other authors, including my friend Michael Palmer. Tickets are $30, which includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres; you can buy tickets at the door, but the organizers are asking for RSVPs at authorsevent@hotelcommonwealth.com, or 617-532-5063. Hope to see you there!
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New for 2009: Joe's Writing Tips!
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Before I started writing full-time, I taught writing, and I still miss that experience. I’m always glad to hear from readers who are working on books of their own, or have questions about the writing life, but I don’t always have the time to answer these questions as completely as I’d like to. Starting in January 2009, I’ll be sending out a short monthly newsletter with tips for writers and responses to these questions. I'll pass on some of the most important things I've learned about writing and publishing, through hard-earned experience. If you’d like to receive this newsletter, sign up right here.
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December's Obsession: The Best Pencil in the World
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Every writer I know has his or her own rituals and obsessions, and I’ve got plenty. I thought it would be fun to share these obsessions here in a regular feature -- because part of having an obsession is wanting to spread the word about it to everyone else. One of the most frequent “writing” questions I get has to do with how I write: do I use a computer, when do I write, do I have an office, and so on. These are natural questions, since they concern the mysterious alchemy of the creative process. And truth is, when writers get together, they ask each other the same questions. Of course I write on a computer (a Mac, naturally -- a G5 tower with an immense flat-screen monitor, and a Macbook Air at home). But it surprises a lot of people to hear that certain scenes (the more meditative ones) I write with a pencil. And I almost always edit pages, in hard copy, with a pencil. So the right pencil is important to me. Years ago, at a stationery store in Harvard Square called Bob Slate’s, I discovered the best pencil ever. It was called the Blackwing 602, made by Eberhard Faber. It was perfectly designed: hexagonal so it wouldn’t roll off your desk, with lead that was creamy soft -- but not too soft. A great oblong eraser you could pull out to extend its use. Its embossed motto: “Half the pressure, twice the speed.” Who wouldn’t want half the pressure and twice the speed? In a world of yellow pencils, it was silvery gray. Several times a year I’d stop into Bob Slate’s to buy a box.
I didn’t realize I’d joined a whole underground fraternity of Blackwing-obsessives. Stephen Sondheim told the New York Times he’d use nothing else: “They wear down quickly, so I feel like I’m getting a lot done.” Thomas Wolfe and Archibald MacLeish loved them. The late John Steinbeck, ever in search of the perfect pencil, thought the Blackwing “floated over the paper just wonderfully.” One terrible day I went into Slate’s and learned, to my horror, that the Blackwing 602 was no more. It had been discontinued. Frantic, I launched into action. I enlisted my assistant to call every stationery distributor, every mom-and-pop stationery store in the country, and buy up as many boxes of Blackwings as we could find. In time, we’d amassed a closet full of them. As the news spread throughout the Blackwing Underground, my fellow obsessives began buying them up too. Word of my stockpile soon got out, and I started to get calls from writer friends -- Andre Gregory (of “My Dinner With Andre”) and Roger Rosenblatt among them -- to ask if I could spare one . . . or a box. Next I knew, Blackwings began popping up on eBay for $20 apiece. (No, I don’t think any of my friends were selling mine. But I did check. In fact, I just checked eBay and found one for $38.99 -- for a single pencil.) Recession or no, I won’t sell mine, and I only give them away to my closest friends who will make good use of them. As long as I have them around, I figure I’ll keep writing my novels with half the pressure and twice the speed.
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For Last Minute Shoppers...
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If you’d like a signed copy of one of my books for the holidays, and can’t make it to the ReadBoston reception, check with one of the fine bookstores listed here. If you’d like a signed bookplate (or several), just send your request to Claire@josephfinder.com, and we’ll get them right out.
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Thanks!
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Happy holidays to you and yours, and I hope you’re looking forward -- as I am -- to a thrilling 2009. Thanks for your support! Best wishes,
Joseph Finder
Joe@josephfinder.com
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JosephFinder.com Newsletter
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November 2008
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Happy Election Season
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Did everybody remember to vote? I dressed as Joe the Plumber for Halloween; my daughter was Sarah Palin. Senator John Kerry was greeting trick-or-treaters at his home, and called my daughter’s costume the scariest one he’d seen all night. Now that the election is over, though, I can get back to work and focus on my own news – first of all, the title of my new book. It’s going to be called VANISHED, and it’ll be out in July or August of next year. I’ll be sending you short updates between now and then, with information about how you can read early excerpts and even win advance copies. In the meantime, though, I’m delighted that people are still talking about POWER PLAY. POWER PLAY is the selection of NECN’s Open Book Club this month; NECN stands for “New England Cable Network,” but you can watch the program online no matter where you live, by clicking here. I discuss the book with hosts Christy Cashman and Debbie DiMasi, blues musician James Montgomery and Boston radio personality (and former state representative) Marjorie Clapprood. The holiday season is almost upon us, and I’ll be meeting readers and signing books at a holiday reception to benefit ReadBoston on Monday, December 8 at 5:30 p.m., in the Esplanade Ballroom of the Hotel Commonwealth. For more information, contact Pierrette Lassiter at ReadBoston, 617-918-5290, or by email at pierrette.lassiter.jcs@cityofboston.gov. I’m already thinking about my own holiday plans, and putting together my holiday card list. If you’d like to receive a holiday card from me (it’s a particularly clever one this year, I think) – or like to have one sent to someone you know, send that person’s full name and mailing address to my assistant, Claire Baldwin, at Claire@josephfinder.com with the subject line “Holiday Card.” And if you need any ideas about what to give your book-loving friends, I’ve made some recommendations for my friends at Levenger (my favorite store). Check them out here. Hope you’re enjoying the autumn, and looking forward to Thanksgiving with family and friends.
Thanks, as always, for your support!
All the best,
Joe Finder
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September 2008
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The Question Everyone's Asking
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Joseph and His Camel of Many Colors.
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“Where’ve you been, Joe?” Of all the questions I get in my e-mail these days, that’s the one I’ve been getting the most often in the last couple of months. Where’s your new book? It’s summer — where’s the new Joe Finder? Well, unfortunately, not this year. It’s the first year since 2004 that I won’t have a book out. But there’s a good reason for that. My new novel, out next summer, will be the first in a series that I’ve spent more than a year developing. The hero of the series is a guy named Nick Heller, a high-powered “fixer” who investigates international corporate crimes — bribery, corruption, etc. — wherever they might lead. Sometimes his investigations will unravel high-level conspiracies. Or secrets that powerful people would rather keep buried. Nick is tough, smart, and far too stubborn for his own good. From his own family background — he’s the son of a notorious Wall Street tycoon who’s now in prison — he knows a lot of dirt. And as the black sheep of the family, who rebelled by enlisting in the Special Forces instead of going into business, he’s a guy you don’t want to mess with. I decided to do a series after getting countless requests from readers, on tour or by e-mail, to bring back one or another of your favorite characters — Adam Cassidy from PARANOIA, Jake Landry from POWER PLAY, Jason Steadman from KILLER INSTINCT. But those guys had already suffered enough in one book: it seemed cruel to inflict any more on them. I needed a character with the resources and the fortitude to withstand whatever I threw at him, book after book. I think Nick’s a great character. We’ve only worked together for one book, but I can foresee a long, happy working relationship. Nick Heller has been a hell of a lot of fun to write, and I’m confident you’ll enjoy spending time with him as well. I sure hope so. And thanks so much for hanging in there, for staying loyal and interested despite this little hiatus. I look forward to keeping you all updated with the latest news as soon as it happens over the next several months.
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Finished!
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It’s hard to describe the feeling of finish a novel after you’ve lived with it for months. Relief, exhaustion, ecstasy — these words just don’t do it justice. And in truth, I’m never able to fully exhale until I hear back from my agent and my editor. Anyway, my wife put together a little photo essay that I think conveys the emotional range far more accurately than any words could do (and as a writer, I’m not proud to say it). Check these out:
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The book is finished -- and so am I.
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LaunchTunes
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In the old days, when you finished a book, there was a certain crisp finality to packing up the manuscript, going to the post office and sending it off to your publisher. But those days are gone. Now we click Send to e-mail a document. It’s just not the same. There’s no ceremony to it. So when I’m ready to send off the final manuscript, I create my own ceremony. I blast a song, usually something that’s been going through my head in the last days of writing. I call it my LaunchTune — the song I use to launch the manuscript into cyberspace. When I sent off COMPANY MAN, for instance, I played one of my favorite gospel songs, “No Hiding Place” — if you’ve read the book, you understand why that was stuck in my head. The version I used was a great but hard-to-find rendition by Marva Hicks that appeared in an episode of the sci-fi TV series Babylon 5 (you can listen to it here.) The LaunchTune for the new book? Well, there were two. The first draft went off to the tune of The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” By the time I sent off the final version, though, a completely different song had lodged itself in my brain: Johnny Cash’s “All I Do Is Drive.” (Maybe I’d subconsciously converted the lyrics to “All I Do Is Write.”)
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Out and About
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I did manage to escape my desk a few times over the summer, making it to both Craftfest/Thrillerfest — the annual gathering of the International Thriller Writers — and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, better known as Harrogate. Both were fantastic times, and thanks to everyone who took the time to say hi at either event. The strange thing is, though, I have no photographs of myself in either place … so if you were there, and you happened to take some pictures that by some chance included me, could you please do me a favor? Send the photos to Webmistress Clair at info@josephfinder.com. We’ll send you something fun to say thanks. In the meantime, though, reviewer David Montgomery wrote up one of my Craftfest presentations here, and you can listen to my Harrogate panel discussion on our continuing fascination with James Bond here. (If you live in or happen to be visiting London, do not miss the James Bond exhibit at the Imperial War Museum — "For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond”). This year’s Bouchercon (the World Mystery Convention) happens at a tricky time on my calendar, but I plan to make it for at least the last day. If you’re there, please look for me and say hello!
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My Israeli Adventure
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In June my wife and daughter and I spent ten days in Israel, the most amazing trip we've ever taken. What a beautiful, remarkable, fascinating country that is — and yes, it's perfectly safe (so long as you stay away from the Gaza strip, but you wouldn't want to go there anyway). We hired a truly great private guide, a young guy named Aran Yardeni, who's an archaelogist and historian, a gifted storyteller who became part of our family. (If you're thinking about visiting Israel, you can hire him too — check out his website here).
I had a terrific book signing in Tel Aviv, and among the very enthusiastic Israeli fans was a guy wearing a Jeffery Deaver shirt. I asked my daughter to take a picture to send to Jeff, who replied jokingly, "Actually I think I look pretty good, all things considered. Of course, was he a Mossad hitman? Well, no matter if he buys our books."
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Photos, Send Me Photos...
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So that’s the latest news from me. Over the next several months I’ll be looking for ways to keep my website fresh and up-to-date, and one way to do that is posting new photographs of my readers and my books in exotic places. If you’ve got a picture of yourself with one of my books in some unusual setting, send it along to Webmistress Clair at info@josephfinder.com, and we’ll add it to the featured rotation on the front page of my website. (Uh, please keep it appropriate for a PG-13 audience). Don’t forget that we update the trivia question on the Free Stuff page every other month — and if you’re signed up to receive this newsletter by e-mail, you’re automatically entered in a monthly drawing for a free book. Won’t you take a moment to forward this newsletter to a friend, so they can sign up, too? I’d really appreciate it. Happy reading, and thanks again for your support! All the best,
Joseph Finder
Joe@josephfinder.com
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JosephFinder.com Newsletter |
March 2008
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POWER PLAY in Paperback This Week!
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It's the first week of March, and POWER PLAY should be showing up in paperback almost everywhere -- not just in bookstores but in supermarkets, drugstores, and other places as well. If you're getting this newsletter, you may already have read POWER PLAY...but if you haven't, or if you're recruiting new readers, here's your chance. It's the story of Jake, a junior executive with a major aerospace company, who finds himself a fish out of water at a high-level corporate planning retreat. When armed men take the group hostage, Jake is the only one with the skills they need to survive. POWER PLAY made national bestseller lists around the country in hardcover, and I can only hope it succeeds as well in paperback. Thanks to all of you for your support and your word-of-mouth, which sells more books than any review or promotion...but if you want reviews, you can read all you want here. I especially appreciate the kind words from fellow authors (such as Tess Gerritsen, who said, "I dare you to read the first page. You won't be able to stop," and Lee Child, who said POWER PLAY "moves like a bullet out of a gun").
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It was great to get such kind words from a British author, because I've just gotten back from a week in England, visiting my new British publishers, Headline UK. They were terrific hosts, and I'm excited about their plans to bring me to a new level of readership throughout the U.K. In the U.K. this month, POWER PLAY is: • Crime Book of the Month at Waterstone's
• Crime Thriller of the Month at Borders
• discounted at all Asda supermarkets
• displayed at all checkout lines at Woolworths stores
• prominently featured and discounted in front of store at all W.H. Smith stores
• featured in posters throughout the London Underground starting March 10 Talk about arriving with a bang...you can read more about POWER PLAY's U.K. publication here. I also spoke with David Freeman about my books for his Meet the Author web series -- you can watch interviews about POWER PLAY, KILLER INSTINCT, NO HIDING PLACE (the U.K. title for COMPANY MAN) and HIGH CRIMES at Meet the Author. I didn't do any formal signing events, but I did sign stock at several Borders and Waterstone's in and around London. I also had a great time with the BBC's Simon Mayo and a panel of critics on Radio 5's Simon Mayo Book Club; for the next few days, you can download the interview here. A week in London was hardly enough time, so I'll be going back in July for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, better known as Harrogate. It's scheduled for July 17-20 at the Crown Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire; the guest list includes Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen and Peter Robinson. I've never been, so I'm excited at the prospect; if you're attending, make sure to say hello.
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POWER PLAY on the WDEN Book Club
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WDEN-FM, out of Macon, Georgia, is one of the biggest country music stations in the U.S. -- and I’m just thrilled that morning DJ Laura Starling has picked POWER PLAY as her book club selection for March. I’ll be talking to Laura live on Tuesday, March 25 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern time; if you’re not in WDEN’s broadcast area, you can listen online at www.wden.com. Laura will be giving away copies of the book, and I may drop a few hints about what I’m working on now. Which leads me to…
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The Big Question
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The question I’m getting most often these days is some version of this one: Are you writing another book? When’s it coming out? The answer to the first question is yes. I’ve had my head down the last couple of months trying to make the deadline on the next book, which will launch a new series. It’ll be out around the end of this year, but I don’t have a publication date yet -- and I can’t tell you much more than that. It’s about high-level corporate security consultant Nick Heller and his colleagues. Launching a series is a new challenge for me, and it’s important that this first book sets the stage for many more to come. I’ll share more details in the months ahead, and let you know a publication date as soon as I have one. If you have other questions, feel free to send them on to Joe@josephfinder.com. I read all the e-mails, and while I don’t always have time to answer right away, Webmistress Clair often knows the answer, and will respond promptly.
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Contest Winners -- And Another Giveaway!
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The most recent trivia question was both a trick question and a spoiler -- in fact, we're not even going to repeat it here, in case some people haven't yet read PARANOIA. Since it wasn't entirely fair, we put everyone who submitted one of two possible answers into the drawing for a free signed copy of KILLER INSTINCT -- and we congratulate Stephen Book of Lubbock, TX; Anna Sutherland of Danville, VA; and Carla Nyquist of Boulder, CO. The new trivia contest, which runs until the end of April, is a little more straightforward. What is the name of the Conover family dog in COMPANY MAN? The answer is not only in the book, but also somewhere on the website. Submit your answer by April 30 to Claire@josephfinder.com, with the subject title "Trivia contest." We’ll draw three winners at random. Unfortunately, we can only send books to U.S. addresses, and we ask that you not enter if you’ve already won something from us in the last 12 months. We’ve also given away some signed copies of the POWER PLAY paperback, and we plan to give away a few more. Congratulations to Johnny Wright of Carlsbad, NM; Michael Spencer of Orem, UT; Tracey Gates of Mount Orab, OH; Tom Babcock of Anaheim, CA; and Annette Kalkhoff of Spirit Lake, IA. If you have a U.S. mailing address and have not won a signed book in the last 12 months, send your complete name and mailing address to Claire@josephfinder.com between now and March 31. Use “PP Paperback Giveaway” as your subject line. We’ll draw five names at random to win signed copies of the POWER PLAY paperback. Good luck!
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Upcoming Appearances
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Not much touring coming up in the months ahead, but I’ll be at a couple of conferences and special events: Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
"Spring Fling," A Library Lovers' Evening with Joseph Finder and others
A fundraiser for the Newton Free Library
Tickets $100.00
330 Homer Street
Newton, MA 02459
617-796-1407
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/library/ July 9-12, 2008
Thrillerfest (registration required)
The Grand Hyatt
New York, NY
http://www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/index.html July 17-20, 2008
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (registration required)
The Crown Hotel
Harrogate, Yorkshire
England
http://www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime/index.html As new events come up, I post them here and on my MySpace calendar. I’m delighted to meet readers in person, and really appreciate everyone who takes the time to come out and say hello.
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Thanks!
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Thanks again for your support, keep reading, and I hope every day's a Power Play!
All the best,
Joseph Finder
Joe@josephfinder.com
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December 2007
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Happy
Holidays!
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The
calendar’s running out of pages, but I couldn’t let 2007
end without wishing you all happy holidays and a
thrilling New Year — and sending out
one more heartfelt “Thank you” to everyone who came to a
book signing, befriended me on MySpace, left a comment on my message board, or picked up a copy of
one of my books.
I’ve
been writing full-blast — not just on the new book
(which should be out either late next year or the
beginning of ’09), but also signing my name on thousands
of holiday cards to all of you who’ve sent me your
snail-mail address. And for those of
you who want to hear about the new novel before it comes
out, make sure to check up on my online forum, my website, or my MySpace page.
It’s
the time of year for “Best of” lists, and I’m delighted
to see POWER PLAY showing up on a few of them
(including Michael W. Rogers’ Star Talk blog – but my favorite
mention of POWER PLAY lately was by Myles Knapp
in the Contra Costa Times, who
listed POWER PLAY among his suggested gifts for
“Manly Men.” I’m waiting to hear from
Old Spice about that product endorsement
deal…
Seriously, at this time of year I’m
especially grateful to have the world’s best job, and
it’s your support that makes that possible.
I wish all of you the best for 2008, and look
forward to hearing from you.
Thanks, especially, to all those of you who
wrote in with comments and reactions to POWER
PLAY (and my other novels). I
love hearing from you, and as you’ve found, I answer
every e-mail. Sometimes it takes me a
while, but I do answer them. I’m
convinced that hearing from you makes me a better
writer. This has been an amazing year
— POWER PLAY hit Top Ten bestseller lists
around the country, sold far more copies than any of my
previous books — and for that I’m grateful most of all
to you, my newsletter readers, for spreading the word.
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The Next Book...a hint
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The
new book doesn’t have a title yet – that’s one of the
last things I do – but it’s well underway, and due to my
publishers early next year. It will
be the first in a new series, featuring international
security consultant Nick Heller.
I
can’t tell you much about the plot, but the research has
taken a lot of my time lately – and here’s a hint:
a picture of me at Logan Airport in Boston in the
middle of the night with Dom Deleto, Regional
Maintenance Manager for ASTAR Air
Cargo.
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POWER PLAY: Signed
Copies Still
Available!
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Time’s
running out for Christmas delivery, but if you hurry,
you can still buy signed copies of POWER PLAY
from these fine bookstores:
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard
St.
Brookline, MA
617-566-6660
russ@brooklinebooksmith.com
M is for Mystery
86 E. Third Ave.
San
Mateo, CA 94401
650-401-8077
www.mformystery.com
info@mformystery.com
Mysteries to Die For
2940 Thousand Oaks
Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
805-374-0084
www.mysteriestodiefor.com
The
Mystery Bookstore
1036-C Broxton Ave.
Los Angeles,
CA 90024
800-821-9017
www.mystery-bookstore.com
orders@mystery-bookstore.com
The
Poisoned Pen
4014 N. Goldwater Blvd., Suite
101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-947-2974
www.poisonedpen.com
sales@poisonedpen.com
Rainy Day
Books
2706 W. 53rd St.
Fairway, KS
66205
913-384-3126
mailbox@rainydaybooks.com
Saturn Booksellers
133 W. Main
St.
Gaylord, MI 49735
989-732-8899
www.saturnbooksellers.com
Saturn_booksellers@hotmail.com
Schuler Books and Music
2660 28th St.
SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
616-942-2561
www.schulerbooks.com
info@schulerbooks.com
Seattle
Mystery Bookshop
117 Cherry St.(Pioneer
Square)
Seattle, WA 98104
206-587-5737
www.seattlemystery.com
staff@seattlemystery.com
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THE CHOPIN MANUSCRIPT
on Audible
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Earlier this year I had the honor of being part
of a unique experience – a serial novel, written by some
of the top names in the genre, that would be published
originally in audiobook format.
Audible
started publishing THE CHOPIN MANUSCRIPT: A Serial
Thriller in September, two chapters at a time, and
now the entire book is available here. Jim Fusilli edited the
book, which includes chapters by Jeffery Deaver, Lee
Child, Lisa Scottoline, and P. J. Parrish, among others;
Alfred Molina does the reading. It’s
the story of a previously unknown score by the composer
Frederic Chopin (naturally) that holds a deadly
secret.
JANUARY magazine called it one of the best
crime novels of 2007: “an extrarordinary and
entertaining achievement…a bravura
performance.”
If
you’re an audiobook fan, check it out – and let me know
what you
think!
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Contest Winners -- And More
Giveaways!
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Congratulations to the winners of our last
trivia contest -- Sarah Thompson of Littleton, CO;
Zachary Urisman of Glenview, IL; and Jim Chee of
Houston, TX, who received signed first editions of
POWER PLAY for knowing that Nick Conover's
children in COMPANY MAN were named Lucas and
Julia. You still have a few days left to answer the
current trivia question for a chance at a signed first
edition of KILLER INSTINCT; click here for
details!
Cassandra Farrar of San Antonio, TX, Sandy
Le of Glendale, AZ and David Lehrman of Boca Raton, FL
won audiobooks in the last newsletter, so
congratulations to them as well.
And now, just for the holidays, one last
contest…if you have not yet won anything from
JosephFinder.com in 2007, and your mailing address is in
the United States, send your complete name and mailing
address to Claire@josephfinder.com with the
subject heading KILLER INSTINCT giveaway
between now and December 31. We’ll draw
five names to win signed copies.
And remember, all newsletter subscribers
are entered in a monthly drawing for a free book just
for signing up for the newsletter. Happy
holidays!
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2008
Appearances
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Since
I’m working so hard on the new book, I’ve turned down
most public appearances. But there
are two on the calendar already.
Check my website for updates and new
events as they’re scheduled.
Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 7:00
p.m.
Book discussion and signing
Marymount
Manhattan College
221 E. 71st Street
New York, NY
10021
Admission is free, but reservations are
required; call 212-774-4810 or 212-774-0780 and book
your place with Selma, Juliana, or
Jessica.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:00
p.m.
"Spring Fling," A Library Lovers' Evening
with Joseph Finder
A fundraiser for the Newton Free
Library
330 Homer Street
Newton, MA
02459
617-796-1407
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Thanks again for your support – hope the
new year brings everything you wish
for!
Best wishes,
Joseph Finder
Joe@josephfinder.com
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this newsletter to friends you think might be
interested.
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September 2007
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Thanks to You --- POWER PLAY Hits
the Top
Ten!
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Well,
I’m just back from a book tour that took me from
Philadelphia to Mississippi, with stops in Memphis and
Decatur (GA) and Cherokee, North Carolina. Twelve
cities, or 14, depending on how you’re counting.
One speeding ticket (from a sheriff in rural North
Carolina) and one warning (from a Georgia State Trooper,
for an expired plate on an Avis rental car). You
can read all about my adventures here, on my travel blog.
The
big news is that after less than one week on sale,
POWER PLAY debuted at #7 on the New
York Times bestseller list --- my first time in the
Top Ten, and by far my strongest selling book.
(The first week’s sales were up 87% over KILLER
INSTINCT, according to my editor --- but who’s
counting?) It also hit #7 on the Publishers
Weekly bestseller list, and #10
on the Wall Street Journal list, and #9 on the
Washington Post list --- so
top ten everywhere.
And
for that I’m grateful most of all to you, my core
readers, the subscribers to this newsletter.
Thanks for reading so enthusiastically, for telling
others, for helping spread the word. And for
showing up at bookstores for signing events during the
very busy back-to-school time of year. It was
great to meet so many of you.
Like all writers, I sit there in a room
alone, making up stories and only imagining the effect
on my (theoretical) readers. That’s why it’s so
helpful, and in some ways so moving, to meet the people
who actually read the books, to see what you like (or
don’t), to find out what else you enjoy reading.
After all, a novelist is nothing more than a
storyteller: without an audience, you’re nothing.
I’m delighted that so many of you seem to like
POWER PLAY (and Jake) so
much.
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The Bookstop in Houston, TX Put Me
on Its
Marquee!
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Thanks to
my cousin, Ashley Segal, for taking the
picture.
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Upcoming Appearances
--- and Signed
Books
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Although the tour is officially over, I’ll be
making a few more appearances between now and the end
for the year. If you’re in the area, please come
out and say hello!
If I
didn’t make it to an event near you, you can still buy
signed books from one of the fine booksellers listed | | |
