Hello everyone,
Doesn’t the summer go by quickly? I can hardly believe autumn is just around the corner.
Things are looking up a bit on the sales side for THE LAST HERO, though they are still slow. I’ve been doing a lot of publicity on various social websites, including facebook and bookblogs. There is an interview with me on Catalina Egan’s site and another on Prue Batten’s and also a very good one with Richard Lee, the chairman of the Historical Novel Society, on their site. If anyone wants to have a look the links are here: http://4covert2overt.blogspot.com/ ; ;http://pruebatten.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/the-big-red-chair-3/ ; http://historicalnovelsociety.org/why-hilary-greens-tenth-published-novel-the-last-hero-was-also-her-first-written/
I’m still hoping for a few more reviews on Amazon, so if you have read the book please review it.
My new website is now up an running and I think looks very smart. The address is the same – www.hilarygreen.co.uk – so do pop in and have a look.
The printed version is causing me a few headaches. The first batch, as you know, came out with print that was far too small and I also discovered that the designer had misspelled my name on the spine, so I am having to get a new print run done. It should be available in just over a week, but I am away from Sept.9th, so if you are planning to order a copy it might be best to wait until after I get home on the 17th.The original version is still available at £5.50, if you don’t mind using a magnifying glass to read it!
I have just come back from giving a talk to the Liverpool Jewish Luncheon Club, who were all very receptive and seemed to enjoy it. I like talking about my work and the talks always seem to go down well. My next date is as part of the Wirral Bookfest on Oct 7th and I am hoping to get some more invitations, particularly to talk about the Leonora books with the centenary of the outbreak of WWl coming up.
Now I really must get back to doing some new writing. I’m working on a book about Queen Mathilda (or Maud as she is sometimes called). She was Henry 1st’s daughter and married to the German Emperor at the age of 12; but when Henry’s son was drowned she disputed the succession with her cousin Stephen. She’s a complex character and her life was full of twists and turns, so it should make a good novel.
I hope you are all having a good summer and look forward to hearing from anyone about the books, the website or any other matter.
Best wishes
Hilary
Hi Kris,
Thanks for getting in touch. HERO has now been reprinted and is available in a very handsome edition with easily readable print. Price £8.99 plus £1.40 p&p, if you are interested.
We’ll Meet Again seems to have appealed mainly to older readers who have heard about the war from parents etc but I agree it should be suitable for teenage girls. The same is true of my new book, OPERATION KINGFISHER, which has two teenagers as its central characters.
Hello Hilary, I just left you a short message on the general message page, and then I read your 2 last newsletters. Sorry to hear about the poor reception ‘the Last Hero’ had and what a blow/insult that your name was misspelled.
The small print wouldn’t worry me I’m a big fan of Georgette Heyer and John Buchan, both who wrote complex stories and whose books are printed in small print. You get used to it after a while as you are carried along by the adventures and the wonderful writing. Devoted readers will be loyal regardless of the print size. I do still love to hold a real book in my hands and turn real paper pages!
I hope you keep writing regardless of such mishaps.
Can I ask you what age group do/did you see “We’ll Meet Again” aimed at. I thought it would me very suitable for girls in their late teens.