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Glad you enjoyed the book!
As for the explanations, I'm sorry you thought it too vague. The explanation for the first death was actually quite simple though, the Breath of God killed him.
My method with the entire resolution was to trim as much of the explanatory dialogue as possible. As a reader you need those moments but there's always a risk they'll go on too long and throw the pacing for what was always intended to be an action-orientated climax. So, I cut everything I felt was unnecessary leaving just enough to cover all the facts. Obviously, for you, it wasn't quite enough! Which is a perfectly fair point.
I was also trying to balance the importance of Holmes remaining a rationalist with the supernatural elements of the book. The theme was about belief in the end, if you believe in magic the battle's half lost. That's why the Breath of God was able to make such a mess of De Montfort (the first murder) but Holmes was able to stand against it. -
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Thank you very much! Hope you enjoy Restoration too.
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Yes. It was a silly thing to do, but the effect on wind resistance was phenomenal.
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TARDIS, TARDIS and I say again, TARDIS!
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"It's in the trees! It's coming!" Thank you, glad you liked it, I very much enjoyed writing it.
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Book two wraps it up. Though, having said that I may write a sequel one day. There is another story I could tell if I wished. But I give the reader a conclusion here, don't worry.
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This is a really difficult question. I suppose because the answer's no, I don't always enjoy it but that sounds ungrateful. Truth is I'm one of those fretting writers that doesn't always enjoy the process.(but sometimes the result). Also, whenever something becomes your job, as in the thing you have to do hard enough to keep the roof on, well... that always takes the gloss off. Having said all that -- and this is terribly needy -- when I hear that someone enjoys a book then it feels the best job in the world. Note to self: next time just say "Yes, it's great."
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He got involved, that was his crime. That and being a bit of an atrocious bastard. You'll see plenty more of him in Restoration otherwise I'm saying nothing. Glad you had fun with the book, the bathroom sequences were some of my favourites too.
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Wasn't then, not now. I was dowsing you with all the warmth of love that a 16 year old has. Thanks for bringing it up after all these years. Bastard.
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I would buy the fizziest cherry cola bottles available to humanity and eat them until either the two quid ran out or I was sick.
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Yes. Yes. Yes (but not on my cookies or scaring my elephants). Yes. Yes. Obviously.
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Hey Tim, you've probably read my book more often than I have by now! No address I'm afraid, not the sort of thing I give out.
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Writers never know where they get their ideas from Levi. Just somewhere in their silly heads. It just popped in there one day and I began poking at it until I knew it could work. The whole thing was very quick and I developed it as I wrote (rather than plan ahead). Sometimes I'm more organised but this one was a bit of a mess. Glad you like it though, book two is much weirder!
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I'm reading The Passage by Justin Cronin and listening to the audiobooks of Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series. I've read the latter a few times but I always have an audiobook on the go.
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Busy actually! But yes, big fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Sequel is out in July, not too long to wait. Time for you to catch up on your sleep at least. Really glad you liked it.
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I'm really not the silver bell type so I'm afraid Mary wouldn't get much interest from me. Miss Muffet however? Saucy little whey slurper.
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Guy Adams’s Bio
I write books for a living. Lucky old me.
