[Steve Jordan]

Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek, my latest novel, will be available at www.SteveJordanBooks.com on October 6th!

In 2001, heiress Ellen Levinson vanished from a downtown Washington hotel under mysterious circumstances. Five years later, a series of blackmail letters lead investigator Alain Guest to Nashville, and into the local Goth and bondage scene, in search of the missing girl. Will he find Ellen alive... manage to avoid the blackmailers... or will his own fractured psyche finally shatter under the onslaught of such extreme and sexual lifestyles?

Because you demanded it! (Well, a couple of you seriously suggested it, anyway...) My first non-Sci-Fi novel, a noir-style psychological drama with a little mystery thrown in. Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek, like my other novels, will be available for $2.50, in multiple e-book formats, and NO DRM. Check it out, and pass the word!

[Steve Jordan]

Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek, my latest novel, will be available at www.SteveJordanBooks.com on October 6th!

In 2001, heiress Ellen Levinson vanished from a downtown Washington hotel under mysterious circumstances. Five years later, a series of blackmail letters lead investigator Alain Guest to Nashville, and into the local Goth and bondage scene, in search of the missing girl. Will he find Ellen alive... manage to avoid the blackmailers... or will his own fractured psyche finally shatter under the onslaught of such extreme and sexual lifestyles?

Because you demanded it! (Well, a couple of you seriously suggested it, anyway...) My first non-Sci-Fi novel, a noir-style psychological drama with a little mystery thrown in. Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek, like my other novels, will be available for $2.50, in multiple e-book formats, and NO DRM. Check it out, and pass the word!

[Jorgen]

Wow, you are fast! I look forward to read it!

Jorgen

[Steve Jordan]

Funny... I didn't consider it fast at all! Especially since I was writing on the side, not as a full-time occupation. Anyway, the book is 62,000 words, not too long. (I personally do not subscribe to the idea modern publishers seem to support, that a good novel must be 150,000-300,000 pages long.)

[Jorgen]

I agree. Many of those massive tomes have lots of stuff that should have been weeded out by the editor. I like Tom Clancy's Ryan books, but I would do some serious editting if I was his editor (and I dared! He would probably just flip me aside).

[Jorgen]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

or will his own fractured psyche finally shatter under the onslaught of such extreme and sexual lifestyles?

Sounds like he is a politician or UK high court judge!

[dMores]

all right!!
this means i have to finish the book i have started in 3 days ... oh boy ... won't get much sleep then

[BoxWave]

Congratulations on the work. I'm a small time writer myself, but I love it when we get to "meet the author".

W

[Jorgen]

"I love it when we get to "meet the author""

Yes, it does bring the reading experience to a different level.

[Steve Jordan]

Thanks for all the kind words! (Sorry I was away, family crisis.)

Originally Posted by Jorgen

Sounds like he is a politician or UK high court judge!

Funny, I often think the same thing about my politicians. The best thing you can say about them is, they make great fodder for The Daily Show. What is wrong with politicians these days?!?

Jorgen, I agree with you... there are some editors out there that are clearly getting paid by the word, judging by the length of novels that are being released. I recently read one (whose title I will tactfully not divulge) that likewise seemed about twice as long as it needed to be. Mind you, I was raised on the books of Clarke and Bradbury, wherein less than 200 pages was perfectly acceptable... not to mention pulps like Doc Savage, which never broke 120 pages when Lester Dent was writing them. So a story clearly doesn't have to be long to be good.

[Jorgen]

How much of the novel do you plan before you start writing? I understand that some novelists just plan scene by scene. However, though this is a new genre, you confidently jumped right in and announced that we could start saving up for the next novel.