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Thanks for your support, guys! Madison, my published novels are on my profile page under Published Books. Of those, I know you read The Flame all the way through. I think you read The Side Effect, but I'm not sure. Skeleton Run was written when you were "AWOL" from the site, and Get the Picture? Is a reworked version of a novel I wrote before you joined TNBW, I think. Anyway, summaries of them all can be found on my website, www.novelsbyjohnldeboer.com , to refresh your memory.

The Sincerest Form of Flattery will be released May 15, with pre-order available April 17. That one is a sequel to GTP, and, again, I can't remember if you read that one. How Little We Know is my last completed novel  and is sitting with my publisher now; I have no idea when that will be coming out.

Will your novel be available in paperback? I prefer to have the actual book in my hands to read - and display! Plus, although I've read it, if I buy a copy, then my review will then "count." I've learned that reviews from folks I've given my books to are considered non-objective.

Again, you guys are great! It's been a real pleasure to talk shop with you here!

John

Hey, Madison. Moving to Germany now? Wow! Better book sales there? Yes, it'll be available on Kindle. Don't think you read that one. But I did get you a mention for The Flame, the book about that conniving woman, though I used the pen name you had at the time. Thanks, and good luck with your book!

Janet, it's supposed to be about MY book! Always marketing, huh?

Oops. I already wrote that you were "world famous." Want me to change it?

Last chance, guys. I'm sending the Acknowledgments page to the publisher later today. Speak now, or forever...

8. The Woods - Harlan Coben
10. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane

Yup.

That's "In the Electric Mist," Allen. Based on the answers deemed correct already, I'd have to guess that John Goodman is the character actor who appeared in all of the movies on your list.

Good for you, Claire! As one who read the story on TNBW, I can attest to its excellence, so better late than never!

I checked out the forums on that site, Janet. Not a lot going on over there. So maybe you could stir things up in that group.

For you Aussies, Canadians, and Brits - you have to decide which market(s) you want your book in. I've read Higgins, Forsythe, Follett, Le Carre, Greene, and let's not forget about Ian Fleming. I might have glided over it, but I can't recall their using UK, as opposed to American, spellings for their words. Obviously, their target was the American audience. "Highschool" and "storey" might be fine in London, but "high school" and "story" are what New York expects to see. I let these separated-by-a common-language examples go when I review, but any authors seeking an American publisher should keep that in mind. Or not, and let the American editor worry about it.   Now, "bonnet," and "lift," and "bangers" are appropriate terms for English characters to use; the American eqiuivalents wouldn't be appropriate.

The O.E.D. is quite a tome - wish I had one, JP - but it has a British basis. Give me Merriam-Webster any day! This has started an interesting thread, and I hope to see more of it.