So, now all the excitement is over (more to come though I promise you) I can now inform you all that A Murder Of Crows went to No.1 in the Scottish Crime category on Amazon's kindle chart where it was then designated an official BEST SELLER! It also went to No.1 in the Murder category in the USA. In the UK it reached No.123 overall and No.76 in the USA - it has outsold many other books in the same genre who had a marketing budget to publicise their work. We did not have any budget for this so for A Murder Of Crows to do so well is really something special. Thank you for supporting me in this endeavour. I hope this latest news of its success has made it all worthwhile.
Since then I have made some more public appearances. I read an extract of my novel at the Southside Fringe in Glasgow and more recently I have made my debut at Noir at the Bar, Edinburgh, which went very well - so well in fact that I have been invited to Noir at the Bar in Newcastle.
England in general is beginning to beckon now as three of us author types are planning an appearance at Waterstones in London in July. Speaking of which, A Murder Of Crows sold out in Waterstones Byres Road, Glasgow and they have now reordered more signed copies!
Lastly, I can now inform you that I have been invited to appear at Bloody Scotland! This is truly an honour. For those of you who don't know, Bloody Scotland is an international crime writing festival and the biggest of its kind in Scotland. I will be rubbing shoulders with some very well known authors, such as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Lynda la Plante, and I will be onstage with three other debut authors - and bestselling writer Alex Gray will be hosting! I am absolutely thrilled to be taking part in this. I could only dream about such things a year or so ago.
So, there it is for now. There is still more to come and plenty more in the pipeline. I am now progressing slowly but surely with the sequel amongst other things.
Thanks again for making this dream come true.
Yours,
Ian.