Comments on: It’s very quiet here lately…

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:22:48 +0000

Thank you!

By: Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:26:44 +0000

The best mystery book ever.!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:45:49 +0000

That’s very kind of you, Mike – best wishes for the festive season to you and yours.

I suspect Book 4 may not appear for a while – there’s talk of trying to co-ordinate publication dates across the Atlantic – but as soon as there’s any news it’ll appear on the blog.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:39:18 +0000

Ms. Downie: Ruth, I do hope that you have a very happy new year as I am looking forward to reading your next Ruso mystery.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:17:35 +0000

Hi Phil,

It’s all my fault, to be honest – if I’d finished when I was supposed to, how different things would have been…

Love the idea of turning up forlornly on the doorstep clutching the manuscript: great visual potential! Even better if it were snowing. Actually I’m beginning to wonder if there is such a thing as a manuscript any more, so you’ve just inspired the next post – thanks.

Thank you for the good wishes, too – I hope you and yours have a very happy Christmas and new year.

Ruth

By: Philip J Hall

Philip J Hall — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:24:16 +0000

Dear Ms Downie,

How nice can the “nice people at the publishers” be if they give you a deadline which requires that you work over the Christmas holiday? Here’s an even darker thought: the plan is for you to show up on December 31 at the publisher with your just completed manuscript and no one is there to answer the door because they are all off celebrating New Year’s Eve. Perhaps this may inspire you to write a new version of Dicken’s Christmas Carol. In this version, Ms Downie wakes up after dreaming about the ghost of deadlines past, the ghost of deadlines present and the ghost of deadlines future and finds out that it is still not too late and that she can still get her manuscript in on time. Probably not a best seller.

Having offered my silliness, may I wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Phil Hall
Roseburg, Oregon

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:06 +0000

Thank you, Sarah!

Snow is courtesy of the fine folk at WordPress.

By: Sarah Cuthbertson

Sarah Cuthbertson — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:14:25 +0000

Wishing you onward and upward with the deadline. I’m looking forward to Ruso and the Root of all Evils. And I’ve just noticed the snow on your blog – delightful!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:27:22 +0000

Yes, the whooshing’s been very noticeable around here lately!

Thanks for the good wishes, Kevin.

By: Kevin R

Kevin R — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:20:11 +0000

Douglas Adams said that he loved deadlines; his favorite part being “the whooshing sound they make as they go by”.

Good luck on meeting the new one! Can’t wait to read it, whenever it comes out.