Barry Eisler, AuthorPhoto from his website
He’s written a series of six books featuring his character, Japanese American assassin John Rain. His latest book, Fault Line features new characters: brothers Ben and Alex Treven, estranged and embittered by a family tragedy, find themselves forced to rely on each other, and their very different talents, to escape a deadly conspiracy.
Barry has written an interesting article, Dead Trees is a Dead Model, about his views on ebooks and the effects on the publishing industry now and in the future as a guest blogger on MJ Roses’ Buzz, Balls & Hype.
I read his blog also. It is not about writing (you can find that at this website) but is about his insightful look at politics and news items.
~Linda
2 comments:
I enjoyed that. I'm not a huge reader of novels. I'm more or a science magazine, news article sort of guy. I have stories I would like to write but they always tend to be short. After hearing Barry, I sort of know why. His love of reading books and novels paved the way for him. I'm thinking maybe I should take a lesson from this and stick to short stories rather than trying to put together great works. I tried with "Heavenly Beat" but it sort of fell apart at about 30 or so pages. I actually feel better about what I am trying to do now. Enjoyed the videos very much.
Hi Linda,
I like these posts on Barry Eisler. As a wannabe novelist, I follow writers and how they do their craft. I am going to make a point of reading one of his books soon. Thanks for clueing me in about his work.
JO Peters
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