Ask the Author: Michael Green
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Michael Green
I am currently promoting my Trilogy as a film or TV Series.
A number of NZ film and TV companies have taken a long hard look at The Blood Line Trilogy. But unfortunately it is a huge project (as one producer remarked - 'it is just a bridge to far for us at the moment').
I am now pursuing opportunities in the UK. But if you know a man... who knows a woman... who knows... who knows a film or TV producer and you enjoyed Blood Line PLEASE TELL THEM!!!
A number of NZ film and TV companies have taken a long hard look at The Blood Line Trilogy. But unfortunately it is a huge project (as one producer remarked - 'it is just a bridge to far for us at the moment').
I am now pursuing opportunities in the UK. But if you know a man... who knows a woman... who knows... who knows a film or TV producer and you enjoyed Blood Line PLEASE TELL THEM!!!
Michael Green
My late wife and I were about to head overseas when SARS broke out. We very worried and cancelled our trip. I asked myself the question. 'What's going to happen if this pandemic gets really out of control? How am I going to protect myself and my family'. The answer to those questions formed the basis of 'The Blood Line Trilogy'.
Michael Green
Just realise that it is extremely difficult to find a publisher. I was lucky that both Random House in NZ and Lubbe in Germany picked up my books. But I had many rejections before I found a publisher, and in deed I had already self published before either publisher picked up Blood Line.
If you do self publish, use a professional Assessor and Editor.
I had an excellent publisher at Random House - Harriet Allan, who was brilliant and who, together with her team, improved my book considerably. But I found that RH marketing was lacking. They, like all publishers seem to concentrate their funds and efforts on the best selling, known authors.
Thank God for e-books. I have now regained control of all my novels and am marketing my books through Amazon Kindle. I sold more e-books in the first month than Random House had sold in the previous 4 years - and whilst my selling price is considerably lower than RH's price (which may well account for the increased sales), the return from each book is greater for me.
If you do self publish, use a professional Assessor and Editor.
I had an excellent publisher at Random House - Harriet Allan, who was brilliant and who, together with her team, improved my book considerably. But I found that RH marketing was lacking. They, like all publishers seem to concentrate their funds and efforts on the best selling, known authors.
Thank God for e-books. I have now regained control of all my novels and am marketing my books through Amazon Kindle. I sold more e-books in the first month than Random House had sold in the previous 4 years - and whilst my selling price is considerably lower than RH's price (which may well account for the increased sales), the return from each book is greater for me.
Michael Green
The fact you can write anywhere. I travel a lot. I wrote Blood Line aboard my yacht Raconteur, Blood Bond partly at Avessac in France, and partly on Raconteur in the Bay of Islands in NZ. Blood Roots was written totally in Avessac, France.
Michael Green
I am fortunate that I do not suffer with writer's block. I do not plan my books, I simply have an idea - in the case of the Blood Line Trilogy - how would I deal with the problem if a devastating pandemic such as Ebola or SARS occurs? Then I just leave it to my imagination to see where the books goes.
Michael Green
As an e-book from Amazon Kindle
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