McNutt M
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Tim Butcher:
Hi Tim. Thanks for your note! I really enjoyed your book. It was quite the one-two punch as I had just wrapped up another cool book ("Send More Idiots") and that author sent me a note, too! If goodreads keeps putting me in touch with the folks who actually write the books, I'm gonna be spending all day on this site! Do you have a new one in the works? Will McNutt
Tim Butcher
Dear Will - some of us in the author tribe really appreciate readers who give feedback. It can be bruising on occasion but honest criticism is the only criticism worth anything so to have a complete stranger assess your work on GoodReads, say, is a tonic. It's not quite got the same objective value if your friends/family/acquaintances give their feedback - it cannot be anything but slightly touched.
I guess in the old days a letter via the publisher from the reader could eventually get through but good old Tim Berners-Lee et al changed that radically with www. I often receive messages/emails/notes/ratings via Facebook, GoodReads and other formats, connecting me readers instantly around the globe.
I'll leave you in peace now. But to answer your question, after Blood River I have published two works of history-travel-adventure non-fiction: Chasing the Devil and The Trigger.
And I am currently working on something even more ambitious. Details to come out soon.
Best
TimB
I guess in the old days a letter via the publisher from the reader could eventually get through but good old Tim Berners-Lee et al changed that radically with www. I often receive messages/emails/notes/ratings via Facebook, GoodReads and other formats, connecting me readers instantly around the globe.
I'll leave you in peace now. But to answer your question, after Blood River I have published two works of history-travel-adventure non-fiction: Chasing the Devil and The Trigger.
And I am currently working on something even more ambitious. Details to come out soon.
Best
TimB
More Answered Questions
Harry Barnett
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Tim Butcher:
I was wondering about the provisions you brought along on the trip. Graham Greene and his cousin had a large group of bearers to carry items such as food, whiskey and hammocks. You, on the other hand, appeared to eat whatever was at hand; bland chicken and rice, and even a tin of cat food (unknowingly). Why not bring along some of those freeze dried dinners that are so popular with backpackers?
Allan Schulz
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Tim Butcher:
Tim - I thoroughly enjoyed your original take on the origins of WWI in "The Trigger". The way you were able to weave your experience from the Bosnian War in the 90s added a further level to one's understanding of an important subject. You may have to ask Bosnian Tourism for royalties as you made the place seem most appealing to an adventurer! What do you plan on writing about next?
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