So, this whole book thing
posted in Blog |As Sinead revealed last night I have signed a two book deal with Hodder Headline Ireland.
That means I’ll write two books and they will publish them and you, if you so choose, can buy them and read them. It’s revolutionary in its groundbreakingosity.
What is the first book about? Well, plot details are vague at this moment in time but it will contain many words put together in sequence to form sentences and paragraphs which will combine to tell a story in chronological order (although I’m not ruling out flashbacks). The press release says:
His two-book deal will see a major expansion in the escapades of Twenty and his pals Jimmy the Bollix, Stinking Pete, Ron the Barman, Splodge, Lucky Luciano and Dirty Dave, as they wind their way around Dublin’s backstreets as they try to find out who killed their friend Jim of Vinyl Records. Music, films, television and books will all be parodied and nothing is sacred in this irreverent look at modern Dublin.
I can assure you that some of the action will take place on Dublin’s main streets too, such as Nassau Street, Westmoreland Street, Parnell Street and Capel Street*
So there you go. That’s what’s happening. It should all be a right good laugh and the great thing is that - unless TV, books and movies have been lying to me all along - real writers are allowed drink as much as they want whenever they want.
Mmmmm, for breakfast I can have cornflakes with vodka instead of milk and I can gargle with creme de menthe instead of Listerine. This is going to be awesome.
Sadly this is not going to be the cover - with thanks to Gerry.
* I reserve the right to use different streets and perhaps even a road or avenue or two.
Update: I should point out that the book, although it features characters from the blog and may reference one or two favourite themes, will not be rehashing old blog stories and the blog itself will continue as normal.
