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Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar

18 Nov

@silviamg

This is a heartfelt plea: publishers, *please* send me and @silviamg your 2021 books or we can't mention them in our book column for the Washington Post.

This has been so befuddling. Other than some generic frontlist PR e-mail from time to time we simply don't get anything.

And even when I specifically ask for titles, I'm told either (from the US) "We don't ship internationally"(!) or (from the UK), "We don't send out books for an American publication"(!).

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Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar

30 Jul

"You are Thomas Cromwell, the detective?" She said. She had the face of a clock about to run out of time. "I'm Anne. Anne Boleyn."
"What's it to me, Toots?" I said. She shimmied over. She was from that lot of Wolf Hall and everyone knew that lot was trouble.

"I can make it worth your while, " she said. "They say you're tight with the king."
"You're always tight with the king," I told her. "Until he's had enough and chops off your head or locks you in the Tower. Which one are you after?"

She smiled and shook her head. She didn't listen to a word I said. Come to that, I didn't either. I should have listened to my own advice.

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Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar

26 Mar 19

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth and the Mean Streets, down which a man must go.

... As soon as he walked into my office I knew he was trouble.
"My name is Adam," he said. "And I think somebody stole my rib."

It was an ugly case of black market organ dealing. It took me deep into the Garden and up against the cherubim and the might of the flaming sword. All to look for a woman. It took me up against the Big Guy himself.

The Mr Big of all Mr Bigs.

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Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar

6 Feb 19

shall i do another top ten writing tips. FINE. if you INSIST.

1) apparently nothing rhymes with orange, which is just ridiculous, i mean, right?

2) "lead" and "lead" are pronounced differently i mean english is so dumb

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Lavie Tidhar

@lavietidhar

5 Feb 19

Rivers of London, Book 8.

Name's Punch. Full-time puppet, part-time private eye, and ALL trouble. When this dame, Judie, walked into my office I knew she was trouble, I just didn't know how much.
'Tis them pearly kings and queens what did it,' she said.

She had the sort of strings you just wanted to play on all day, if you know what I mean.
'It was them what stole the tarts.'
'Listen, Toots,' I said, 'I don't work divorces and I don't do moppets. This ain't no puppet show.'
She hit me over the head with an iron pan.

'What's this all about then?' I said when I came to.
'We need to establish an APCO on the HOLMES for the TLAs,' she said. 'Modern policing is all about establishing scene of cri-'
I stopped listening at that point.

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