Ask Bestselling Author Lawrence Block a Question discussion

Hello, Mr. Block. I began my adventures with you with Scudder, then found Bernie and Evan Tanner and even a Chip or two. Wonderful stories, wonderful heart, especially Scudder's journey through grief and loss.

And then I read Random Walk. All these years later, I still read it at least once a year. I guess I relate to Scudder because I've been in a situation a bit like his, and I have considered the idea of just 'chucking it' and setting off on foot ... but that can't really happen.

In Random Walk it does, but not the way people think. It's definitely a departure, but it's such an interesting concept. Where did it come from? How did it happen? And what do you think about it now?

Thanks

Kennedy, the right answer would take me too long. I wrote at length in an afterword to the new ebook version of Random Walk; it'll be collected with all my other intros and afterwords as a 99¢ Open Road ebook, available soon.

What do I think about RW now? I've always been pleased with it and still am.

To all of y'all,
My gig here was supposed to be from May 28 to June 3, but I started early and have stayed on a few extra days, and while I've enjoyed the ride, it's taking too much time. So I'm signing off as of now. Some of you have friended me here, and I feel friendly toward you, but won't be active on this forum. And those of you who expressed an interest in following my reviews, well, I don't do reviews, so following them, while admittedly tricky, at least wont be time-consuming.

Again, thanks.

LB

One last thought—

I wrote afterwords for all my Open Road ebook titles, and they're being gathered together along with other material as AFTERTHOUGHTS; it amounts to a piecemeal memoir of my early writing days, and will be available soon as a 99¢ ebook. Meanwhile, you can read some of the pieces in my Kindle listings. Here's how to find them:

Go to Amazon and then to the Kindle store, search for a title, then scroll down, all the way below the reviews, to Discussions. If I've started a discussion of that title, click on it; if not, try another title. Searching can be problematic; I've found the best way is to search for title, author, and Open Road. Like so: "Warm and Willing Lawrence Block Open Road."

You don't have to buy the book to do this. You don't have to buy the book to participate in the discussion, either (and I hope some of you will be inclined to join in). You don't even have to own a Kindle.

I'll post this on the various topic boards here, in an effort to reach all of the folks Ive chatted with this past month so you may get sick of reading it. But I do want to get the word around. . .