In
addition to writing crime novels, Pauline has written several
marketing and motivational books.
Pauline’s
story in a little unusual. For eleven years she ran her
own successful marketing and PR Agency and it was whilst running
this that she decided to establish a publishing division. 1998
saw the release of Pauline’s first title, Telemarketing,
Cold Calling & Appointment Making, which became
an instant success. Spurred on by this, Pauline wrote
and released two further marketing titles before taking on
other authors. Rowmark currently has twenty management,
marketing, and self-help/motivational titles in the easy step-by-step
guide series. Well, they say if you can’t beat
them join them and Pauline has certainly done this. The
marketing and PR agency was sold and Rowmark became a fully-fledged
publisher and a Member of the Independent Publishers Guild. Over
the years Pauline has tried to discover how the mysterious
world of publishing works and is still baffled by much of it,
but Rowmark’s books are sold worldwide and have been
translated into Russian. Rowmark exhibits at the major
trade fairs of London and Frankfurt and at these, apart from
watching the antics of other publishers, she gets down to the
serious business of trying to sell rights and expand overseas
sales.
During
all this time, Pauline continued with her first love, that
of crime fiction writing, and in 2006, after encouragement
from her then agent, Pauline decided to go it alone – again. She
didn’t see any sense in giving control over her Marine
Mysteries to another publisher only for them to disappear into
the backlist without a murmur, so, unless a publisher came
along who was willing to pay a handsome advance and back the
titles with a major marketing budget, she decided to have a
go herself. Fathom, an imprint of Rowmark, was born and
the Marine Mysteries launched. Enquiries almost instantly came
from both television and film producers at the London Book
Fair; a 3 for 2 promotion on Tide of Death was
secured in Waterstones, and the Marine Mysteries are being
sold as e books, in the Philippines and South Africa as well
as, of course, in the UK.
There
is still much to do, and not much profit to make, and where
Rowmark goes from here is indeed a mystery. But whatever
happens, Pauline knows one thing for certain – that she
will continue to write her Marine Mysteries as long as there
is breath in her body.
Pauline
tops up her royalties and publishing income from professional
conference speaking and regularly runs workshops on publishing,
crime writing, promoting your book, handling the media as well
as subjects centred around some of her books. When
she is not working she spends time thinking through her plots
whilst knitting, walking or sailing (though not all at the
same time). And yes, she does have a very patient and long–suffering
husband.
www.paulinerowson.com or www.rowmark.co.uk
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Dead Man's Wharf
This is the new Detective Inspector Horton mystery...Horton and Cantelli are called to a nursing home where an elderly resident, suffering from dementia, claims she's been attacked by an intruder. Horton is ready to dismiss it as senile ramblings until he discovers that her room-mate has died, the dead woman's belongings are missing and her son, convicted for armed robbery, has been found dead in his cell. As if this isn't enough, Horton also has to deal with a series of threatening telephone calls to a television personality, and a mother's conviction that her son's death on Christmas Eve was no accident. Soon, to his surprise, Horton finds he is caught up in a complex investigation that has far-reaching international implications. With the pressure on to find a killer, and hampered by his belief that his bosses are lying to him, Horton discovers that he's stepped into a web of intrigue, deception and corruption that stretches back into the past.
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