Copy Edits, Cornwall and Newcastle

I have just finished going through the copy-edit proofs for DEAD MAN'S WHARF, the new DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novel due to be published in hardback on 29 April 2009. There weren't any revisions to the manuscript thank goodness and only a few small alterations but this is a task that I am not overly fond of. Why? Because I have an irresistible urge to keep changing what I have written. I always think I could improve a word here, a sentence or a paragraph there, but this is often because I am over-critical of what I have written. Now I have pressed the send button and it is back on my editor's desk with my fingers crossed that I don't have to go through it again. I'm looking forward to seeing the jacket cover design soon.


The fifth DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery

I'm also on the third revisions of the following DI Andy Horton marine mystery, which will be the fifth in the series and I have to say it is coming along a treat. Even I think it is a cracking story. I hope my readers do when it is published. I'm not sure when this will be, but hopefully later this year or early 2010.


And so to Cornwall...


I am off to Cornwall in May to give a talk to the The Coffee and Crime Club at St Ives Library. Sounds like it's going to be fun. And all that lovely Cornish scenery. Could spark a visiting location for Andy Horton in his yacht... For further details and tickets please contact: Maureen Twose,Reader Development & Outreach Officer,Redruth Library,Cornwall County Council, Mobile: 07967 340937mtwose@cornwall.gov.ukhttp://www.cornwall.gov.uk

And while I am in that part of the UK I would like to arrange some further talks. So if anyone reading this in Cornwall or Devon would like me to give a talk to their club, association, group, library or whatever then please e mail my lovely PA, Alison, on arogers@rowmark.co.uk


Next stop Newcastle...


I am also north of the border in September. No, not Scotland but Newcastle. It is many years since I have been there, and I am looking forward to returning and to meeting some of my readers in that neck of the woods.

On 29 September I will be helping the City of Newcastle celebrate the opening of their new library by giving a talk about my thrillers and marine mystery crime novels at 2pm. For tickets please contact Sheila Naughton at sheila.naughton@newcastle.gov.uk or call +44 0191 278 4200.

Then in the evening of the 29 September 2009 I will be giving a talk at North Tyneside - Wallsend Library, Ferndale Avenue, Wallsend at 7pm. For tickets and further information contact Linda Reynolds on 0191 200 7339/6968 or e-mail: linda.reynolds@northtyneside.gov

Again, if any organisation in or around that area would also like me to give a talk, please contact Alison at arogers@rowmark.co.uk

They'll be more events happening throughout the year so I'll keep you all posted. Meanwhile if you are organising an event and would like me to give a talk, whereever you might be - though outer Mongolia might pose some problems - then I'd be delighted to hear from you. Bye for now.

A busy year ahead

2009 promises to be a busy year for me with seven of my books being published and some talks and events already lined up. But first, as it is the New Year, it's a good time to reflect on what has gone before and then to set objectives and look forward to events in 2009. So here goes:



Looking back at 2008

Awards
In Cold Daylight, my thriller featuring Adam Greene, reached the top ten shortlist for the World Book Day Prize 2008 and came sixth in an on line poll.

Crime and thriller novels published in 2008
Deadly Waters, the second DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel was published in trade paperback, large print and as a Talking Book.

The Suffocating Sea, the third DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, was published in hardback.

In For The Kill, my thriller featuring Alex Albury, was published in Poland, retitled Uwiklany.

In Cold Daylight was published in Poland retitled Ogien i Woda.

Plays
I was commissioned to write my first professional play called ‘Murder at the Pelican Club’ which is to be premiered in March 2009 in Liverpool. It is set in 1940s England and features a gruff, middle-aged detective called Inspector Doyle.

Business and motivational books
My business and motivational books were acquired by Crimson Publishing in April 2008 and I was commissioned to revise three of these business books to be published by Crimson in 2009.

Book signings and talks
I gave fourteen talks and book signings in 2008, which included a unique eight hour marathon book signing session on the Wightlink Ferry from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight; participation in Portsmouth Library’s first ever Murder Mystery evening; appearances to help celebrate Independent Booksellers Week; a talk at the first Havant Literary Festival; a talk at a Women into Business Conference and many library, reading groups, retirement associations and charity talks.

Media Interviews
I was chosen by BBC Radio Solent to be one of their 100 Lives Project. This meant appearances on BBC Radio Solent and a fantastic morning at the BBC Radio Solent Christmas party where presenter, Julian Clegg, managed to conduct his programme live from the BBC canteen and interview over forty guests, me included of course.

Interviews by Polish journalist Anna Kutrzuba for the release of my thrillers in Poland and by Completely Novel. Other regional press interviews and media coverage including interviews on Express FM, Dublin Radio, and Angel Radio

Events and happenings in 2009

Crime and thriller novels

January 2009
The Suffocating Sea, the third DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, to be published in paperback in January 2009.

Tide of Death, the first DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, to be published in Poland. Śmierć nadchodzi falami


April 2009
Deadly Waters, the second DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel to be published in mass market paperback in April 2009.

May 2009
Dead Man’s Wharf, the brand new and fourth DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, to be published in hardback in May 2009.

Business Books
Successful Marketing to be published in May 2009, Successful Customer Service to be published in July 2009 and Successful Selling to be published in October 2009.

Talks and book signings

March 11 – Mengeham WI Meeting, Hayling Island

April 20-21 – London Book Fair 2009

May 12 – Cornwall, St Ives Library and a further tour of Cornwall Libraries and bookshops being arranged.

May 15/16 – Crimefest, Bristol.

September 29 – City of Newcastle Library and Wallsend Library, North Tyneside.

November 20 – Guest Speaker at Wessex Cancer Trust Lunch.


Do join me at any of the events if you're in the area. I'll post more details and more events as they are confirmed.


So lots going on. And my writing objectives for 2009...

To complete the fifth DI Andy Horton novel by April 2009. Publication date is yet to be confirmed as is the title. Watch this space for further details. For more information you can visit my official web site at http://www.rowmark.co.uk/


You can also go on my mailing list for my regular e newsletter with book news and updates by completing the details on the mailing list form.

Here’s wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

My Favourite Christmas Films

It's Christmas Eve, so I thought I'd share with you a selection of my favourite Christmas films, most of which I have watched over the past few days. I'll kick off though not with a film but with a BBC Christmas Special - a huge favourite of mine The Likely Lads, with the brilliant James Bolam, Rodney Bewes and the splendid, talented actress Brigit Forsythe. I always start the Christmas season watching this and no matter how many times I see it it still makes me laugh. I know almost every line by heart and being a bit of a Christmas humbug I love the line James Bolam utters, 'I can't wait for Boxing Day to arrive when some semblance of normality resumes.'


Still Christmas brings with it, as I said, some good old films - there's The Road To Utopia starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. OK, so it's not strictly a Christmas film but there is lots of snow in it and Santa does make a fleeting appearance. Then there's Christmas In Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck, The Holly and the Ivy with Celia Johnson, The Bishop's Wife with the wonderful David Niven and the hunky Cary Grant. And of course not forgetting Scrooge both the Alistair Sim version and the Patrick Stewart version (I like both) Then there has to be White Christmas, with Bing Crosby and that song, and Danny Kaye and that dancing!


And in case you're wondering if I'm an old grannie who only likes oldies (I love them) I've also got some modern favourites, Love Actually, The Family Man with Nicholas Cage, and tonight one of my soppy favourites, Sleepless in Seattle (a music score to die for).


Christmas night, flaked out after booze and food it will be, It's a Wonderful Life. Then Boxing Day, Where Eagles Dare and some time after (though not on the same night) Some Like it Hot. OK, so those last two are definitely not Christmassy but both have a glimpse of snow and any excuse to watch Some Like it Hot is OK with me. There are more but I've probably bored you already. So here's to Christmas films, if you've got any favourites you'd like to share do let me know.


As they say in Poland: 'Wesolych Swiat' or 'Merry Christmas'.

What a swell party that was - thank you BBC!

This morning, long before the sun rise, I travelled to the BBC studios in Southampton for the Radio Solent Christmas Breakfast Party to celebrate BBC Radio Solent's 100 Lives Project.

BBC Radio Solent's 100 Lives project offers a snapshot of life in the 21st century by following the lives of 100 people over the year. I was chosen as one of the 100 Lives because I live in the Solent area and my marine mystery crime novels featuring Inspector Horton and my thrillers are set in this area.

So I thought I'd share some photographs from the occasion with you.

Here I am being interviewed by the presenter, Julian Clegg.

In the audience were amazing people, some who had overcome cancer, some who had fascinating jobs, others who had raised huge sums of money for charity and someone who had had a sex change. I didn't get to speak to her which was a shame as I would love to have asked her some probing questions.

It was great fun and well worth getting up at 5.30am for. The canteen ladies were fantastic offering gallons of coffee, and tons of croissants, danish pastries and mince pies.

Julian Clegg broadcast the entire show from the canteen from 6.30am to 9.30am. The timing was immaculate, thanks to Talia and Lewis ( he's the one holding the large clock) so that Julian could speak to everyone on air.

After the show photographs were taken outside the BBC studios.

Julian Clegg left with me middle - trying to make a figure zero to represent the 100 Lives.

Thank you Julian for a great morning. Thanks also to Talia with the clip board who fought valiantly to keep Julian on time, to Lewis the producer who handed the correct piece of paper to Julian at the correct time and dangled his large clock at Julian! Thanks also to Dave, and to Tim, another producer, who helped out with teas, coffee, children and anything else that was required well above and beyond the call of duty. It was a great party - when's the next one please?

Defend The Public Library Service

"The library service is nearing a "crisis point" because of cuts and closures, union leaders warned as they launched a campaign to reverse the trend." Telegraph.co.uk

We need our libraries. Libraries serve our communities and provide FREE books, and access to other services that many people cannot afford. I'm a huge fan of libraries - if it hadn't been for my small local library in Portsmouth I would never have discovered the joy of reading and hence writing. Through my library I discovered the wonderful Enid Blyton and as I grew older the great Malcolm Saville and other authors like John Creasy, Leslie Charteris, and so many others.

In my house money simply wasn't spent on books because there were other priorities for my parents who worked hard for little money. My father was an aerial rigger and my mother worked part-time in the launderette so most of their income was spent keeping a roof over our heads and making sure that we never went without food and had decent clothes to wear.

All the books I read were provided by the library for free. I use the library still to borrow books and to try out new authors. I am also delighted when asked to speak to reading groups in libraries as a way of repaying some of the debt I owe them.

Unison has launched a campaign to 'Defend The Public Library Service' and even if you personally don't use the library then please think about others in your community for whom the library provides a lifeline.

General Secretary, Dave Prentis of Unison says, "Although more people visited their local library last year than went to the cinema or a football match, the numbers are declining and so we also need to concentrate on attracting new readers.Unison's plan aims to put communities in the driving seat to shape their local library service.Buying books is expensive and a thriving local library can make sure all children get the chance to learn through reading. We need a skilled workforce for the future and it would be a good investment for the Chancellor to spend some of his recession proofing pounds on libraries"

So let's get behind our wonderful FREE public library service in the UK.

My Polish Publisher Comes up Trumps

I have just received the Polish copy of my thriller, In Cold Daylight, renamed Fire and Water in Poland (Ogien i Woda) and it looks fantastic.

The cover image is very impressive and the book is a cross between a hardback and paperback with a very unusual flap extending from the front and back cover which you can use as a handy bookmark - a brilliant idea. There is a lovely illustration of a lighthouse at the top of chapter one and an image of a boat at the top of the pages on the following chapters. Red Horse Poland have really embraced my concept of Marine Mysteries. On the back flap of the cover they have shown a picture of my thriller, In For the Kill (Uwiklany) with details about it.

Fire and Water ( In Cold Daylight) is dedicated to my sister Chrissy - she'll be thrilled - and to my mum, to fire-fighters everywhere - the true heroes and especially for Bob (my husband) and Red Watch, Southsea (his former fire fighting colleagues). Thanks guys for all you do.

So here is the dedication in Polish:

Dla Chrissy i mojej mamy.

Dla wszystkich strazakow- prawdziwych bohaterow.

Zwlaszcza dla Boba i Czerwonego Patrolu z Southsea.

And here is the jacket blurb in Polish for the English version click here:

Strażak Jack Bartholomew ginie w trakcie akcji gaszenia pożaru w starym opuszczonym budynku portowego miasta. Wypadek czy podpalenie? Artysta malarz, marynista, Adam Greene tego nie wie, ale ma świadomość, że stracił najbliższego przyjaciela. Opłakując go zdaje sobie sprawę, że inna śmierć, sprzed piętnastu lat, jest nadal obecna w jego duszy, choć przez cały ten czas bardzo chciał o niej zapomnieć. Zanim poskłada razem wszystkie fakty, zanim odnajdzie tych co go śledzą, oni odnajdą jego.Nieświadom ryzyka, bohater zostaje wkrótce wplątany w tajemniczą i niebezpieczną grę pozorów. Odsłonięcie skrywanej od lat tajemnicy zmusza Adama do zmierzenia się z własną mroczną przeszłością. W miarę rozwoju wypadków jego przyszłość i szanse na przetrwanie przestają wyglądać różowo. Jednak Adam Greene wie, że już nie może się cofnąć, że musi odkryć prawdę bez względu na koszt, nawet jeśli stawką będzie jego własne życie.
W mroźnym świetle dnia zapłonie zbrodnia sprzed lat…
Cena prawdy jest wysoka.
Czy Adam zdoła uciec przed śmiertelnymi płomieniami zemsty?

Coffee, Crime And Croissants On Air

I've been invited to BBC Radio Solent's On Air Christmas Party on 17 December 2008. It's part of the BBC's 100 Lives Project and I am one of the "lives!"

BBC Radio Solent's 100 Lives project offers a snapshot of life in the 21st century by following the lives of 100 people over the year. I was privileged and pleased to be chosen as one of those lives, even though it was towards the latter end of the year rather than at the beginning. The project is the largest study of its kind ever undertaken on the radio station! One of the reasons I was chosen, apart from being a 'local' girl, is that my crime marine mystery novels are all set in the Solent area.

The party is being held from 6.45 am - yes, that early in the morning!- until 9.30am with the wonderful presenter, Julian Clegg. It is in the BBC Canteen - with breakfast provided -and hopefully Julian will get to talk to many of us as he roves around with his microphone. I've been told that about forty people are expected to attend. It sounds great fun. Coffee and croissants in the canteen with maybe a bit of Christmas shopping in John Lewis's Southampton afterwards. Not a bad start to the day. Hope some of you will be able to listen to the programme.

You can also listen to it on the Internet.

Check Out The Official Pauline Rowson Web Site

The new Official Pauline Rowson Web Site is now live and looking good. If you haven't already discovered it there is a lot on it, including information on all the DI Horton Marine Mystery crime novels, the thrillers, my play, Murder at the Pelican Club, and my marketing and motivational books with widgets where you can listen to previews.

There are also videos of me being interviewed by Raychel Harvey-Jones about In For The Kill and Deadly Waters, and there is a preview of me talking about my DVD, 'Successful Selling.' In addition, there is a blog and press releases plus links to interviews and updates on my events. Of course some of the information is here on my blog, but there is also a form on the web site for those of you who would like to go on my mailing list for my regular e news bulletins and updates. You never know there might even be some exclusive special offers in due course!

There is also a 'What's New?' page on the website with news of book deals, launches etc.

There are more refinements to come over the next few months including adding an RSS feed to help keep you up to date with changes, so I will let you know when they have been added. Meanwhile, if any of you check it out and have any suggestions on how it can be improved, or what you would like to see on it, plus if you experience any problems I would love to hear from you.

Crime Novel Published in Poland

In Cold Daylight was published in Poland today. Renamed Fire And Water ( Ogien i Woda) this is the second of my marine mystery crime novels to be published in Polish. It is always very exciting to see your work translated into another language and I was also thrilled to receive an e mail from Polish journalist, Anna Kutrzuba, who interviewed me for an article on the book's release. She's written a lovely piece and the article is laid out extremely well with photographs. You can click here to see it and read the Polish version of the interview.

Ogien i Woda is published by Red Horse, Poland. Red Horse has already published In For the Kill (Uwiklany) and will be publishing Tide of Death in January.

Click here to read the English version of my interview with Anna. Here's a brief preview below.

"Pauline, you are a professional writer but at the beginning of your career you have been writing business and motivational books. Today you are highly acclaimed crime novels’ writer. I must say that is amazing and uncommon way of literary career evolution. How have you started writing crime novels?

P.R. From a very young age I always wanted to be a fiction writer, and I wrote my first adventure novel when I was eleven years old. Then work and a career in marketing got in the way of further writing until I returned to it twenty years ago. In between fiction writing I was running my own marketing and training company and began writing business and motivational books, because I spotted a gap in the market for very simple and practical ‘how to’ books. But my first love was and always has been fiction. I persevered for many years learning my craft and developing my style, receiving many rejections along the way, until I won a prize in a writing competition for the first draft of my Detective DI Horton novel and I knew that I was at last on the right track. I sold my business in 2003 to concentrate on writing fiction, and in 2006 my first crime novels were published. Since then my crime and thrillers have gone from strength to strength and I have written six crime novels, five are published and the sixth will be published in late 2009.

You have created a new type of detective story – the marine mystery crime novel. Where did you get that idea from? Was the criminal genre too narrow for your ideas?

P.R.The idea for calling them marine mystery crime novels came because my novels are all set against the backdrop of the sea. They are very atmospheric and I wanted them to stand out from other crime novels in a crowded market. It describes the setting and gives readers a flavour of the type of book they are about to read. "

You can read the full interview here. Hope you enjoy it.

The wonder of woolies!

No, not the knitted variety, although we do indeed need the woolly pully these days here in the UK, but the wonder of woolies going into administration. A sad day for Woolworths - what a pity that it won't quite make its 100th anniversary in the UK.

When it opened its doors to the great British public in Liverpool in 1909 crowds flocked to buy its cheap goods and the chain store created by American sales assistant, F. W Woolworth, went from strength to strength. It seems rather ironical to me that the cheap sixpenny store that grew out of the era of mass production has succumbed to the financial crisis just when the country seems to be going through a revival of an austerity phase where cheap and cheerful will (or is) becoming once again more fashionable. But poor old Woolies made a loss of £72.5 million in the six months to August 2 and no shining knight in white armour came to its rescue. It is indeed the end of an era though the UK stores outlasted its US parent, which closed its final Woolworths in 1997.


I have genuine concern and affection for Woolworths for two reasons: concern as to what will happen to the book wholesaler, Bertrams, which was acquired by the group just 15 months ago. The Competition Commission approved the acquisition because Woolworths management announced that it would increase its focus on books and grow its share of the market, taking advantage of its "massive presence on the high street" and "an enviable set of loyal customers," which just goes to prove that you should never listen to management speak.



And affection because my very first job as a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl was with Woolworths in Palmerston Road, Southsea. There, for four hours on a Saturday, and during the school holidays, I learnt how to operate a till, be nice to customers, (even the smelly and horrible ones) slice cheese without chopping off a finger, cut iced fruit cake, weigh the pick and mix sweets, (occasionally dropping one or two, which then became so damaged they had to be destroyed instantly by eating) and of course getting the creme-de-la-creme of jobs, to serve on the make-up counter (and demonstrate the odd eye shadow and lipstick).


At the risk of making me sound as ancient as Methuselah, Woolworths then had wooden floors, central counters - none of this self-service stuff - and had wonderful fresh cheese, meat and cake counters. I learnt all about decimalisation, so if you're clever you can work out how old I am. And I got to take home my first wage in a little manila envelope - bliss.


So, I say thank you Woolworths for those very fond memories. The high street won't be the same without you.



P.S. Let's hope Bertrams finds itself a good new master or mistress.

Completely Novel Interview

An innovative and exciting new web site recently contacted me regarding an interview. http://www.completelynovel.com/ is a free web application for everyone who loves books - writers, readers, publishers, agents, printers. In fact anyone in the books business. The interview is posted on the community page of the CompletelyNovel website - http://www.completelynovel.com/community. You will need to log-in to CompletelyNovel in order to see it there, but you can do so by going to http://www.completelynovel.com/ and using the following invite code: cnrowson

Here is an extract from the interview:

"Pauline Rowson's marine mystery crime novels may feature the 'flawed and rugged' DI Horton but there's nothing flawed about her company, Rowmark, which she set-up as a Marketing Agency before branching into publishing. By drawing on her marketing skills and publishing her own brand of fiction and business books, Pauline has learned a great deal about the industry. We wanted to know more…

Before becoming a writer, you did some work in marketing, has this helped you when it comes to getting your book out to the right people?

All authors need to market themselves. I use my marketing skills in my 'business' as a professional writer. It has helped me to keep my name in front of people, to network and build contacts and to spread the word about my books.

Your Marine Mystery crime novels are quite different from the business books you have also written – what made you decide to start writing that kind of genre?

I started writing fiction seriously twenty years ago. I began with historical novels but it wasn't until I wrote my first crime fiction novel that I knew I was on the right track. In between writing fiction though I was running my own Marketing and Training company and I thought some of the training material I developed would make very good practical business books. So I wrote some books on marketing, which were extremely well received by readers. I set up a publishing division in my company. I learnt a great deal about the publishing world through doing this, and earlier this year I sold all my business titles to Crimson Publishing who are relaunching them in 2009. However writing fiction, and crime and thriller fiction, is my first love.

Your novel, In Cold Daylight. was shortlisted for the World Book Day Prize in 2008. What effect has this had on sales of that book?

It boosted sales of that book and hence sales of my other books, which I am delighted with. It also raised my profile in the publishing and book selling world and introduced my work to new readers.

To begin with, you decided to start your own publishing company to publish your books. Many would consider that to be quite a brave decision. What made you decide to do things that way, and has it paid off?

I knew exactly how I wanted my business books to look and what they should contain, and because of my marketing background I wanted strong branding. Publishing them myself was by far the best option because it gave me complete control and it taught me a huge amount about how the whole publishing industry works. Therefore when my first crime novel was ready for publication I decided to launch it under a new imprint of my own company in order to develop the branding of Marine Mysteries, and to test the market place. It has paid off considerably. Because I could prove that my books were popular with readers, and I was generating sales, a publisher then approached me with a two book contract and I have sold translation rights, e book rights and audio rights. I am also now published in the USA and my novels are on sale worldwide.

From your blog it is pretty clear that you are a very busy person! Can you give us some insight into what are you doing at the moment?

I have just finished writing a murder mystery play, called Murder at the Pelican Club. I am revising three business books for publication in May 2009. I am seeing my new Marine Mystery crime novel, Dead Man's Wharf, through to publication with my editor for April 2009. I'm waiting for the Polish edition of In Cold Daylight to be published on 28 November 2008 and I'm revising the next DI Horton Marine Mystery for publication in 2010, plus I'm progressing some overseas deals, which are bubbling along in the pipeline. So quite a lot to keep me busy!"

You can see the full interview on http://www.completelynovel.com/ and if you log in using the code:cnrowson then you will, I am sure, find lots more on the web site to interest you.

Alternatively visit the blog http://blog.completelynovel.com/

Bookseller Magazine

I'm in the Bookseller Magazine this week, or rather one of my crime novels is. It's the advertisement announcing the forthcoming publication of Deadly Waters in mass market paperback.

Deadly Waters is due to be published on 2 April 2009 and will retail at £6.99 although you'll probably get it cheaper than that on Amazon and other on line bookshops! You can also pre order on Amazon, or you can order it from any bookshop.

Deadly Waters has already been published in hardback and trade paperback (that's the larger size of paperback) and it is also available in Large Print and as a talking book or audio book. Next it will be the TV series and then the film. Only joking - though I wish I weren't. Still who knows, one day maybe someone will want to film my Marine Mysteries...

Here's the blurb on Deadly Waters.

"When a woman, the head teacher of a struggling local school, is found brutally murdered in Langstone Harbour DI Andy Horton is appointed to lead the investigation – but not for long if Superintendent Uckfield has his way. Horton is given only a week to find the killer, after that he will be shunted off the case. Horton now has a point to prove as well as a complex murder case to solve. A note was found on the victim – Have you forgotten ME? – along with money wrapped up in a five-pound note and smothered with honey. Is there a clue in ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’ rhyme? Is it simply a senseless murder by an unhinged killer or does someone close to the head have a motive for murder?

As Horton delves deeper into the investigation, aided by Sergeant Cantelli, the tension mounts. With the clock ticking Horton is soon forced to take a decision that will put his life on the line . . ."