CrimeSpace

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Winner of the Spinetingler Magazine Special Services To The Industry Award, CrimeSpace is a place for readers and writers of crime fiction to meet. Find new authors to delve into and discuss the latest in crime fiction. Share photos, videos and make some friends. Pull up a chair at the bar and share your poison.

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Thanks guys! I'm pumped to be on the same press as you, B.R. I'll be launching a "Cleansing Eden" Web site soon, and I'll be sure to link to your site. Now who's up for some zubrowka?
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Hey, brother! Glad you signed up. Being on the ground floor of a new publisher holds much promise, methinks. Whatever happens, the journey should be interesting.
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Congratulations Benjamin. Enjoy every minute of it.
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Benjamin Sobieck added a blog post
I signed today with Shadow Line Press, a publisher out of North Carolina. This is, how-you-say, "it." I started this journey in 2006, when I first started writing "Cleansing Eden." More than three years later, "it" arrived. And "it" feels good. ...
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Members

  • mary shapley
  • Jenelle Jakobsen
  • Terrie Farley Moran
  • Eileen
  • Venkates Swaminathan
  • Bronwen Hruska
  • Kathy
  • Benjamin Sobieck
  • C.M. Albrecht
  • Johnny Russell
  • Jeffrey Martin
  • C. M. Albrecht
  • Russell Brooks
  • Jenny Hanahan
  • Dennis Leppanen
  • Peggy Wagner
  • Martha Conway
  • Tony Black
  • Mike Dennis
  • J. F. Juzwik
  • Gor Bisnori
  • Karoline G
  • Lou Boxer
  • Mari Sloan
  • Melissa Ohnoutka
  • Gwen Mayo
  • I. J. Parker

BEFORE YOU POST TO THE FORUM

Please read the information on Promotion. Note that the forum is for discussion only, not for blatant self promotion (BSP). Appropriate announcements can be made in the Events forum or your member blog.

Forum

Mike Dennis

SMASHWORDS 7 Replies

Anybody got any thoughts on Smashwords? It's basically self-publishing moved online, BUT...they have quite a few traditionally-published authors selling their books (in eBook form, of course) for v...

Started by Mike Dennis in The Main Bar. Last reply by Mike Dennis 4 hours ago.

B.R.Stateham

Kindle or The Nook? 13 Replies

I have a book out doing fairly decently in online sales thru Barnes and Noble. And on Amazon as well. So I'm thinking--why not milk this new cash cow? Why not throw together some stories about the ...

Started by B.R.Stateham in The Main Bar. Last reply by jKathleen 19 hours ago.

Julie Lomoe

With fans like these, who needs enemies? 10 Replies

Yesterday I resigned from the local chapter of a national organization for mystery writers and fans. I blogged about it yesterday, but I'm still steamed. I'm not mentioning any organizations or nam...

Started by Julie Lomoe in The Main Bar. Last reply by B.R.Stateham 22 hours ago.

minervaK

last days of the empire 49 Replies

Sometimes, reality feels like that, lately. We've got fifteen year-old girls killing nine year-old girls 'just to see what it feels like,' mass shootings at army bases, people stabbing each other o...

Started by minervaK in The Main Bar. Last reply by I. J. Parker 23 hours ago.

John McFetridge

The Reality of a Bestseller 26 Replies

Saw this today, thought people might be interested: Realities of a Bestseller. "If I published only one book a year, and it did as well as this one, my net would be only around $2500.00 over the ...

Started by John McFetridge in Writer's Den. Last reply by Thomas Grant Bruso 8 hours ago.

Dan Coleman

Stop that Story! 24 Replies

What makes you stop reading a novel or short story? Is a self-published novel the same as one sent by a newbie to an agent?

Started by Dan Coleman in The Main Bar. Last reply by Dana King Nov 22.

Keith thomson

Who are the Best and Worst Reviewers? 31 Replies

The other day, my fellow Huffington Post blogger took NY Times tv critic Alessandra Stanley to the worldwide woodshed. In so doing, Mr. Levinson recognized that criticizing a critic is almost never...

Started by Keith thomson in Writer's Den. Last reply by Toni Osborne Nov 23.

Darlene

More than one 9 Replies

I posted this question elsewhere, so I am assuming it was lost. I am ready to pitch my books and in my quary, am wondering how I should name them. There are three, one main character, and her P.O.V...

Started by Darlene in The Main Bar. Last reply by Karen Dionne Nov 14.

John McFetridge

Lost Treasures 7 Replies

Recently the movie The Frinds of Eddie Coyle came out on DVD and probably got at least a few people interested in the Georges V. Higgins novel it's based on. I also recently saw the movie Straight...

Started by John McFetridge in The Main Bar. Last reply by Albert Tucher Nov 19.

Sandra Parshall

Best books? Says who? 89 Replies

The Publishers Weekly list of the "100 best books of 2009" includes shockingly few works by women. So what else is new? The Sisters in Crime response has been posted by SinC President Marcia Talley...

Tagged: in, Crime, Sisters, Weekly, writers

Started by Sandra Parshall in The Main Bar. Last reply by B.R.Stateham Nov 16.

Events

J. E. Seymour

Reading/Signing for "Quarry - An anthology of crime fiction by New England Writers"

Wednesday, November 18th, 7pm at Water Street Books in Exeter, NH. http://www.waterstreetbooks.com/event/reading

Started by J. E. Seymour in General Nov 17.

Julie Lomoe

Blog Book Tour - Ten Stops, from November 9 through November 20 1 Reply

Come catch me on my first-ever Blog Book Tour. Today I'm visiting Maryann Miller's blog, It's Not All Gravy. She's featuring books that would make good Christmas gifts, and I've posted some reviews...

Started by Julie Lomoe in General. Last reply by Julie Lomoe Nov 13.

Jacqui Horwood

Scarlet Stiletto Awards Night

8pm Friday November 27, 2009 Catherine McClements presents the 16th Scarlet Stiletto Awards & talks to Sue Turnbull about her life in crime. Catherine stars as Inspector Kerry Vincent in Networ...

Tagged: Awards, Stiletto, Scarlet

Started by Jacqui Horwood in General Nov 9.

Blog Posts

Benjamin Sobieck

A Happy Thanksgiving Indeed

I signed today with Shadow Line Press, a publisher out of North Carolina. This is, how-you-say, "it." I started this journey in 2006, when I first started writing "Cleansing Eden." More than three years later, "it" arrived.

And "it" feels good.

So it's a very happy Thanksgiving.

I look forward to joining an author roster that includes CrimeSpace members B.R. Stateham and Dan Coleman (if there are any others, let me know in the comm… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Sobieck on November 26, 2009 at 5:23am — 3 Comments

C. M. Albrecht

Invasion of Privacy

Apparently the police have come up with a clever ploy to gain entrance to your home when they have no reason in the world to do so. Their motive may be that they think they have reason to believe something illicit is going on, or again, it could simply be idle curiosity.
It works like this: Two uniformed officers appear at your door and say they had a 911 call from your address. You of course, explain that you did not make any 911 calls. They ask if your phone number is such-and-such and you rep… Continue

Posted by C. M. Albrecht on November 26, 2009 at 4:24am — 1 Comment

J. F. Juzwik

Undying Gratitude

Here's the link to my story, Undying Gratitude, which was selected as one of the First Runners Up in Michael Solender's Feast of Flash contest. Check it out if you have a bit of time, and I hope you enjoy. And always remember, think twice before you lend a hand. Some people can be just TOO thankful...
http://notfromhereareyou.blogspot.com/2009/11/feast-of-flash-first-runner-up-jf.html

Posted by J. F. Juzwik on November 26, 2009 at 2:49am

Lou Boxer

NOIRCON Registration 2010

www.scribd.com/doc/22586795/NoirCon-2010-Registration-Form

SIGN UP EARLY, SIGN UP OFTEN AND TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS!
NoirCon 2010 Registration Form


"YEARS DOWN THE PIKE,
THE BOAST WILL BE: NOIRCON 2010.
I WAS THERE."
Ken Bruen


The question is "Will you be there?"

Posted by Lou Boxer on November 26, 2009 at 2:02am

Peg Herring

Creativity as Therapy

Yesterday I made a crown: four feet at the base, four-and-a-half feet wide at the top, bejeweled, golden, and undeniably tacky. It will definitely be the spectable it's intended to be at the Christmas festivities.

What I always find, no matter what the purpose, is that creating something tangible is relaxing for me. Not that I'm any sort of artist; don't ever think that. I need lots of help to transmit the idea in my head to reality. But I'll work for hours, even days, on such projects with hot… Continue

Posted by Peg Herring on November 25, 2009 at 10:13pm

 
 

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