Welcome To CrimeSpace

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.

JOINING CRIMESPACE

For those of you looking to join CrimeSpace, the requirements are simple: You need to have a genuine interest in crime fiction. While there are a number of authors on the site, the main focus of CrimeSpace is not promotion. It's community.

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Kevin R. Tipple replied to J W Nelson's discussion Finding an editor
"Depending on what you need, I might be available. Also you might check with Barry Ergang who has been editing and working with several clients lately. I don't wnat to put his e-mail on here so if you are interested drop me an e-mail and I will…"
3 hours ago
Kevin R. Tipple posted a blog post

Book Review: "The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors" by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Usually author interviews are done with the idea of civility and respect.  The same old questions can always be found in nearly every interview. Then there is this book and how Lauren Baratz-Logsted (LBL) does them. The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors features interviews with a sarcastic tone along with plenty of references to the afternoon soap General Hospital. The lineup subjected to both praise and ridicule is: Jon Clinch, A.S. King, Chris Cleave, Tish Cohen,…See More
3 hours ago
R. Barri Flowers posted a status
"BEFORE HE #KILLS AGAIN, new #crime #thriller from #bestselling #author @RBarriFlowers now in #Kindle #Nook #print http://ning.it/10M5zG9"
4 hours ago
R. Barri Flowers posted a status
"THE HITMAN'S WOMAN by bestselling author Devon Vaughn Archer is a mix of lust, lies, and #murder. Now in #audio. http://ning.it/11NioQT"
4 hours ago
Lorie Ham posted a blog post

Dennis Palumbo, Sue Owens Wright, Christopher Lynch, giveaways, stories & more

Up in Kings River Life Magazine this morning a review of Dennis Palumbo's brand new mystery novel "Night Terrors" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/05/18/night-terrors-a-daniel-rinaldi-mystery-by-dennis-palumbo/ We also have another Smart Guys mystery short story by Dennis Palumbo…See More
10 hours ago
tom.collins and Mark Best are now friends
15 hours ago
Mark Best posted a status
"My story, "Dark Time", is availible in the debut issue of Digital-SF, a new electronic magazine. http://www.digital-sf.com/shop.php"
22 hours ago
Ku Okamoto posted a blog post

Scavengers

Along the road he found a blind girl. Four years old, maybe, smoke-blackened in a tattered and dirty blue dress, standing under a stunted oak.He coaxed the little girl to come with him. She walked by his side, stumbling a little, clinging to the smoke-and-grease stained sleeve of his coat.Sometimes over the next few days he carried her -- fording streams, for example, or hiking up steep stretches of the mountain roads. He put her on his shoulders, and she clung with both fists to his hair.He…See More
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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.

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ITW Roundtable: Thrillers that challenge the status quo

Please join me this week at ITW's Roundtable, where we are discussing the question, "What are your favorite thrillers that question conventional wisdom or the status quo?" I had the opportunity to…Continue

Tags: thrillers

Started by L. A. Starks in Reading Room on Tuesday.

Finding an editor 7 Replies

Does anyone know of a resource list of honest and competent editors who I could contact regarding an edit of my crime novel?  CrimeSpace seemed to be a good place to ask this question. thanks in…Continue

Tags: editors

Started by J W Nelson in Writer's Den. Last reply by Kevin R. Tipple 3 hours ago.

True crime ... a springboard to fiction? 1 Reply

One of the articles in my recently published true crime ebook inspired my first novel. So kick back, have a pina colada (as it says in the Main Bar description) and check out the others.DARK DEEDS:…Continue

Tags: murders, child, Boston, Strangler, wife

Started by Susan in The Main Bar. Last reply by Susan on Monday.

Interesting Forbes article on Self-publishing 1 Reply

Interesting article about self-publishing in Forbes recently…Continue

Started by David DeLee in The Main Bar. Last reply by I. J. Parker May 8.

Looking for Published Novellas for podcast

At Crime City Central we are looking for published crime novellas (dead tree published) to air on our podcast in serial form. Up to 24,000 words, more or less. Old or recent, even OOP, but you must…Continue

Started by Cher in Schmooze Lounge May 8.

Bid on a manuscript critique for a good cause! 2 Replies

Manuscript critiques, cocktails for 4 at Folio Literary Management's NYC offices, a scholarship to the Salt Cay Writers Retreat, and more including my offering: signed books and rocks from my…Continue

Started by Karen Dionne in The Main Bar. Last reply by Karen Dionne May 6.

Shakespeare Wrote Murder Stories 9 Replies

Perhaps it’s worse in Oxford, like the weather. Oxford, England, that is: a city stiff with history, bristling with dreaming spires, and teeming with writers. You can hear the scratching of their…Continue

Tags: Distant Thunder, Redemption Blues, Shakespeare

Started by Tim Griggs in The Main Bar. Last reply by Tim Griggs Apr 26.

Cover Copy Help 8 Replies

Looking for feedback on this. Thoughts?COLTIn four days, Everett Harbaugh will celebrate his twentieth birthday.Maybe.Home from college for the weekend, Everett is shocked to discover that he was…Continue

Started by Jude Hardin in The Main Bar. Last reply by J J Durham Apr 19.

Anybody (Else) Going to Bouchercon, September 19-22? 7 Replies

Albany, NY is so close to New Jersey, I can drive to Bouchercon this year on a tank of gas and a six-pack of Dos Equis. Hard not to go. I've already…Continue

Tags: Awards, Anthony, Bouchercon

Started by Jack Getze in The Main Bar. Last reply by Charles Kelly Apr 15.

Excerpts at the end of ebooks 36 Replies

Ignored? Annoying? Or a nice little bonus?Continue

Started by Eric Christopherson in The Main Bar. Last reply by Linton Robinson on Wednesday.

Blog Posts

Book Review: "The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors" by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Usually author interviews are done with the idea of civility and respect.  The same old questions can always be found in nearly every interview. Then there is this book and how Lauren Baratz-Logsted (LBL) does them. The Disrespectful Interviewer: Thirteen Interviews with Authors features interviews with a sarcastic tone along with plenty of references to the afternoon soap General Hospital.

 

The lineup subjected to both praise and ridicule is: Jon Clinch,…

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Posted by Kevin R. Tipple on May 19, 2013 at 9:15am

Dennis Palumbo, Sue Owens Wright, Christopher Lynch, giveaways, stories & more

Up in Kings River Life Magazine this morning a review of Dennis Palumbo's brand new mystery novel "Night Terrors" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/05/18/night-terrors-a-daniel-rinaldi-mystery-by-dennis-palumbo/

 

We also have another Smart Guys mystery short story by Dennis Palumbo…

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Posted by Lorie Ham on May 19, 2013 at 2:35am

Scavengers

Along the road he found a blind girl. Four years old, maybe, smoke-blackened in a tattered and dirty blue dress, standing under a stunted oak.



He coaxed the little girl to come with him. She walked by his side, stumbling a little, clinging to the smoke-and-grease stained sleeve of his coat.



Sometimes over the next few days he carried her -- fording streams, for example, or hiking up steep stretches of the mountain roads. He put her on his…

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Posted by Ku Okamoto on May 18, 2013 at 10:57am

Meet Me In MD Tomorrow!

Tomorrow I’ll be surrounded by great writers at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. This festival is a celebration of the written word and its power to enrich the human experience. From 10am to 6pm, it fosters an interest in reading, writing and literary conversation, and attracts award-winning and best-selling authors, poets and songwriters from across the country.



The Festival is free to attend, offers free parking and is open to everyone. With dozens of authors and publishers…

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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 18, 2013 at 1:08am

Latest Reviews for DI Horton, Undercurrent, from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Booklist

Undercurrent has been published in the UK, Commonwealth and USA and has also been released as an e book. The ninth in the DI Andy Horton series set on the South Coast of England, in the Solent area of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight has received reviews from top USA book magazines, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and…

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Posted by Pauline Rowson on May 17, 2013 at 6:44pm

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