Timothy C. Phillips

Male

Jacksonville, AL

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Jacksonville AL
About Me:


I have degrees in English (doctorate, ABD), and the Political and Forensic Sciences. I write neo-noir crime. I'm the author of the Roland Longville series, working on book number six right now...the first couple out in audio format later this year. I'm a big fan of this crimespace community, I think it's a great concept I've met some great folks on here in my short tenure.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.southerncrime.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Ed McBain, John D. McDonald, Lee Child, Elmore Leonard, F. Paul Wilson, Caleb Carr, Ross MacDonald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Phillip Marlowe, Dasheill Hammett, Dean Koontz, Graham Greene, Flannery O'Connor, William March, James Ellroy, Poe, and of course Dame Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, Blade Runner, Momento, 13 Tzametsi, Casablanca, Baise Moi; Ran (Japanese) Jount Security Area, Harper, The Big Sleep, Play Dirty, Monk, The Dead Zone, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits. Most stuff out there now gives me chills, and I mean that in a very bad way.

Comment Wall:

  • JackBludis

    Good selections all around. Welcome to Crimescene

    Sep 28, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Thank God for the internet.

    It is possible to network without seeing people face to face, and possible to have rational long-range conversations abgut books and writing.

    Looking at your reading list, I suggest you give Cormac McCarthy a try. He's as dark as they get and with a terrific style that most likely will never be successfully emulated.

    Try his short one, THE ROAD, about a man and his son traversing a post appocolipytic world, or NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. For the first 90 percent of the book the action is as packed as a book can get, and for the last 40 pages, mellows out to an explanation of why the USA is no country for old men.

    There is not a lot of action in the long denouement, but the writing is so compelling, you can't stop reading.

    Sep 29, 2007

  • D K Gaston

    Hi Timothy, can't wait to hear some of your upcoming audio work. Good luck.

    Sep 30, 2007

  • Charlotte Williamson

    Timothy,
    I'm a southern gal, myself. Gerogia born, bred and raised (or is that reared). Anyway, I'm on my third book. I have two that are published. My detective is from Virginia (Don't ask). His name is James Hardrock (don't ask). Each book is a continuing series in his life, which is quietly chaotic. He's unmarried by choice. And AFter 25 years on the Hopewell, Virginia police force, he's still undetermined about the direction of his life.
    You're right about the solitary process. I've been doing this about two years, now. I can't even begin to tell you what I have experienced and learned about the process of becoming an author. I've got more grey hairs, now. I can tell you're a male by the kind of books you enjoy. But that's okay. I like Phillip Marlow, and Dasheill Hammet. Love those old "Thin Man" movies. I saw "Murder, My Sweet" on television the other day, with Dick Powell. It was terrific. In my opinion, there's way too much violence in the movies today. I like the way the old movies handle the violence off-stage. I can't believe there's a person in the civilized world who doesn't own a television. I can hardly blame you. What they show on TV these days, hardly bears wasting your time watching it. Just goes to show what kind of IQ John Q Public has.
    Tell me...How does the audio work for your books? I've had more than one person tell me that I should put my books on audio, but I don't know how that process works. Can you explain waht is done?

    Oct 3, 2007

  • Charlotte Williamson

    You have an agent that sets up the audio with your publisher, or does your publisher do this automatically, without being asked?

    Oct 5, 2007

  • Timothy C. Phillips

    Started writing a new book today. Yes, I know, I am already--ostensibly--working on four. However, this one hit me out of the aether, and it is precisely that type of project (read, obsession) that has the most merit. I have written 5000 words in 3 hours. Words to you, O heavenly muse; keep it comin', sweetheart.

    Oct 8, 2007

  • Jane Cleland

    Thank YOU for the add Timothy. Congratulations on the output level! Hope it keeps up for you. Let me know when it's online or in the stores!

    Oct 8, 2007

  • Lawrence Kelter

    Great, and thanks for writing back. I think Chalice's a blast, and hope you will too. Sorry for the late reply; been traveling for business. Looking forward to lots of great chatter.
    Larry

    Dec 7, 2007

  • Timothy C. Phillips

    Recent events seem to have taken the wind out of my sails. I never get writer's block, don't believe in it, but man can life get yah down.

    Jan 4, 2008

  • Kim Smith

    Ack Tim, it ain't out yet :) but don't fear, I will be touting its acclaim as soon as it is!!

    Jan 5, 2008

  • Yvonne Mason

    Thank you. I hope you will enjoy it.
    Yvonne

    Jun 1, 2008

  • Alison Bruce

    Hi Timothy,

    Thanks for the add. You're right it is a very solitary profession and the danger of socialising is not getting anything done! Good luck with your series, Alison

    Jun 3, 2008

  • Brian L Porter

    HI Timothy,


    Thanks for adding me as a friend. I se we share a love of the works of Ed MacBain, Poe and Conan Doyle. I love the 87the Precint mysteries and have read all of Cona Doyle's works.

    Good to meet you,.

    Regards

    Brian

    Sep 17, 2008

  • JackBludis

    Thanks for your email and compliment. I took the liberty of looking again at southerncrime.com.

    Your LADY MIDNIGHT looks interesting.

    Keep on keeping on ... it's the onl;y way to do it.

    Jack

    Sep 17, 2008

  • Michelle Gagnon

    Tim-

    Wow, it sounds like there's a lot more to that story- which jobs have you wandered through? My resume is really a testimony to me not being able to hold down a job, sadly.
    M

    Sep 18, 2008

  • Brian L Porter

    Hi Tim,

    Thanks for the blog comment. It's always good to meet a fellow ripperologist. I hope you enjoy the book if you do end up getting a copy. I've spent 36 years studying the case, but I will admit that the suspect who I've used as my model for the novel is not in fact the person I really believe to be the ripper. He wouldn't have fitted my fictional profile I'm afraid.the book is doing well and picking up some wonderful reviews, and I can't hope for much more than that.
    Will look forward to hearing from you again and hope all's going well for you too.

    Best regards

    Brian

    Sep 22, 2008

  • Brian L Porter

    Hi Tim,

    Good to hear from you. The book is doing really well and is now Number 1 in the UK Jack the Ripper Fiction chart at Amazon UK. I'm over the moon with it.

    My forthcoming novel 'The Nemesis Cell' is nominated for the New Covey Cover Awards for December. Could I ask if you'd mind placing a vote for me there at The New Covey Awards

    I'd really appreciate it.

    Hope all's going well for you right now and that you have a great Christmas and New Year.

    Best regards

    Brian

    Dec 15, 2008

  • Michelle Gagnon

    Busy, busy. Next book (the gatekeeper) is due in 2 weeks, so I'm killing myself revising it and trying not to panic. Argh.

    Dec 15, 2008

  • Michelle Gagnon

    Thanks, and happy holidays! Good luck with yours...

    Dec 15, 2008