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Hometown:: cleve

About Me:: introduced to crime through elmore leonard and raymond chandler. since then i've become an avid reader of crime, particularly historical crime by authors like iain pears, matthew pearl and caleb carr.

I Am A:: Reader, Writer

Books And Authors I Like:: Iain Pears - An Instance of the Fingerpost, Caleb Carr - The Alienist, Matthew Pearl - The Dante Club, Shane Maloney - The Brush Off .
And anything by Michael Robotham, Val McDermid, Elmore Leonard, Peter Robinson, James McGee, John Connolly, James Lee Burke or Raymond Chandler.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: TV: Wire in the Blood; Deadwood; Rome; The Wire; Black Books; The Ghost Squad; Firefly; Rebus; Murphy's Law.

Movies: Children of Men; Unforgiven; Chinatown; The Prestige; Malcolm; Sin City; Pan's Labyrinth; Mystery Men; The Big Lebowski; The Lives of Others; Welcome To Collinwood; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Doomsday.

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Crime Writers at Adelaide Writers' Week

07 March 2008. 11.25am

For those of you not familiar with the event, every 2 years the city of Adelaide in South Australia hosts a Festival of Arts, and a part of the festival is Writers' Week, a 6 day program of local, national and international writers (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, war correspondents, essayists) speaking about their work, launching new novels, and discussing themes of their work on various panels, as well as various 'meet the author' sessions. It is the biggest… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2008 at 9:00am

Crimespace has made my day

As part of an Advanced Diploma I'm doing in creative writing, I'm writing a new novel (speculative crime). So I hit the net looking for a supportive site where readers and writers of genre fiction could discuss books, writing and influences. What a boon then to find this site!

Thankyou to those who so quickly expressed a wish to be my friends. Apologies if I don't yet know the rules around here, but I'll learn quick (promise) and look forward to meeting more people and swapping some… Continue

Posted on August 28, 2007 at 10:54am

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At 12:56am on March 9, 2008, carole gill said…: too right. but that's how it feels sometimes!

At 10:56pm on March 8, 2008, carole gill said…: a land of Oz man! cool!

At 12:38pm on March 8, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: That seems to sum it up well. Operating in dual modes is how I live. Another example: I sincerely believe that I will reach my goals as a writer. Yet, I make decisions that structure my like in such a way that I will be happy regardless of my writing.

At 10:50am on March 8, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Hi Craigh
So glad to hear that you have novel "doing the rounds of publishers." Best wishes on that.
The character discussion is fascinating. I always start out with a "character sheet," but soon abandon it as the story and characters evolve. My novels do tend to be plot driven, though.

At 9:19pm on January 30, 2008, Alison Bruce said…: Hi Steven,

What an honest introduction you've given yourself. I'm no expert but happy for you to ask me anything that you think I might know.

Alison

At 12:08am on August 30, 2007, Steven Craigh said…: Thanks Tony. I have my first manuscript, a speculative fiction novel, doing the rounds of publishers now, so I'm starting to appreciate just how tricky it can be to get work read. But I'll hang in there.

At 11:46pm on August 29, 2007, Tony Berry said…: Welcome Steven. I'm only about a week "older" in Crimespace teerms than you. Definitely still learning my way around and find the system has some odd quirks. I, too, am doing a diploma in writing with crime writing my chosen genre. One thing I've founed is that writing is the easy part. It is the promoting, selling and getting agents/publishers to look at your work that is the hard part. Good luck with your endeavours. Write on.

At 8:34pm on August 29, 2007, Steven Craigh said…: Thanks, Jack. Historical Crime was my introduction to the whole crime/thriller/mystery genre, so I retain a soft spot for it, even if I don't read as much of it now as I once did.

At 11:44am on August 29, 2007, JackBludis said…: Good, good selection of authors and drama. Historical crime is one of my favorites.