Daryl Nilbett's Friends

Writing A Novel and Other Masochistic Acts

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Books And Authors I Like:: George Pelecanos, Peter Temple, Mark Billingham, David Simon, Ian Rankin, Elmore Leonard and many, many more.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: TV: The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Street, 24, The West Wing, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue, E.R., Seinfeld, Crime Story

Movies: Heat, Aliens, Alien, Die Hard, The Big Lebowski, The Silence of The Lambs, Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac,The Thing, Sin City, 300

At 5:45am on September 20, 2008, Sandra Ruttan said…: There are a lot of great places to see in Baltimore - Laura Lippman actually did a round-up on her website in September, covering the restaurants. You might want to check that out. http://www.lauralippman.com/

The Inner Harbor is great, very tourist-friendly. The Barnes and Noble down there is one of the most original bookstore buildings I've seen.

Since moving here I've done a lot of the touristy stuff - the aquarium, the duck tour (which takes you by Edgar Allan Poe's grave) and stuff like that. I'm not sure which dates you'll be in the city but Sept. 26-28 is Baltimore's Book Festival http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/index.cfm?page=plan and you might want to check that out.

Then again, it's the same day as Washington's, so you might prefer to go there.

And if you're still around the area October 1 you really should try to head to Washington, as Ian Rankin has a signing there that evening.

If you're interested in the Baltimore of The Wire and Homicide, you'll see lots of familiar things easily enough. I'll ask Brian when he gets home if he can think of more specific things to see and do - we're probably going to the book festival ourselves.

At 8:44am on July 28, 2008, Alison said…: Hi Daryl,
I did have a chat with Steve Mosby, who was as lovely in Harrogate as in Bristol - top bloke indeed. And of course it was really good to meet you too. I can’t remember whether you said you might be able to make it to Reading in September?
Alison

At 3:57am on July 23, 2008, Daryl Nilbett said…: I've got access to Crimespace at work again! Result!

At 8:25pm on January 26, 2008, Joanne Parker said…: 08's not been a bad year so far, long may it continue! I hope your move goes well, and you get plenty work in on your novel while your offline. Just think, you'll have a whole month of my nonsense wittering blog to catch up on when you're back! (grin)

At 10:41pm on January 18, 2008, helen black said…: How'ya getting on with the novel?
HB

At 4:05am on January 1, 2008, Joanne Parker said…: It's probably somewhere near (or just after) New Year where you are so I thought I'd say that I hope you and The jingo have had a great time away and

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

At 1:06am on November 12, 2007, Joanne Parker said…: Yay we can see you! Wahoo!

At 6:04am on October 19, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: Daryl, you still have it wrong. David Simon is Laura Lippman's husband! (Okay, wouldn't it be funny to do a survey of who is more famous? Well, maybe not funny...)

You're right, Betty doesn't know what she's missing!

At 10:07pm on October 18, 2007, Joanne Parker said…: Hey D! Both doing really well thanks looking forward to a great sporting weekend.

Hope you and The Jingo are both well after your trip!

At 8:53am on October 18, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: Wait... wait... OMG, I'm completely distracted by the revelation that Betty hasn't heard of David Simon!

Hi Daryl, good to see you here.