April 2010 Blog Posts (123)

LEFT COAST CRIME LEFTOVERS

LCC! Oh my.

Well, I took copious notes for my Murder Circle http://www.sunnyfrazier.com/MurderCircle/ Go there for the gossip.…

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Added by Sunny Frazier on April 12, 2010 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

Donna Lee Comer- Featured in Pennsylvania Newspaper!

Donna Lee Comer from Red Lion, Pa. will be featured in an article in her home town community newspaper. "THE DELTA STAR"

Donna's new mystery thriller "A Day For A Day" will be featured as well as a short bio.… Continue

Added by Donna Lee Comer on April 12, 2010 at 7:38am — No Comments

Another joke of the day . . . .

Here's another joke I found. . .

Question: What's the difference between a terrorist and a publisher?

Answer: You can negotiate with a terrorist.

Added by B.R.Stateham on April 12, 2010 at 1:30am — 4 Comments

Envy

Envy. Not covetousness, just regular old jealousy.

I have a friend, a former co-worker, who has my life. Not my actual life, but the life I always envisioned for myself.

We won't even get into the personal/family reasons for this; I just want to talk about the book.

Like many people, I have a partially finished WIP that for long time, a long time ago, seemed to have great promise. Then I had to go back to work…

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Added by Janet Ortegon on April 12, 2010 at 1:21am — 1 Comment

The Latest

Mystery lovers greeted me warmly in Ohio, but their tastes varied in an interesting way. Friday when I signed my novels at Borders at the Dayton Mall My latest novel, Russian Roulette, sold out first and a couple of my other books didn't sell at all. Saturday at Waldenbooks at the Lima Mall I signed some of each title, with Blood and Bone stores had in common was pleasant and receptive customers, and very nice managers. It was a good time, both times.

In other news, a great review of… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 12, 2010 at 12:51am — No Comments

A who's who of Israeli corruption

JERUSALEM — The heads of all the crime families in New York used to get together every Wednesday night at the Ravenite Social Club on Mulberry Street in Little Italy. If you were looking for an Israeli parallel, you could do worse than the gym I work out at.

The Cybex Club at the David’s Citadel Hotel has a nice view of the Ottoman walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. It’s also where the legal, political and business elite come to sweat (actually, being Israelis, they…

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Added by Matt Rees on April 11, 2010 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Have you heard?

BLOGAMANIA is coming! No, it's not the end of the world. LOL But it is the beginning of a beautiful thing!

Would you like to discover exciting, new blogs, and have a chance to win hundreds of prizes while doing it? What you say? Where, when, tell me more! Well, read on and get ready for the event of the year!

BLOGMANIA is the event for you!…

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Added by Tory Richards on April 10, 2010 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Agatha and Anthony Award-winning author Rhys Bowen at SCENE OF THE CRIME

Rhys Bowen’s 30’s England and New York 1900: “Setting is of primary importance to me.”

April 9, 2010 by Scene of the Crime

Rhys Bowen is the Agatha and Anthony Award-winning author of the Molly Murphy Mystery series set in New York…

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Added by J. Sydney Jones on April 10, 2010 at 3:25am — No Comments

Meet Me in Ohio this weekend

Today’s book signing is at Borders at the Village at the Dayton Mall, 2700 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Dayton, OH, 6pm to 9pm.…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 10, 2010 at 12:04am — No Comments

What Does Your T.V. Say About You?

I don't know why this came to mind, but it seems to me that what we watch on television says something about us as individuals.

Of course, there are plenty of factors that enter into the equation. People with little to do, such as the elderly or the unemployed, often watch shows they really don't like very well, just for something to do. I visited someone in a nursing home recently who was watching one of those Disney Channel teeny-bopper shows about junior high school angst. I know…

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Added by Peg Herring on April 9, 2010 at 11:32pm — 11 Comments

"IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT"

Stumbled across the phrase ''It was a dark and stormy night'' in Alexander Dumas', (Pere) The Three Musketeers. Perhaps the first of the now famous scene setting phrase.

Here is my latest dark and stormy night: ''Rainclouds clustered over Metro Detroit throughout the night leaving, at daybreak, a sullen day-night grayness.'' (From OF BREAD AND ANGELS.) There are some other scene setting dark and stormy nights out there. Surprise your bloggers with your favorite.

Added by Brighton ed draugelis on April 9, 2010 at 8:41am — No Comments

"IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT"

Stumbled across the phrase ''It was a dark and stormy night'' in Alexander Dumas', (Pere) The Three Musketeers. Perhaps the first of the now famous scene setting phrase.

Added by Brighton ed draugelis on April 9, 2010 at 8:41am — 1 Comment

Addicted to Mysteries

I'm a lot like my father. I have to keep my mind working or the anxieties of mundane life catch up with me. The enduring cure for life's tedium is the mystery story. A mystery is a study of human nature, psychology and sociology. It is a puzzle that engages the mind of a reader unlike any other genre. I am disinclined to say it is the most popular of genres since I don't have the statistics, but take it into consideration. There are bookstores that specialize in crime & mystery. How many…

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Added by J.P. Farris on April 9, 2010 at 5:45am — 1 Comment

Joke of the day. .

Two men were admiring the architecture of the new college campus building named, 'The Hemingway Hall of Arts.'

"It's great to see people will name buildings after famous writers like Ernest Heminway," one man says.

"Oh, the building's not named after Ernest Hemingway. It's named after Joshua Hemingway. No relation," the second man answered.

"Oh, really? Was Joshua Hemingway a writer?" the first asked.

"Yes, indeed." the second man answered, grinning. "He wrote a…

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Added by B.R.Stateham on April 9, 2010 at 3:08am — 4 Comments

Meet Me tomorrow in Ohio

This week I'm away from home to make some new friends and fans. It starts tomorrow when I sign my novels at Borders at the Village at the Dayton Mall, just East of I-75. Their large seating in Seattle's Best Coffee Cafe and reading area centered on local books provide a comfortable place to meet with friends or enjoy your favorite read. And their eager staff is ready to recommend books, movies, or CDs for any interest!

I'll join them from 6pm to 10pm. Come get your Hannibal Jones…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 8, 2010 at 11:25pm — No Comments

Bibi's Bedtime Book: The Secret Diary of Prime Minister Netanyahu

No Palestinian state this week. Can't say I really know why there isn't. At this point I’d be content to sign off on anything at all, just to get it off my plate. I’ve told the Americans that, but they seem convinced I’m some kind of hardliner—they think I’m bluffing when I say “Barry, where do I sign?” I think it’s because of the way I lift my eyebrow in my official photograph. I thought it was sexy and devil-may-care, but apparently it makes me look hawkish and too clever for…

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Added by Matt Rees on April 8, 2010 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Review: "Ffolkes' Medicine" by B.R. Stateham

Pirate detective.

As absurd as it sounds, you have to give author B.R. Stateham points for creating a new subgenre of crime fiction with his novel, "Ffolkes' Medicine" (2010, Fireside Mysteries). The main character, Geoffrey Armitage Ffolkes, is a 17th Century pirate detective. But don't laugh. It works.…

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Added by Benjamin Sobieck on April 8, 2010 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

New Orleans Noir: Clean Hands and Tipped Scales

Have a taste for Crystal sauce, bayou mysteries or Big Easy gangbangers? I have just the thing for your bad appetites: I write New Orleans Noir.

My most recently published work is "Clean Hands and Tipped Scales" at ThugLit, Issue #36. An excerpt is below:

“Somebody tell you this banger was smoking a joint when he got jumped?”

Detective Sergeant Ferraris smells like the bad gumbo…

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Added by M C Funk on April 8, 2010 at 5:29am — 2 Comments

Meeting Writers

Which living writers would you most like to sit down for an hour with and why?

I'll start.

Margaret Atwood - She's just so brilliant.

Ariana Franklin - We'd have lots to discuss.

Sara Paretsky - What she's done in this business!

It isn't by design that they're all women. I'm sure there are lots of male writers

who would provide a fascinating interview as well. And my list might change

tomorrow.

Added by Peg Herring on April 7, 2010 at 10:22pm — 2 Comments

The Cost of Wisdom

Over the years I've learned not to get too excited when things are going my way. That way it's easier not to get depressed when things go wrong. And those years have taught me to be thankful to those who help, when things go well AND when things go badly. Valuable
learning, except for the "years" thing.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Added by Austin S. Camacho on April 7, 2010 at 9:38pm — No Comments