May 2007 Blog Posts (272)

Lucha Party in Pasadena

There’s gonna be a great lucha themed signing at Vroman’s in Pasadena this Friday night May 4th. I’ll be there doing my last official HOODTOWN signing before kicking into full on MONEY SHOT mode. Joining me will be:

Dan Madigan and photographer Edward McGinty from the new Rayo/Harper Collins hardcover MONDO LUCHA A GO GO

SoCal art photographer Daniel Chavira - also a contributor to MONDO, and

he'll have his astounding portfolio of lucha portraits on hand. Daniel is on a… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on May 3, 2007 at 11:57am — No Comments

New Big Screen Noir

Wonder if I could buy tickets for this now?

Mann, DiCaprio team for noir drama

"Michael Mann has delivered to studio execs what he hopes will be his next directing effort, a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio.

Scripted by John Logan, the project is an untitled noir drama that takes place

on the old MGM lot in the 1930s.… Continue

Added by Vince Keenan on May 3, 2007 at 10:38am — No Comments

Dr Seuss Meets Dashiell Hammett

We have already established that I cannot do poetry, so here's another example:

“I am Sam, Sam Spade I am

Now with what can I help you ma’am?

Are you in a sort of jam?

Are you running – on the lam?

Are you victim of a scam?

Mistress of Jean Claude Van Damme?

Brothel madame?

Some cruel flimflam?

Now with what can I help you ma’am?”

My client was a strawberry blonde

A colouring of which I’m fond

“Oh… Continue

Added by Donna Moore on May 3, 2007 at 8:06am — 7 Comments

Josh Becker News

Point Blank author / independent film director Josh Becker is profiled in the new Detroit Metro Times cover story, along with his childhood pal Sam Raimi.

Josh is the author of COMPLETE GUIDE TO LOW-BUDGET FEATURE FILMMAKING and the forthcoming collection of essays, RUSHES. His… Continue

Added by Point Blank Press on May 3, 2007 at 5:23am — No Comments

Pink Champagne, counselling and catching up

Have been doing some marketing for the up-and-coming Pink Champagne and Apple Juice (http://www.pinkchampagneandapplejuice.com or http://www.pinkchampagneandapplejuice.com/friends) website today - only one reaction so far but my responder liked the look of it - thank you, Robin! The launch date will be this…

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Added by Anne Brooke on May 3, 2007 at 3:27am — No Comments

McGilloway, Brian - BORDERLANDS

BORDERLANDS (Police Proc-Insp. Benedict Devlin-Ireland-Cont)

– VG

McGilloway, Brian – 1st in series

Macmillan New Writing, 2007, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 9780230020061

First Sentence: It was not beyond reason that Angela Cashell’s final resting place should straddle the border.

When a body is found on the border between Northern and Southern Ireland, in an area known as the Borderlands, it is the identity

of… Continue

Added by LJ Roberts on May 3, 2007 at 3:00am — No Comments

The Crime of Microsoft Word for Novel Writing!

Happily editing my novel for submission, I've hit a Microsoft Word wall -- again! It seems that documents over an unspecified number of pages -- novel length for sure! -- cause the program to stop saving changes.

It's bringing out the Buddhist in me for sure...at which point, I remember I'm a failed Buddhist – the gal who gave a flat tire to the Zenner ahead of her in walking meditation, having found it beyond her means to not-think and walk at the same time. (I thought he'd be… Continue

Added by sharon10010 on May 3, 2007 at 2:47am — 1 Comment

Blood of Paradise by David Corbett - review

With an assured hand David Corbett has been quietly crafting some of the best novels of the last 5 years.

Corbett is better then anyone else at…

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Added by BrianLindenmuth on May 3, 2007 at 2:41am — No Comments

Curses

posted by Doranna Durgin

Oy. These characters sometimes...

Okay, that should give you an idea right there how I use off-color language. I mean, "Oy?" How risque can you get? Not that I won't let slip a few scorchers under inspiring circumstances (oh yes), but my repertoire is, how shall we say...limited.

Alas, not so all of my characters.

This wasn't a huge deal when I was primarily writing fantasy. I could make up phrases that…

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Added by Writers Plot on May 2, 2007 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Catching up the latest news

Hey, gang, I realize I got caught up with family business - new grandson parachuted in from heaven last night - but there's book-related news to share too.…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on May 2, 2007 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Review: Night Falls on Damascus

It is 1930. Nikolai Faroun is the son of a Lebanese Christian Maronite and a Russian circus performer. Nikolai is an Inspector in the French-run Damascus police force.

Life in Syria isn't easy. Appointed after the end of the First

World War to prepare Syria for self-rule, the French are running the

country and have no intention of leaving. This has created a great

deal of tension and has divided the nation. The French regard the

Syrians…

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Added by Sunnie Gill on May 2, 2007 at 3:56pm — No Comments

PointBlank-er Headlines

Point Blank author Ray Banks (THE BIG BLIND) has just published his novel DONKEY PUNCH in the UK: READ ALL ABOUT IT

Point Blank author and editor Allan Guthrie (TWO-WAY SPLIT) interviewed upon his UK publication of HARD MAN:… Continue

Added by Point Blank Press on May 2, 2007 at 10:52am — No Comments

May 2007 Books

CURRENT READS:

Fiction:
Laura Childs - Chamomile Mourning

Non-Fiction:
Katie Weatherup - Practical Shamanism (NF)

Added by TribalCat on May 2, 2007 at 10:20am — No Comments

April 2007 Books

Laura Childs
The English Breakfast Murder
The Jasmine Moon Murder

Sue Grafton
J is for Judgment
K is for Killer
L is for Lawless

Added by TribalCat on May 2, 2007 at 10:19am — No Comments

Catching Up

It's Wednesday, the day I get to spend with our little miracle baby. The best day of my entire week. So while I'm trying to work past the block in my head that's keeping me from working on the next scene in my current work in progress, I'll do my best to catch up a little on the blog.

I'm ashamed to see that it's been over a month since I last posted, but in my defense, I…

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Added by Sammi Carter on May 2, 2007 at 9:30am — No Comments

Hello Everyone

Hi there, I just joined thanks to a member from BOOK PLACE and this also looks like another great site. I am happy to be here. So if you want to come by and say hi or ask questions just let me know. Thanks Elaine aka Lainey. Yes I am Elaine but my online persona seems to be mainly Lainey now especially for my book reviewing.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lainey

Added by ELAINE BREAULT on May 2, 2007 at 8:37am — No Comments

God... Crime... space... (Ning)... is... sooooo... slow...

God... Crime... space... (Ning)... is... sooooo... slow... I... feel... like... I'm... back... to... the... days... of... dialup!... It... must... be... those... Google... ads... messing... with... my... web... browser.... Got... to... accept... more... friends.... Can't... click... the... button.... Must... have... patience.... Don't... switch... to... another... task.... must... can't... arrrrtgh............

Added by Robert K. Foster on May 2, 2007 at 8:30am — No Comments

The Beatitudes in New Orleans

My other blog www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com is dedicated to helping rebuild the public libraries of New Orleans. The book is completed and revised, and I hope to have it out by the end of the summer. Here is a quick description of the book:

Out of New Orleans before the catastrophe that was made by a hurricane and, as Dante wrote, “of false…

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Added by Lyn LeJeune on May 2, 2007 at 5:47am — 2 Comments

Pessimism and the search for happiness

Gosh, great title, eh? That'll have 'em lining the bookshops ... Anyway, after last night’s book club joy, I came down to earth very rapidly at getting yet another rejection for Maloney’s Law. Deep sigh. Admittedly, it was from a publisher I assumed had already rejected it, but there you go. So, it’s now only out with one US publisher – if they say no, I’m throwing in the towel on the commercial front, I think, as it’s coming up to two years in the market for that one now. Shame…

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Added by Anne Brooke on May 2, 2007 at 4:56am — No Comments