July 2007 Blog Posts (261)

the mystery of life

Aristotle said to be happy and gratified one had to have a passion for their work, companionship of both men and women and the realization you are just a speck and not the cnter of the universe..that you must believe in something greater and wiser than you.. I am blessed with having plopped into these criteria as I certainly never had a game plan and still don't.. Just plod along one day at a time,, one foot folllowing the next, one word following the last.. Have your experiences fit into this… Continue

Added by bruceforester on July 21, 2007 at 6:18am — No Comments

What a Spector-cle!

posted by Leann Sweeney

I loved watching the Watergate hearings. I was pregnant at the time and had quit working during my 7th month, so Watergate totally entertained me. And O.J.? I took my tiny TV to the job so I wouldn't miss a word or a glove or a stupid, lying witness. It's the mystery writer in me. I am fascinated by crime. Will be until the day I die. And now, I am mesmerized by the Phil Spector trial. I barely had a clue who he was until recently and sadly, I have missed…

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Added by Writers Plot on July 20, 2007 at 10:48pm — No Comments

Summer Mystery Reading Challenge

Every day this summer you can find wonderful books in the Summer Mystery Reading Challenge at Reviewed by Liz. I am very pleased to be the featured author today. So stop by her site and leave a comment or question.

And go back from time-to-time to discover other wonderful mystery writers. You might even want to sign up and take the challenge. To borrow from Liz, "Because life is too short for mediocre…

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Added by Jeff Markowitz on July 20, 2007 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Waiting

The hardest thing for me about the publishing business is waiting. You send queries to agents and you wait while they wade through the stacks of queries they receive each day. You get an agent and he/she sends out MS packages to publishers and you wait while some assistant reads it, passes it on to the next person up, and so on. A publisher nibbles, and you wait while editors confer and decide. They take the book and you wait while an editor goes at it to make it fit their guidelines. You…

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Added by Peg Herring on July 20, 2007 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Prologue (The Man in the Moon)

Prologue

Unknown Date

Unknown Time

Unknown…

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Added by Tom Tancin on July 20, 2007 at 3:06pm — No Comments

The Next Adventures of Guy ... more wackiness

Every Quest has to have an elf, a sorcerer, movie rights, special effects... and, most importantly, a sequel.



So in the hilarious sequel to The Adventures of Guy, Guy and his

college buddies Knob and Thurman take on a new quest... to save Earth

from alien invasion.



To so this, they must take on Big Oil and other sinister forces using

only their wits, their newfound powers and their knowledge of beer, all

while overcoming their own leader's lack of faith… Continue

Added by Norm Cowie on July 20, 2007 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Now A TV Star? Evelyn David Hits The Small, Small Screen.

Today, the Southern Half of Evelyn David spoke at the Grove Public Library, in Grove Oklahoma. Her presentation of "A Mystery Writer Shares Some Clues" was filmed by the local cable channel. She only hopes that her nose wasn't shiny and that she didn't use too many, "you knows" in the speech.



Personal Log – Star Date 20070719 (Yes, I was a big Star Trek…

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Added by Evelyn David on July 20, 2007 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Theakston's Winner and Links

Word is in that Allan Guthrie has won the Theakston's Award at Harrogate...*



More reports sure to come, since Ali Karim of The Rap Sheet is on the front lines. Although I'd figured Stuart MacBride to win, I'm delighted to be wrong. Well, not because Stuart lost, but he won the Dagger, so Al winning Theakstons is great, because they're both winners.



And now Stuart has something to whine about on his blog again.





Author and blogger…

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Added by Sandra Ruttan on July 20, 2007 at 11:45am — No Comments

Exciting news coming in this week. THE FIRST WAVE has been selected as a Book Sense Notable title for September 2007. This followed a great starred review in Library Journal. Now, I have my first TV …

Exciting news coming in this week. THE FIRST WAVE has been
selected as a Book Sense Notable title for September 2007. This
followed a great starred review in Library Journal. Now, I have
my first TV interview lined up, with an ABC affiliate in New Haven,
CT. It's for a Saturday morning show, 7:15 a.m. (and I live
an hour away). It ain't Ophra, but a writer's got to start
somewhere! Will probably be September 1st; I'll confirm here when
I know more.
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Added by James R. Benn on July 20, 2007 at 9:01am — No Comments

DEAD CONNECTION tour - Day 4 - July 19

Last night a big crowd of Wichitans gave me a warm welcome back to Watermark Books, where I used to work on holiday break wrapping presents. Among the crowd were my sister Andree, best high school friend Kim, family friend Robin, and the parents of some of my closest childhood friends. It was hard to stop once we all got started. Folks seemed particularly interested in Ellie Hatcher's backstory in Wichita.



Unfortunately I can't figure how to download my pictures on my sister's… Continue

Added by Alafair Burke on July 20, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments

Hot Enuf for Ya? (cross posted from Type M For Murder)

Hot Enuf for Ya?











Vicki here, sweltering in B.C.
There really is nothing that can take the place of on-the-spot research. In the Shadow of the Glaicer, the first in my new police procedural series, takes place in the fictional town of Trafalgar, which is set in the fictional area called

Mid-Kootenay, which is set in the real place called the Kootenays.…
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Added by Vicki Delany on July 20, 2007 at 8:15am — No Comments

Push up...

Newsflash: Pulp Pusher has put some serious work up of late...names, names...check the names: IRVINE WELSH! CHARLES ARDAI! CATHI UNSWORTH! TODD ROBINSON! JIM WINTER! SANDRA RUTTAN! Am I shoutin' loud enough? Go check it here

Added by Tony Black on July 20, 2007 at 5:52am — No Comments

On the road

We recently took a two-day (one way) road trip to South Carolina. Of course I brought the PDA, because I accomplish a lot of writing on car rides. This time, though, I had the same problem I've had on other protracted car trips: other than a few ideas here and there that I was able to jot down, I didn't write at all. Not in the car or at the rest stops or even at the hotels once we stopped moving. It was a vacation from writing and I'm still on it - Rain Dog and I are talking about running some… Continue

Added by Christa M. Miller on July 20, 2007 at 1:40am — 3 Comments

What are you reading?

I'm now reading Island Intrigue by Wendy Howell Mills. GREAT! Love the island setting and the characters.

Added by Dawn Dowdle on July 20, 2007 at 1:13am — No Comments

Nailed, and (sort of) proud of it

posted by Jeanne Munn Bracken

Fingernails are overrated. You heard it here first. For a whole lot of years, I have been a (go ahead, wince) nail biter. Right down to the quick. Short as they could get without actual surgery.

Yeah, it wasn't attractive, as my mother constantly reminded me when she wasn't slapping my hand away from my mouth in public. Even after I…

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Added by Writers Plot on July 19, 2007 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Blogging Rocks #6

As I crouched in the trees wondering how to get the drop on Rocky and his stone-cold buddies, an incident began that might define poetic justice. Things happened so fast I hardly had time to comprehend what I was seeing.

Rocky's two bodyguards were bored, uncomfortable, and obviously not into hunting. There must have been an incident before I got there, and the pot was simmering. Only a few minutes after I arrived, the Asian said something in a low, gravelly voice, something I didn't…

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Added by Peg Herring on July 19, 2007 at 10:02pm — No Comments

He’s Behind You.

According to reports in the British press yesterday Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney is seeking a part in a forthcoming episode of Midsomer Murders.…

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Added by Adam Colclough on July 19, 2007 at 9:15pm — No Comments

DEAD CONNECTION - Day 3- July 18

Landed in Chicago without a hitch in time to for a call-in with NPR's Talk of the Nation. I think many of you would enjoy the brief interview about readers who skip to the end of the book first. Listen to it here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12062565&sc=emaf



We had…

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Added by Alafair Burke on July 19, 2007 at 3:40pm — No Comments

It's been a long time

I've been totally lax over here at Crimespace — and other places — while finishing up the fourth Annie Seymour book, SHOT GIRL. The book's not expected on my editor's desk until Oct. 1, but I want to get it in really good shape before I send it off to her, and the journalist in me won't let me miss a deadline :) Right now it's with a couple of readers, a couple have already gotten back to me and I'm tweaking.



A book is never completely done. In fact, once the book is…
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Added by Karen E. Olson on July 19, 2007 at 11:16am — No Comments

Bouchercon panel

So it looks like I'll be on a panel at Bouchercon. Fun, fun, fun. It's going to be an historical forensics panel. I might just be the only medieval mystery writer there. Though I've seen plenty of panels this will be my first and I am quite excited. The sucky thing is I won't have a book yet but I am preparing bookplates to sign for any interested stragglers.

Added by Jeri Westerson on July 19, 2007 at 10:09am — No Comments

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