August 2008 Blog Posts (158)

Elsewhere on the web

Yesterday I told you I'm live tonight at the Maryland Writers Association, 7:30 pm in the annex building of the Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, Maryland. But I'm lots of places on the internet too.



Just when I thought I'd used up all the places to expose myself online I discovered Axis Avenue - . This group says it's dedicated to helping authors market themselves to a wider audience, while… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 13, 2008 at 10:25pm — No Comments

I think I'm getting the hang of this book release thing

Obligatory mention: a book of mine released on Tuesday. Brilliant Disguise is a fun book. I bill it as "Undercover FBI agent meets small town mom. Mom wins."



Here's the blurb:



BLURB START



Nick Baxter, an undercover FBI agent, thinks his BRILLIANT DISGUISE will fool the hicks in New Providence, Iowa. They won't suspect he's there investigating widow Shannon Delgardie, under suspicion of treason. What Nick doesn't know is that everybody in town is conspiring to… Continue

Added by J L Wilson on August 13, 2008 at 10:24pm — No Comments

You Gotta (Have to) Know the Difference

You can read all sorts of things about proper use of the English language, and there are arguments galore on line about what is correct. The Net and the ever-present media have ignored propriety in grammar so often that it's hard to know what is right: grammarians cling to proper usage, but modernists claim that frequency trumps rules. So maybe we will see "alright" and "alot" listed as correct in dictionaries, and maybe we'll "lay" down after a hard day's work .(Imagine me cringing… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 13, 2008 at 10:23pm — No Comments

I’ve Joined The Cult

No, not the band, not the Scientologists, and not the polygamists with the chola hair. Check out this new interview on Chuck Palahniuk’s website “The Cult.”

Added by Christa Faust on August 13, 2008 at 1:53pm — No Comments

I got the call!

Today, after waiting for two years, I finally got the call I've been waiting for. The phone rang, I picked it up and said hello. Then this tiny little voice said, "hi gamaw", and my heart just melted! Alivia just turned two and must be the world's smartest baby:) I know, if my daughter could hear me now she'd say I'm such a dork. I don't care! I love being a grandma, or in this case, gamaw:)

Added by Tory Richards on August 13, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

MEN OF MYSTERY WEEK at Acme Authors Link


Catch all the action at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com


Morgan Mandel
www.morganmandel.com

Added by Morgan Mandel on August 13, 2008 at 5:08am — No Comments

Trades start weighing in on Small Crimes

Starred review from PW: "Zeltserman's breakthrough third crime novel deserves comparison with the best of James Ellroy"

From Booklist: "Small Crimes has plenty of crime, but obsession, hubris, and evil, pure and impure, are at the heart of this vivid noir." --Thomas Gaughan

Added by Dave Zeltserman on August 13, 2008 at 2:49am — 2 Comments

In Cold Daylight

The plot line in my thriller, In Cold Daylight, which was shortlisted for the World Book Day Prize 2008, is turning out to become more of a reality than I envisaged when I first started researching and writing it some years ago, probably because it was based on a true story which I overheard my husband's fire fighting colleagues discussing on the station one day.

In Cold Daylight is centred around several fire fighters from one watch dying of… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on August 13, 2008 at 1:01am — No Comments

Novelists! Meet Me Tomorrow in Maryland

I’m coming up on a busy week in Maryland. It starts tomorrow when I address this month’s meeting of the Maryland Writers Association. I’ll chat with the members on “The Joy and Challenge of Marketing Fiction,” which really is rather different from marketing nonfiction books. My speech will be short because I’ll want to leave lots of question and answer time. Meetings are held every month at 7:30 pm in the annex building of the Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, Maryland.

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 12, 2008 at 11:37pm — No Comments

Writers, Learn from Non-writers

When I taught Shakespeare back in the day, invariably students would ask, "Why does it take him so long to say everything?" I'd launch into my canned explanation of the fact that Elizabethans liked the sound of the spoken word, since they weren't immersed in it as we are today, and the fact that the lack of elaborate sets meant the actors had to create the mood and an image of the physical scene, et cetera, et cetera. Often when I finished, the same student would say something like, "Whatever.… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 12, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Capturing fear on the page

As a young girl, I hated feeling afraid.

But as a grown-up mystery writer (or at least, grown older), I love describing fear.
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Added by Kathryn Lilley on August 12, 2008 at 5:09pm — No Comments

CHASING DARKNESS by Robert Crais

A routine fire evacuation turns up the body of Lionel Byrd, who, three years earlier, was cleared of suspicion in the murder of a prostitute thanks to evidence found by Elvis Cole. Byrd is now found in possession of an album containing grotesque photos of seven murders, including the one Elvis investigated. While everyone else easily accepts Byrd was the killer, Elvis is driven to find out for himself.



Since 1999's L.A. REQUIEM, Crais has used multiple viewpoints to tell his stories,… Continue

Added by Gerald So on August 12, 2008 at 9:47am — No Comments

The Latest

Friday I signed books at the third Borders Books store in Washington Dulles International Airport. They’ve closed a few gates in Terminal B so business wasn’t as brisk as it was in the other two stores. Still it was well worth my time and the folks there are always so friendly I’ll go back for another try later in the year.



Sunday’s signing at the Hard Bean Coffee and Booksellers was a new experience: outdoors during parents’ week in Annapolis, the home of the Naval Academy. The city… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 11, 2008 at 10:58pm — No Comments

It's Hard to Say Good-bye

It's getting close, that time when I have to officially proclaim that I've done everything I can to make a manuscript into a book. I have to turn it over to editors and typesetters and publishers, who will lay it before the world and ask that someone plunk down hard-earned (or even inherited) money for it. But what if there's a mistake?



Saying you're finished with a book is a little like saying you're done raising a child. You are judged by what the public sees, and you can't go back… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 11, 2008 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Weekly Blog - Monday 11th August

A Face for the Radio



Last week I recorded my first ever interview for Manx Radio (who serve the Isle of Mann) to help publicise Justice For All. Their DJ, Bob Harrison, dialled through on Tuesday lunchtime, and after a brief ‘getting to know you’ chat, he hit the big red button on his mixing desk to start recording (I don’t actually know if it was a big red button, but I’ve always wanted to mention one in dispatches) and we were off. The interview lasted for ten minutes or so… Continue

Added by Steven Hague on August 11, 2008 at 7:01pm — No Comments

Think Outside the Box

I recently read of an author who made great sales doing telephone conference calls with book clubs. Of course when I mentioned this to a few fellow writers I immediately got all the reasons why it won’t work. Well, I’ll seek out a list of such clubs anyway, and see if I can make contact. If you’re in a book club and would like an author to join you at a meeting by telephone, shoot me an e-mail.



And to my author friends: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: amateurs built… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 11, 2008 at 11:27am — No Comments

SLING WORDS - A Blog review



“Chasin' The Wind”

by Michael Haskins Hardback: 238 pagesPublisher: Five Star, Gale Cengage LearningISBN-13 978-1-59414-638- Copyright 2008





The cover of Chasin' The Wind has palm trees gilded by a setting sun and a boat, silhouetted on a patch of gleaming water. All else in the peaceful scene is darkness. The cover artist perfectly captured the essence of this book, the first Mad Mick Murphy Mystery, by Michael… Continue

Added by Michael Haskins on August 11, 2008 at 4:04am — No Comments

Anachronism Theater

Without going into a long rant about these-young-kids-today and their ADD addiction to mile-a-minute jitter and flash, allow me to draw your attention to the fact that Eddie Muller’s excellent, old-school and decidedly grown-up short film The Grand Inquisitor is now available online. Check it out and if you like it, be sure to rate it. You can also read more about the fascinating history of this film on the… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on August 11, 2008 at 3:16am — No Comments

On the way to a conference by Margot Justes

I missed the blog last Saturday, was in San Francisco for the Romance Writers of America National Conference. I was a tourist, one of my favorite things to do. The hotel was well situated, right up the street from Union Square-perfect location.



I love to walk, and walk I did…from the hotel to China Town, to Little Italy, to Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39, to chocolate square otherwise know as Ghirardelli Square and finally to the trolley stop for the ride back.



I knew I was… Continue

Added by Margot Justes on August 10, 2008 at 9:21am — No Comments

Meet me for Coffee Tomorrow

As good as the chain stores have been to me, there are a few private stores that I hold dear to my heart. One of them is the Hard Bean Coffee and Booksellers at 36 Market Space in Annapolis, MD. This place has been very kind to local authors and I’ll be there tomorrow from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. If you’re anywhere near this fine establishment, drop in Sunday. Mention that you read about my signing on line and I will buy you one of the finest cups of coffee… Continue

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 10, 2008 at 12:25am — No Comments

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