October 2007 Blog Posts (215)

Warm Afternoon

It's been a lovely day here in Adelaide so I decided to sit out in the Garden with my latest Purchase it's called

"The Happiness Punch" by Kirsty Brooks

here is her website http://www.kirstybrooks.com she is a South Australian Author so it's great to read about Places I know plus they are a great read similar to Kerry Greenwood's Corinna Chapman series.…

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Added by Jacki on October 17, 2007 at 4:27pm — No Comments

The Carnival Has Arrived!

Well, it took more than a little time and even more frantic double-checking to be sure that everything was in place, but the second installment of the Carnival of the Criminal Minds is finally up at The Rap Sheet. You can read it here.

As most of you know, Barbara Fister proposed in a mid-September… Continue

Added by J. Kingston Pierce on October 17, 2007 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment

Books

Help !!!! this site is going to cost me a fortune because I keep discovering all these new Authors on here and my to buy list is rapidly growing by the Hour.

Yes I am a Book Addict sorry but Libraries aren't for me I must have the books close to hand so I can read whatever I want ,whenever I want, however I must concede that last Year I did have a big clean out and donated lot's of books and Magazines to Oxfam but none of my Mystery books left the house only the Romance and Horror's… Continue

Added by Jacki on October 17, 2007 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment

My latest mystery, set at the Tower of London in 1925

Added by Carola Dunn on October 17, 2007 at 10:27am — 5 Comments

"Fractured Funerals" Devouring My Time

Since my last post, I've been preoccupied with one of my other roles. As Administrator of the Memorial Society of the Hudson-Mohawk Region, I've been busy putting out a newsletter and preparing for our annual meeting. Our guest speaker, Lisa Carlson, is a nationally known advocate for funeral consumers, and she'll be talking about "Fractured Funerals" and the importance of advance planning. Lisa is the author of Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love. She's known for her…

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Added by Julie Lomoe on October 17, 2007 at 9:54am — No Comments

Cruising & Abusing the Arteries

Merriam, KS - 2,186 miles

It's a good thing that my doctor isn't along for this ride. America's

heartland hasn't confronted me with much traffic on its highways, but

it's clogging my arteries.

Lunch yesterday was at Al's Chickenette in Hays, Kansas. It's famous for its fried chicken. So of

course, that's what I had. The place looks great, old neon, been there

forever, but alas, the chicken was pretty bland. Nicely cooked… Continue

Added by Eric Stone on October 17, 2007 at 4:44am — No Comments

Watts Towers and Other Places of Beauty

My friend Essie from Nashville isn't your typical L.A. tourist. No, she doesn't want to do Hollywood or the Getty. She wants to see the Watts Towers and the Virgen de Guadalupe murals outside liquor stores in Boyle Heights (East Los Angeles). Good thing my husband is from Boyle Heights; he's the perfect tour guide.

I like Essie because she makes me see things in a new way. She really believes long…

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Added by Naomi Hirahara on October 17, 2007 at 2:57am — 3 Comments

It's Almost In Site

Posted by Lorraine (L.L.) Bartlett

I have a beautiful website. Go ahead, go visit it here. I've been working with Blue Hound Visions for four or five years. We've gone through a couple of iterations and you can see them by visiting both sides of the site.…

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Added by Writers Plot on October 16, 2007 at 11:48pm — No Comments

How Can I Blog When You're Winking at Me?

I've griped before about how life interferes with writing, and it's happened again. My husband is away for the week. I made no appointments, dates, or plans for Monday through Thursday, intent on finishing some writing things that have been nagging at me. Everything was set for four days of concentrated effort, and then Life said, "No, wait. You'll have to deal with this, and by the way, it's going to take up all of Monday and significant portions of each day for an unforeseeable length of…

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Added by Peg Herring on October 16, 2007 at 10:14pm — No Comments

Review - The Western Banker, Joe Barrett

Just posted a review of a great new book -The Western Banker by Joe Barrett

If you are at all tempted by the review you can always order copies of this and other books from Longueville directly.

Added by Karen from AustCrime on October 16, 2007 at 4:39pm — No Comments

In For Questioning Podcast Has Moved

Thanks to Podomatic's recent bout of unreliableness, Angie's moved her world-famous crime fiction podcast to http://inforquestioning.libsyn.com/, so make sure to update this in your podcasting client (usually iTunes).

And if… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on October 16, 2007 at 11:24am — 2 Comments

THE LINE

My baby, THE LINE (my first comic book series that I've been working on since late 2004) has only come together better and better lately it seems. I don't know what it is, but I've felt so inspired with the book and my characters, mainly my lead have really spoken to me about where the story needs to go. Such a great and cool feeling when that happens. Once I get a lot more issues written, I will be actively seeking a new artist for the book, since current artist, Eric Gravel will be leaving… Continue

Added by Shannon Chenoweth on October 16, 2007 at 11:07am — No Comments

Chat on Tuesday

I will be chatting about Corpse Whisperer my new paranormal suspense

at www.loveromancescafe@yahoogroups.com

Tuesday October 16 @ noon to 3 EST.

See you there. Win Prizes

cmr

Added by Chris Redding on October 16, 2007 at 5:53am — No Comments

THE DRIVE-BY GETS A JUMP START

Scottsdale, AZ: 569 miles

Gila Bend, Arizona, where highways 8 and 85 meet, is a place that doesn't

seem to have many surprises in store. There's gas stations, motels,

convenience stores, plenty of fast food chain outlets. Get off the main

street and there's cacti and rattlesnakes, probably some gila monsters

(how else was the town named?), plenty of sand and rocks. The Space Age

Restaurant is impressive - it has a very large… Continue

Added by Eric Stone on October 16, 2007 at 3:02am — No Comments

NEW YORK BUGS ME

Bed bugs, that is. A significant infestation of them. Eva is bit to

within an inch of her life. They liked her better than me. Which is

good for me, but I still didn't escape. For however long this lasts - I

keep hearing different stories - I am going to be on tour as the

itchy-scratchy author.

The Gershwin is, by New York standards (which are lower in these matters than standards in the real world), a

very nice inexpensive hotel. A standard room runs a "mere"… Continue

Added by Eric Stone on October 16, 2007 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

Little Pests

Posted by Sheila Connolly

In the wake of Al Gore's Nobel Prize, this is a great time to talk about environmental issues as part of Blog Action Day. I want to say something about one small aspect of our environment–one about which I have some direct and personal knowledge.

My husband is an entomologist who works for the federal agency in charge of monitoring and combatting invasive insect species. (Disclaimer: the opinions expressed herein are mine, not his.)…

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Added by Writers Plot on October 16, 2007 at 12:20am — No Comments

The Great White Seal

My trip to Anchorage, Alaska for the Bouchercon mystery convention was memorable for many reasons, but the biggest was receiving the Sisters in Crime "seal" of office after I was elected president. Margaret Maron started this tradition in 1990 when she passed the stuffed animal to incoming president, Sue Dunlap. The actual metal seal of office has somehow… Continue

Added by Sisters In Crime on October 16, 2007 at 12:10am — No Comments

What Makes a Character Ring True?

It isn't a question I know the answer to, but like art, I know what's good when I see it. Characters in novels by Jan Burke, Laura Lippman, and Lee Child never, ever throw us out of the story by doing something alien to their nature. Characters in lesser works often do, and it becomes an effort to believe that they are real people.

The key is knowing the character you create intimately before you ever put fingers to keyboard. A protagonist will be closer to you as an author than…

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Added by Peg Herring on October 15, 2007 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Blog Action Day with Camper Cheryl

October 15 is Blog Action Day. Bloggers everywhere are asked to blog about anything pertaining to the environment. This is my opportunity to stand on my soapbox, so humor me. I rarely editorialize, but today I'm making an exception.

I'm sensitive to the environment. I'm not wasteful or destructive. I save aluminum cans, newspapers, and egg cartons for recycling. But I'm tired of being put on the defensive about RVing by folks I call hypocritics. (Hypocritical…

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Added by Cheryl Norman on October 15, 2007 at 8:00am — No Comments

An Interview with T.C. LoTempio By Margot Justes

Toni, tell me a bit about yourself?

I was born in New York City, and began writing very young when I'd change the endings of stories if I didn't like them. After a loooong absence, I took it up again in 1995, as a staff reporter for a pulp series magazine, SUSABELLA PASSENGERS AND FRIENDS. I had two novels published in 2004 and 2006 by PublishAmerica, A Spy in the Hand and Murder is Relative. Followed that up in 2007 with two from WhiskeyCreek…

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Added by Margot Justes on October 15, 2007 at 6:55am — No Comments