All Blog Posts Tagged 'The' (297)

Bouchercon meta-fiction

Before heading off to Bouchercon this year I started to write a bit of fiction about the trip. I present the beginning of it here and will post the rest of it over the next few weeks.

Remember, it's fiction. It's all made up. All of it.

The Ten Rules

When I wrote my novel, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, I used Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing, and I’m pretty sure that Declan Burke used them when he wrote his novel, The Big… Continue

Added by John McFetridge on November 25, 2008 at 4:23am — No Comments

Play the Publishing Quiz and win a Free book

The Society of Authors meeting in London on Monday was fascinating for many reasons: the venue, the characters in the audience, the panel and what they said. I’ve picked out some quotes from the panel of experts (a publisher, an agent and a book wholesaler) and thought I’d let you decide who said what with the offer of a FREE signed edition of one of my novels if you guess correctly. But first a little more about the event.

The Conway Hall,… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on October 9, 2008 at 3:52am — 1 Comment

Crime Always Pays

This week on Crime Always Pays: John McFetridge (right) launches ‘the Toronto Series’ on-line; Charles Salzberg Q&A’d; a review of Alan Glynn’s THE DARK FIELDS; some decent reviews for THE BIG O; free copies of Paul Charles’ THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND OF SILENCE; Declan Hughes knocks the stuffing out of Banville Man; Peter Murphy expands on ‘the compost theory of culture’; the Mercier Press launch HITLER’S IRISHMEN and DARK CORNERS; and… Continue

Added by Declan Burke on October 2, 2008 at 8:09pm — No Comments

Someone's stolen my book title!

I opened the Sunday Times Culture Section this morning and scanned the television programmes for the week, looking for anything remotely interesting that I might be bothered to watch. Then I saw it. Someone had televised my thriller IN FOR THE KILL to be aired on Sunday 28 September at 9pm on ITV. Did I blink and miss signing the contract with the production company? Was I so drunk celebrating the option that I completely blacked out on this deal? Or… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on September 29, 2008 at 1:48am — No Comments

Crime Always Pays

This week on Crime Always Pays: Jude Law set to star in the movie of Ken Bruen’s BLITZ; Paul Johnston and Mark Coggins Q&A’d; THE BIG O hits the North American landmass; free copies of Ken Bruen’s AMERICAN SKIN; Eoin Colfer to pen a new HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY; new books from Kevin… Continue

Added by Declan Burke on September 25, 2008 at 1:45am — No Comments

T&T BACKSTORY #5: HEMINGWAY & HOMICIDE

You can make a good case for Ernest Hemingway having left a profound mark on hardboiled crime fiction.

Graduate students and crime fiction aficionados have murdered trees arguing whether Hemingway influenced Dashiell Hammett or whether inspiration ran the other direction.

Raymond Chandler incorporated Hemingway in his fiction, wrote an astonishingly inept parody of Hemingway prose and staunchly defended Hem’s much-pilloried novel Across the River and Into the… Continue

Added by Craig McDonald on September 14, 2008 at 11:17pm — No Comments

Crime Always Pays

This week on Crime Always Pays: CAP hits 1,000 posts; a giveaway comp for copies of THE BIG O and EIGHTBALL BOOGIE; Adrian McKinty on Michael Chabon’s THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION; Rafe McGregor Q&A’d; THE BIG SLEEP: The Book Wot Changed My Life; John Connolly’s tribulations with socks ‘n’ sex, and an update on THE LOVERS; what the blummery is going on with Ken Bruen’s SANCTUARY?; and new novels from Arlene Hunt and Alex… Continue

Added by Declan Burke on September 10, 2008 at 9:21pm — No Comments

Crime Always Pays

This week on Crime Always Pays: Adrian McKinty on why crime fiction kicks every other genre’s ass; Kevin Lewis Q&A’d; free copies of Tana French’s THE LIKENESS; the full line-up for Dublin’s Books 2008 crime writing series; the latest release from Gerard Donovan; why Good Friday was the death knell for Irish Republicanism; why Irish crime fiction runs the risk of ghetto chic; some flummery about ‘the great post-Troubles Northern Ireland… Continue

Added by Declan Burke on August 14, 2008 at 12:15am — 1 Comment

Book Signing Part II - Florida and NY

I’ve written a little about my early book signings in Key West and South Florida and you can see photos from all my signings on my website, http://www.michaelhaskins.net/, if you are interested. If you came to any of the signings, you may find your photo there.

Marshall Smith, owner of Key West Island Books, hosted my first signing days after the release date of “Chasin’ the Wind.” I sold 80 books and he told me the only person to sell more at a book signing was Carl Hiaasen. It was… Continue

Added by Michael Haskins on August 8, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

TV Interview on Investigation Discovery's Wicked Attraction on 9/11

Good day, all:

As a criminologist and crime writer, I will do a TV interview on the Investigation Discovery channel's new crime series on killer couples, Wicked Attraction.The episode is entitled, "Twisted Twosome," and will premiere on 9/11 at 9 p.m., and be shown several other times in the days to follow.

It will focus on husband and wife serial killers Gerald and Charlene, who murdered ten people during the 70s and 80s, motivated by sex slave… Continue

Added by R. Barri Flowers on August 3, 2008 at 9:16am — No Comments

Toto, we're in Kansas

We’ve arrived. After weeks of living out of a suitcase and bedding down in five different places, we’re ready to move into our new home next week. I can’t wait. I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I’m sick of eating out. I’m actually craving healthy food and that’s almost disturbing. Also, I gained five pounds (I had an official weigh-in of sorts this week), which really isn’t that bad considering my diet the last few weeks.

Thus far, I like Kansas. Yes, you’ve read that… Continue

Added by NL Gassert on August 1, 2008 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Read 'The Significance of Cherries' (Murder mystery) FOR FREE

One of my longer, previously unpublished short stories 'The Significance of Cherries' has just been published in the summer issue of The Loch Raven Review. It will eventually appear in a print anthology by the Review but for now the story is available to read FREE online at http://www.lochravenreview.net/2008Summer/porter.html

Check out the rest of the journal while you're there. It's a great… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on July 15, 2008 at 1:03am — No Comments

Award Received for 'Purple Death'

I'm delighted to have received the award earned by my forthcoming novel 'Purple Death' for 'The Authors Lounge Best Cover Illustration Design' for June 2008. this follows on from the success of 'A Study in Red' in the previous month's poll, and I would like to say a very big thank you to Graeme Houston for his wonderfully evocative design, and to all of those friends who supported my books nominations. More information about the… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on July 11, 2008 at 8:23pm — No Comments

'Purple Death' Wins Award

I'm delighted to announce that my forthcoming novel 'Purple Death' has won The Authors Lounge Best Cover Illustration Award for June 2008. I'd like to thank Graeme S Houston for his imaginative and brilliantly conceived design of the cover, and of course, everyone who placed their votes for the cover. I will of course put the award on view as soon as I receive it but in the meantime the results can be seen at http://www.talauthors.com/TAL/BestCoverArt.htm Purple Death will… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on July 1, 2008 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Big thank you to everyone - now please can we do it again?

I wanted to say a big thank you to eveyone on the Ning network who placed a vote for my novel 'A Study in Red - the Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' in the recent Authors Lounge Cover Illustration Award Poll. Thanks to the wonderful response I received after showing the cover here, the book was successful in winning the May award.

Now I have to ask if we can please do it again, as my cover for 'Purple Death' has been nominated for the June award in the same contest. If anyone is… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 7, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments

'A Study in Red' wins Cover Design Award, Now a Nomination for 'Purple Death'

I'm delIighted to report that 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' has won the Authors Lounge Cover Art Design Award for May 2008. (General Category)

I'd like to say a massive thank you to all of those friends who supported the book by placing their votes for the design.

NEW NOMINATION - PURPLE DEATH

My cover for my forthcoming novel 'Purple Death' has now received a nomination for the June award from the same company and… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on June 3, 2008 at 8:53pm — No Comments

The Long Goodbye

I’m late to the party, as usual, but I can’t resist getting in on the City of Chicago’s program that encouraged all Chicagoans to read Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye as part of a city-wide discussion. The Outfit has covered this in detail, and better than I’m likely to do here, but that never stopped me before.

It had been several years since I read The Long Goodbye, though I have always thought it was the most beautifully written of Chandler’s works, and I read Chandler for the… Continue

Added by Dana King on April 30, 2008 at 11:44am — No Comments