My reading of my short story "
The Devil's in the Details" is now up at CrimeWAV.com.
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Added by Craig McDonald on November 24, 2009 at 1:37pm —
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Number 13 of 16 ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE essays now
up.
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Added by Craig McDonald on November 21, 2009 at 9:43am —
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My series focusing on interview subjects featured in
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations about the Writing Life resumes with Ken Bruen at my
new blog site. Also, details regarding a newsletter contest continuing through the February 2010 release of my next novel,
Print the…
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Added by Craig McDonald on November 19, 2009 at 1:18am —
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I do a guest turn as part of
Hardboiled Wonderland's series on narrative songs that run to the dark side of the street.
My pick: Bruce Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman" from NEBRASKA.
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Added by Craig McDonald on September 29, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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Oline Cogdill
reviews ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE.
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Added by Craig McDonald on August 13, 2009 at 12:09am —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Stephen J. Cannell, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Dan…
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Added by Craig McDonald on August 1, 2009 at 10:37am —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, C…
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Added by Craig McDonald on July 12, 2009 at 11:31pm —
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John Kenyon interviews me for a record-setting
third time at his excellent Things I'd Rather Be Doing site... We talk about interviewing, blending/balancing fiction and nonfiction and some up-coming projects.
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Added by Craig McDonald on July 7, 2009 at 5:19am —
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Brian Lindenmuth interviews me — a broad, wide-ranging discussion about genre, changing gender roles and the state of the mystery/crime novel among other topics at
Spinetingler Magazine.
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Added by Craig McDonald on June 30, 2009 at 11:07pm —
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To promote the autumn release of Busted Flush Press' new Ken Bruen/Reed Farrel Coleman collaboration, TOWER, I agreed to interview Ken, Reed and the novel's editor, Allan Guthrie. The first of the three interviews, this one with Ken, is now available
HERE.
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Added by Craig McDonald on June 30, 2009 at 1:25am —
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These are grim times to be someone who makes their living with words.
I’ve already stood witness to the decimation of the newspaper trade. I’m watching the New York publishing industry repeat many of the same mistakes their newspaper brethren made the past five to ten years. Print…
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Added by Craig McDonald on June 24, 2009 at 1:24pm —
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(Author’s note: Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Craig Holden and James Crumley. Rogue Males also features an account of…
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 31, 2009 at 12:06pm —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Kinky Friedman and James Crumley.
Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the desert to interview crime fiction greats Ken Bruen and James Sallis about the craft of writing. During the next few weeks, I’m sharing a little bit about each of the 16 writers featured in…
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 22, 2009 at 9:47am —
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Sandra Ruttan interviews me about interviewing authors
here.
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 21, 2009 at 9:26pm —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Kinky Friedman and James Crumley.
Rogue Males also features an a…
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 19, 2009 at 12:26am —
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Jedidiah Ayres
interviews me at Hardboiled Wonderland regarding the Hector Lassiter series, including PRINT THE LEGEND, coming early in 2010 from Minotaur Books. We also discuss ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE which was officially released this week by Bleak House Books.
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 15, 2009 at 12:58am —
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A great write-up on ROGUE MALES: CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE at
Hardboiled Wonderland.
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 11, 2009 at 11:16pm —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Kinky Friedman and James Crumley.
Rogue Males also features an account of a trip to the des…
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Added by Craig McDonald on May 2, 2009 at 11:46am —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Pete Dexter, James Ellroy, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore Leonard and James Crumley.
Rog…
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Added by Craig McDonald on April 21, 2009 at 10:30am —
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(Author’s note:
Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life, is a collection of author interviews. It includes Pete Dexter, Alistair MacLeod, Daniel Woodrell, Elmore Leonard and James Crumley.…
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Added by Craig McDonald on April 10, 2009 at 7:59am —
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