Rick Mofina's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T08:09:46ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofinahttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60987756?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=Mofina&xn_auth=noAlert SIX SECONDS - Starred Review in Publisher's Weeklytag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-11-30:537324:BlogPost:1694792008-11-30T17:22:10.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
Updating A Message From The Inner Station<br />
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Hi Everyone: Thought I would share some news.<br />
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Publisher's Weekly gave my forthcoming standalone thriller SIX SECONDS a starred review. It is my first starred review in PW.<br />
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You can check it out - at this link and scroll down about 3/4 of the page.<br />
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6616437.html<br />
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Six Seconds is set for US-Cda release right after Christmas.<br />
AUSTRALIAN release date is March 09<br />
UNITED KINGDOM release date is mid-April 09.<br />
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The…
Updating A Message From The Inner Station<br />
<br />
Hi Everyone: Thought I would share some news.<br />
<br />
Publisher's Weekly gave my forthcoming standalone thriller SIX SECONDS a starred review. It is my first starred review in PW.<br />
<br />
You can check it out - at this link and scroll down about 3/4 of the page.<br />
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6616437.html<br />
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Six Seconds is set for US-Cda release right after Christmas.<br />
AUSTRALIAN release date is March 09<br />
UNITED KINGDOM release date is mid-April 09.<br />
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The link to the trailer for the UK edition is here - the trailer's release date will be adjusted from "out now.".<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgnIfms5k<br />
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All the best,<br />
Rick MofinaNew Dispatch From A Criminal Mind - Message From The Inner Stationtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-10-31:537324:BlogPost:1647462008-10-31T22:11:27.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
Hi Everyone:<br />
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If you've got 44 seconds to spare, check out the new book trailer.<br />
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It is for the UK edition of my forthcoming thriller Six Seconds.<br />
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It will be released in the US-Cda Jan 09 and in the UK April 09.<br />
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My UK publisher put up a trailer and will adjust the release date.<br />
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Check it out and feel free to leave a comment.<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgnIfms5k
Hi Everyone:<br />
<br />
If you've got 44 seconds to spare, check out the new book trailer.<br />
<br />
It is for the UK edition of my forthcoming thriller Six Seconds.<br />
<br />
It will be released in the US-Cda Jan 09 and in the UK April 09.<br />
<br />
My UK publisher put up a trailer and will adjust the release date.<br />
<br />
Check it out and feel free to leave a comment.<br />
<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgnIfms5kTV appearance tonight - see True Pulp Murdertag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-22:537324:BlogPost:1324762008-03-22T16:03:25.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
Catch Rick Mofina on True Pulp Murder<br />
airing in Canada tonight. Global TV Saturday March 22 10:30 pm (EST) check local listings.<br />
Tonight's episode is: #12<br />
"SHOOT FIRST"<br />
Synposis: When a grocery store holdup leaves a young man, Ian Park, dead on the street, the police use an unlikely array of evidence and some dogged legwork to track down the culprits.<br />
For a sneak peek, click here<br />
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http://www.truepulpmurder.com/page.php?page=episodes&episode=12<br />
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TRUE PULP MURDER / TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN…
Catch Rick Mofina on True Pulp Murder<br />
airing in Canada tonight. Global TV Saturday March 22 10:30 pm (EST) check local listings.<br />
Tonight's episode is: #12<br />
"SHOOT FIRST"<br />
Synposis: When a grocery store holdup leaves a young man, Ian Park, dead on the street, the police use an unlikely array of evidence and some dogged legwork to track down the culprits.<br />
For a sneak peek, click here<br />
<br />
http://www.truepulpmurder.com/page.php?page=episodes&episode=12<br />
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<br />
TRUE PULP MURDER / TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION<br />
http://www.truepulpmurder.com/page.php<br />
TRUE PULP MURDER is a 13x30-minute documentary series that examines real murder cases from the point of view of the detectives who investigated them with commentary from actual murder mystery authors.Dispatches From A Criminal Mind - Message From The Inner Stationtag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-14:537324:BlogPost:1306722008-03-14T11:46:42.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
To All Crime Space Members:<br />
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I am offering chances to win free signed copies of my books in monthly draws I run exclusively for members of my newsletter.<br />
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Exclusive to all crimespace friends who join by the end of March - a chance to win a free copy of my latest paperback, A PERFECT GRAVE .<br />
To be eligible.<br />
1. Go to http://www.rickmofina.com/ and subscribe to my newsletter.<br />
2. To validate your entry you must send me an email rick@rickmofina.com with "CRIME MARCH" in the subject.<br />
That's it.<br />
All…
To All Crime Space Members:<br />
<br />
I am offering chances to win free signed copies of my books in monthly draws I run exclusively for members of my newsletter.<br />
<br />
Exclusive to all crimespace friends who join by the end of March - a chance to win a free copy of my latest paperback, A PERFECT GRAVE .<br />
To be eligible.<br />
1. Go to http://www.rickmofina.com/ and subscribe to my newsletter.<br />
2. To validate your entry you must send me an email rick@rickmofina.com with "CRIME MARCH" in the subject.<br />
That's it.<br />
All the best<br />
Rick MofinaRick Mofina's blog #2 dispatches from a criminal mindtag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-12-30:537324:BlogPost:1091812007-12-30T23:37:51.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
<p>Got a nice gift over the holidays. My most recent book, A PERFECT GRAVE has been named one of the best paperbacks of 2007, by DEADLY PLEASURES, the online magazine known as America's premier fan-oriented mystery magazine. The book is the 3rd in my series featuring rookie crime reporter Jason Wade. The series is popular in the US and Canada; and in Norway, where Schibsted of Oslo publishes it. In A PERFECT GRAVE, Wade's pursuit of the murder of a beloved Seattle nun, leads him to a hermit…</p>
<p>Got a nice gift over the holidays. My most recent book, A PERFECT GRAVE has been named one of the best paperbacks of 2007, by DEADLY PLEASURES, the online magazine known as America's premier fan-oriented mystery magazine. The book is the 3rd in my series featuring rookie crime reporter Jason Wade. The series is popular in the US and Canada; and in Norway, where Schibsted of Oslo publishes it. In A PERFECT GRAVE, Wade's pursuit of the murder of a beloved Seattle nun, leads him to a hermit nun, a mysterious religious order, and a dark secret that has haunted is father, an ex-Seattle cop for years.</p>
<p>A PERFECT GRAVE has also been nominated for a Best Novel Award in the Rising Star category from Spinetingler Magazine. See the blog.<br/>Crime Zine Report - <a href="http://crimezine.blogspot.com/">http://crimezine.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Established authors have been kind to the series.</p>
<p>"Mofina is one hell of a story teller." -- Håkan Nesser</p>
<p>"A PERFECT GRAVE is a lightning-paced thriller with lean, tense writing. Rick Mofina really knows how to make a story fly." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of THE MEPHISTO CLUB</p>
<p>And you're invited to visit my website and sign up to my newsletter. Throughout 2008 I'll be running free book draws, exclusive to my newsletter subscribers.</p>
<p>BOOK NEWS -- SIX SECONDS -- CURRENT & FUTURE BOOKS</p>
<p>Tom Reed, Walt Sydowski (5 books) remain on hiatus, as do Jason Wade and his old man Henry (3 books).</p>
<p>I've just submitted the mss. for my 9th book, my forthcoming standalone thriller, SIX SECONDS, due for release 2009 January in paperback.</p>
<p>And soon I'll start my 10th book, which will launch my third series - to debut later in 2009.</p>
<p>Expect this new series to continue in the Reed-Wade tradition with the introduction of another reporter facing entangled in an extraordinary situation.</p>
<p>*******************************************************<br/>THE BUZZ – in Canada and the U.S.</p>
<p>In other news, on December 16th, Ottawa Citizen Mystery reviewer, Mike Gillespie mentioned the following tidbit below in his column which goes out to some of Canada's largest newspapers through the CanWest News Service</p>
<p>"Mofina is now working on the new standalone thriller Six Seconds, one that while a year from publication (January 2009) is already creating buzz in mystery circles after a major star in the genre previewed an early manuscript and gave it a five-star rating."</p>
<p>THE BUZZ CONTINUES</p>
<p>OLINE H. COGDILL is the mystery columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. She had some very kind words in her recent blog posting. Here's the link, it takes a while to load, I hope it works.</p>
<p><a href="http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/offthepage/blog/2007/12/authors_i_wanted_to_review_cha.html">http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/offthepage/blog/2007/12/authors_i_wanted_to_review_cha.html</a></p>
<p/>Rick Mofina's blog #1 dispatches from a criminal mindtag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-08-24:537324:BlogPost:665232007-08-24T01:30:00.000ZRick Mofinahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Mofina
<p>Everyone:</p>
<p>I've never blogged. Never considered it. Never had the time.</p>
<p>So here I am stepping away from writing my 9th thriller to give it try.</p>
<p>The rules say I can blog about anything. Okay. My background is in crime reporting and in writing news. The lead (some say lede) - the opening of an article - is crucial to pull people into your item.</p>
<p>I have tried to apply it to my crime novels whenever it seemed fitting. I don't believe in a slam bang opening every time,…</p>
<p>Everyone:</p>
<p>I've never blogged. Never considered it. Never had the time.</p>
<p>So here I am stepping away from writing my 9th thriller to give it try.</p>
<p>The rules say I can blog about anything. Okay. My background is in crime reporting and in writing news. The lead (some say lede) - the opening of an article - is crucial to pull people into your item.</p>
<p>I have tried to apply it to my crime novels whenever it seemed fitting. I don't believe in a slam bang opening every time, but when it's right, I enjoy giving it a whirl.</p>
<p>Here's one I like:</p>
<p>"The last thing Paige Baker saw before fleeing her family's campsite was the blood dripping from her father's ax."</p>
<p>This is from one of my books. Tell me what you think by emailing me,</p>
<p>[ <a href="mailto:rick@rickmofina.com">rick@rickmofina.com</a>]</p>
<p>And, a high five to anyone who can identify its source. The book was optioned for a movie, a script was written but the deal never went into production.</p>
<p>Well, my shift supervisor is calling me back to the novel in progress.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Rick Mofina</p>
<p/><p><a href="mailto:rick@rickmofina.com"></a></p>