Ever since Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841, starting a new trend in fiction, countless readers have enjoyed stories of unsolved crime. From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to contemporary authors such as Cormac McCarthy and Walter Mosley, detective, or crime fiction, has evolved in technique and style, but can it truly be labeled a genre?
Northrop Frye explained the difficulty of defining genres. He claimed that "the basis of generic distinctions in…
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Added by Conrad Johnson on October 30, 2012 at 2:45pm —
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Get Jessie B. Tyson's new novel, White Heaven Women, free today on my blog, Another Writer's Life - http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/
Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 29, 2012 at 9:40pm —
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In this short video I'm talking to Tony Smith of Angel Radio about the forthcoming CSI Portsmouth event being held on Saturday 3 November at the John Pounds Centre, Queens Street, Portsmouth UK.
This video appears on my You Tube Channel where you can also find lots of other videos and interviews with me discussing my crime novels and my writing and giving tips and techniques.…
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Added by Pauline Rowson on October 29, 2012 at 6:47pm —
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Time spent with the Anne Arundel County Public Library annual Staff Day was a high point of my year. Nothing could top giving a well-received speech to 240 lovers of the written word, but signing almost a book a minute during the half-hour break after my talk came very close. Several of them stayed for a writing workshop after lunch, and that was kinda fun too!
Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 29, 2012 at 5:34am —
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Avid Reader posted this 5-star review for The Troubleshooter on Amazon: “I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the other books when I have a chance to purchase them.”…
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Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 28, 2012 at 8:44am —
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I like Westerns that are really just updated stories of knights or samurais. A lot of the old Spaghetti Westerns were those kinds of stories. Clint Eastwood’s man with no name in A Fist Full of Dollars was such a hero. He rides into town in the first act to see injustice, and by the end, he has vanquished the evil. I’m not giving anything away here. Everyone knows it’s going to happen. So many of those cowboys riding about in fiction are really just knights, and I love…
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Added by John Michael Brantingham on October 28, 2012 at 6:00am —
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New issue of Kings River Life is up and filled with mystery fun! We have some Sherlock Holmes trivia from Kathleen Kaska & a chance to win a copy of her Sherlock Holmes Trivia book http://kingsriverlife.com/10/27/rat-tales-spottys-retirement/
We also have a review of Marja McGraw's mystery novel "Bogey's Ace In The Hole", a guest post by Marja on how she came up with this character who resembles Humphrey…
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Added by Lorie Ham on October 28, 2012 at 4:31am —
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Fellow crime writer Morgan Mandel posted a review on Amazon.com praising Collateral Damage, focused primarily on the protagonist, Hannibal Jones, who she found to be both powerful and compassionate. Because she so clearly stated all the things that she thinks make a hero great, I’ve posted her words as the featured review on my web site. Check it out! http://www.ascamacho.com
Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 27, 2012 at 10:50am —
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Added by George Snyder on October 27, 2012 at 2:40am —
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I had a wonderful time at the Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend, put on by the Reading Divas book club. A highlight was being on a panel with NY Times Bestseller Mary Monroe, but there were too many others to recount. Friday’s reception. Powerful readings. A great lunch. A hundred avid readers and a few authors doing The Wooble. Don’t take my word for it. The event was covered very well in an article in The Examiner. …
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Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 25, 2012 at 10:49pm —
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How much prison time should be considered appropriate for the murder of an infant? Yes, there must be consideration for intent, maliciousness, premeditation of this act . . . but what is the ballpark? Five years? Ten years? Twenty? Maybe life?
Well, how about ninety days in prison for the death of a six-month-old girl? That is the sentence handed down to a teen dad in Colorado after…
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Added by Jennifer Chase on October 25, 2012 at 7:00am —
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Fingernails slowly dragged down a chalkboard, a shrieking woman, or that high-pitch sound of a drill makes us cringe on the spot and cower in disgust. Even pressing your hands against your ears does not seem to help. Okay, I admit it, I like to find weird and unusual science stuff in addition to my crime…
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Added by Jennifer Chase on October 25, 2012 at 6:59am —
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Today's guest, Brian Carey, offers some Proofreading tips and technique on my blog, Another Writer’s Life. http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/
Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 25, 2012 at 5:34am —
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I'm back in the gutter again, this time I'm reviewing a back woods ballet of blood and bullets from Peter Farris.
http://www.outofthegutteronline.com/2012/10/review-last-call-for-living-by-peter.html
Added by Chris Leek on October 25, 2012 at 3:11am —
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Maynard Soloman & the Bull$hit Cancer Awareness Campaign
Has cancer awareness "jumped the shark?" Have some cancer charities lost sight of their…
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Added by Benjamin Sobieck on October 24, 2012 at 11:27pm —
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Oh boy! I'm a big fan of Michael Robotham and his latest book - Say You're Sorry - is absolutely one of my top thriller…
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Added by Luanne Ollivier on October 24, 2012 at 11:25pm —
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If you like fast-paced action stories with a moral lesson thrown in, I think you’ll enjoy this one.
In a nutshell: A deformed, angry, man’s life goal is to bring the New Jersey rail system to a complete standstill and murder as many innocent passengers as possible. An FBI special agent, suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury is just as…
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Added by Reginald on October 24, 2012 at 9:15am —
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Discover the “French Michael Connelly” today. Frédérique Molay is now in English, with the first in the Nico Sirsky series: The 7th Woman. This edge-of-your-seat police procedural has all the suspense of Seven, with CSI-like details, set in Paris. It won France’s most prestigious crime fiction award, was named Best Crime Fiction Novel of the Year, and is already an international bestseller. Get it today and get your last chance to win an actual trip to France, French wines from the source,…
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Added by Austin S. Camacho on October 24, 2012 at 12:00am —
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I'm a latecomer to the world of 'Castle' - which is a hit television series built around author Richard Castle's time with the NYPD as a ride along observer with…
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Added by Luanne Ollivier on October 23, 2012 at 10:05pm —
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My mystery/suspense novel, Mixed Messages, takes place the last week of October, which, of course, includes Halloween. As I was doing research for the book, I discovered some interesting facts about the combination…
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Added by Patricia Gligor on October 23, 2012 at 9:00am —
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