I know it seems as if I’m changing my blog schedule weekly. What I list as topics for the next week’s blog doesn’t always appear. I’ve delayed some things or postponed topics because of mitigating circumstances. My topics get pushed aside for author interviews because I want to do my part to promote others.

Part of the problem has been I’ve been…

You've met her.  Maybe not in person, but she appears in almost every James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler novel.  Pulp fiction would have never gained an audience without her.  She appears in movies and in novels of all types today.  The femme fatale -- the sexy, seductive woman who leads men to destruction.

Women wonder why men are so stupid they can't recognize her for what she really is.

You've met him.  Maybe not in fiction,…

I picked up the first Monkeewrench book back in 2003 when the cover caught my eye. Off the Grid marks the sixth book in this series by mother/daughter writing duo…

Book Title:   SUMMERTIME DEATH

Author:  Mons Kallentoft

ISBN:   9781444721577

Location:   Sweden

Series:   Malin Fors

Publisher:   Hodder & Stoughton

Year of Publication:   2012



As the temperature in Sweden reaches a record-breaking 45º, forest fires break out. All those who have failed to escape Linkoping for the summer take shelter indoors, shocked and paralysed by the heat.



However, when a teenage girl is discovered naked and bleeding in the…

Can A Man Write Romance? (How About Me?)…

Hello, fans and friends:

As editor of the new true crime anthology, MASTERS OF TRUE CRIME: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre, I am happy to report it is now in Kindle and print.

It features seventeen mind boggling tales written by some of the best true crime writers in the business, such as Harold Schechter, Katherine…

The short interview added to the Gotham Writers Workshop is all about advice to other writers.  On that site I’m one of dozens of authors offering their timely advice.…

My story Bullets for Angel is up over at Thrillers,Killers 'n Chillers.  Thanks to Col Bury over there.  A great site.

http://thrillskillsnchills.blogspot.com/

Book Title:  SAY YOU'RE SORRY

Author:  Michael Robotham

ISBN:   9781847445254

Location:   United Kingdom

Series:   Joe O'Loughlin & Vincent Ruiz

Publisher:   Little Brown

Year of Publication:   2012



During the worst blizzard in decades, a husband and wife are brutally killed in their home while half of London is without power. The suspect, a troubled young man who reported the killings, is in custody, unable or unwilling to explain his presence in the…

Since I’ve taken on the rewarding task of acquisitions editor for Oak Tree Press, people often ask me, “What do you think is the future of publishing?”

I suppose I could look into my crystal ball if I had one handy, or I could get my alter ego Christy Bristol to draw up an…

Book Title:  THIRST

Author:  L.A. Larkin

ISBN:  9781741967890

Location:  Antarctica

Publisher:  2012

Year of Publication:   Pier 9



Antarctica is the coldest, most isolated place on earth. Luke Searle, maverick glaciologist, has made it his home. But soon his survival skills will be tested to the limit by a ruthless mercenary who must win at any cost. The white continent is under attack. The Australian team is being hunted down. Can Luke stay alive long enough to…

 Whiplash River is the second book for Lou Berney. It picks up the story of  'Shake' Bouchon, the lead character from…

           For the past few weeks, whenever I had the chance, I've been working on a book trailer for my mystery novel, Mixed Messages, and I've finally completed it.

            I'd never done a trailer before and, let me tell you, creating it was both frustrating and fun. I can laugh now when I think about how many times my…

I was interviewed by three different online outlets, with very different results. The long interview posted on Hub Pages tells you a lot about me as a writer, and my most recent projects.
http://adelecosgrovebray.hubpages.com/hub/Interview-with-writer-Austin-Camacho

            This is going to sound quaint or trite or maudlin or something, but sometimes it shocks me how much talent there is in my little part of the world. I suppose that talent exists many places, but I see it all the time in my students and my friends. Someone writes a poem and I see the world in a new and shocking way, and I see new stylistic writing choices as well. It all changes my writing for the better more so than any other kind of reading.

            I’m a zealot when…

Legalized Crime by Roger C. Bull

This provocative, scandalous and controversial book is not available at:

 …

Until the Night marks the sixth (and much awaited) entry in Giles Blunt'smystery series featuring Detective John Cardinal.

Until the Nightopens with a cryptic entry from something called The Blue…

The new issue of Kings River Life is up and we have a review of one my new favorite shows "Perception" on TNT starring Eric McCormack  http://kingsriverlife.com/08/11/perception-tv-review/



We also have a review of R.P. Dahlke's latest crop dusting mystery "A Dead Oleander", an interview with R.P. & a chance to win a copy of the book…

Just discovered that Underbelly is available for the Nook @ 99 cents on the Barnes & Noble site. Haven't seen the Kindle version yet. This is my darkly humorous, action-packed short story + the opening chapters to Angel With A Bullet.…