I've had some great media coverage for the launch of the CWA Young Crime Writers Competition of which I am the judge for the South Coast of England. I've been interviewed live on Portsmouth Live TV, on Spirit Radio and tomorrow I will be on talking to Julian Clegg on BBC Radio Solent at approximately 7.20 am and then chatting to Darren Gamblen on Express FM 93.7 FM on the same morning at 9.30 am.



There's also been coverage in the newspapers, the book trade and on blogs, so it's…

The Detroit News, that is. If you're in Michigan, check out today's print edition. If not, you can read the story online: "Plucky Writer Not Afraid of U.P. Winters or Active Volcano." Fun!

Hey:  I'm at these two blogs this week:

1/10     http://www.stacyjuba.com/blog/ (Selena as a young teen)

1/10     http://www.mycatholicblog.com…

GHOST GIRL IN SHADOW BAY is my hot new young adult ghost and haunted house mystery, now in Kindle, Nook, and print in  Amazon.…

You be the judge and jury.

My bestselling legal thriller, STATE'S EVIDENCE, is now in Kindle and Nook. A must for fans…

Coming in February, my riveting Kindle and Nook eBook police procedural, MURDER IN MAUI: A Leila Kahana Mystery

Maui County homicide detective and composite sketch artist Leila Kahana is the protagonist. A Hawaiian native, Leila follows in…

Coming in February, in Kindle, Nook, and print, my original YA time travel mystery, DANGER IN…

Thought you might be interested in seeing one of my stories now up in Pulp Metal Magazine.  Called 'Goddess.' Hope you like your women beautiful and decidedly deadly.

http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/goddess-by-b-r-stateham/

LINK TO TODAY'S COLUMN IN EXAMINER.COM   Thriller vs Reality?

Today I was compelled to write an article in my Examiner column about the senseless shooting in Arizona yesterday. I don't usually write this type of commentary--at least not under my real name. I've written some outspoken opinions in comments sections of other sites under a pen name, but that's another story.

This is something that has been…

Viper review mike manno January 7, 2011…

With the new year come the resolutions, I've made mine and so far stuck to the no sugar resolve, but let's face it, it's only been a week. So far so good.

One other…

I have to admit I really enjoy it when my friends on the differentsocial networks make book recommendations to me. This one, The Encounter byWayne C. Rodgers was definitely an interesting find. The recommendation camefrom a friend on Goodreads and the referral stated, ”This guy can write, checkit out.” I took him at his word, cranked up the Kindle and did just…

I'll be dropping the FREE ebook short story An Object in Motion on Feb 7, 2011 for all e-readers on my website www.reybooks.com . If you need a FREE Kindle app you can get that on the website as well. This weekend I plan on posting the cover and the first two (2) or three (3) chapters on the website as well. If you check on it I'd love feedback.

If you get a chance…

http://exm.nr/location-LA

This is the link to today's Writers Tricks of the trade in the Los Angeles edition of www.examiner.com. Have you ever read a book set in a location you knew well, only to discover that the author didn’t? Wrong details or atmosphere can be very offsetting to the reader. …