March 2007 Blog Posts (300)

kyle Mills

well I have been attempting to read Kyle Mills' Sphere of Influence for over a month and keep getting distracted ... lol

So do I just a waste more time to continue the attempt or am I just spinning my wheels with a book that is yet to capture any perlonged interest. I mean generally, once I am in, that is all I can think about, and when the book is not in my hands I look forward to the moment it is back there ... I had to actually go get the book to remember the title…

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Added by photokat1968 on March 13, 2007 at 11:38pm — No Comments

Say Everything?

(Simulcast at secretdead.blogspot.com.)

It's been a while since I read a piece that split me down the middle. Such was the case with Emily Nussbaum's "Say Everything," in this week's New York magazine. Nussbaum details what she calls the new generation gap: kids,

teenagers and 20somethings who… Continue

Added by Duane Swierczynski on March 13, 2007 at 10:06pm — 3 Comments

My Daily Blog

Is over on our own site at:

http://blogs.sakienvirotech.com/AustCrimeFiction

Where I try to remember to keep it up to date on a daily basis.

Mind you, there's no deep and meaningful details about what I'm thinking, how I'm doing whatever it is I'm doing, or what is getting up my nose (if I started on that the database would groan under the strain).

Mostly it's a reading and book review… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on March 13, 2007 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Blogs And The Main Page

Some of you have been feverishly clicking through the Featured Posts links I had up over the last few days. I was putting these up by hand, but what I didn't realise was that Ning already had a mechanism for doing this. Since it involves me clicking once rather than typing a whole bunch of cryptic gobbledy-gook, I've switched to the Ning way of doing it.

Now the featured posts will just appear on the front page. As they were supposed to all along.

One other… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on March 13, 2007 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Crais, Robert – THE WATCHMAN

THE WATCHMAN (Private Investigator-Los Angeles-Cont) – Ex

Crais, Robert – 14^th book

Simon & Schuster, 2007–US Hardcover – ISBN:

9780743281638

Joe Pike owes a man a job and the man has called to collect. A young LA heiress was involved in a traffic accident and now people are…

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Added by LJ Roberts on March 13, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments

It Happened While I Was Sleeping

Crimespace shot past the 100 member mark to reach ... 101 members!

Keep em coming.

Added by Daniel Hatadi on March 13, 2007 at 7:25am — 1 Comment

Blurbage

So I thought it would be a great idea to get blurbs on my pre-published, pre-contract novel Veil of Lies in order to get an editor’s “maybe” changed to a “yes”. My agent thought it was a great idea, too, especially after I started getting them. The fabulous Cornelia Read (A Field of Darkness) whom I met at Bouchercon was the first to offer one, and a truly…

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Added by Jeri Westerson on March 13, 2007 at 6:06am — No Comments

Where are the women?

I usually back away from controversy, but I'm shaking my head over the discussion over in the Forum about must-read authors. In 48 posts so far, counting my last one, only Sandra Scoppettone and I have dared to ask "Where are the women?" and "Where are the traditional mysteries?" And so far nobody has so much as commented on the fact that the heirs of Hammett and Chandler hold up only half the sky. I haven't felt so invisible since way back near the beginning of the women's… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Zelvin on March 13, 2007 at 5:28am — 32 Comments

500 Page blockbusters

The last two books I have tackled have weighed in at over 500 pages. The last one Sun and Shadow by Ake Edwardson I reviewed on Crimescraps. I now have about 150 pages to go of Jed Rubenfeld's Freudian melodrama The Interpretation of Murder, and I think at this point my review will be much more complimentary.

I sometimes wonder if authors are paid by the page?

Thanks to all those who have picked me as a friend. I just…

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Added by Uriah at crimescraps on March 13, 2007 at 3:47am — 4 Comments

Ken Bruen Appreciation Day

It might have been more appropriate if this was March 17th, but today is International Ken Bruen Appreciation Day.

I met Ken last fall, in Madison. He’s such a warm person I imagine I felt as so many others have when they met him – a sense of camaraderie and acceptance and instant ease with the man. Ken is so likeable and genuine, and down to earth.

I emailed him afterwards, to say it was great to meet him. I never made it through my entire list after conventions,…

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Added by Sandra Ruttan on March 13, 2007 at 1:52am — 2 Comments

I'm a Victim

So recently my bank sent me a letter saying that my account might have been "compromised" by a computer glitch. I wasn't able to get online to check--"login error, please contact a representative"--for three days.

Today I found that someone has been using my debit card number since Saturday, having lots of fun at Best Buy and liquor stores and even loading up on groceries with the money from my checking account.…

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Added by Julia Buckley on March 12, 2007 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Re: Ken Bruen Appreciation Day

Ken Bruen writes like a cast-off angel, with hard-earned clarity, honest brutality and a depth of compassion that is astonishing. His voice is unmatched in Noir Fiction-in ALL fiction- and I was so haunted by The Magdelene Martyrs that I could not sleep the night I finished it. His refusal to speak anything but truth, no matter how confrontational, is intensely liberating for his readers; his defiance of corrupt clergy is heroic - he is as essential for this Recovering Catholic as water and… Continue

Added by DADavenport on March 12, 2007 at 10:20pm — 2 Comments

A Quick Crimespace Update

Based on my general usage of the site, as well as a few questions from members, I've added a short help page dealing with the less obvious issues of using Crimespace, as well as a few permanent links to things like The Bar and an index of all the blogs. These links can be accessed from the Main page.

I've also added a new Featured Posts section that draws attention to some of the more popular posts, and this seems to be working well.

As Ning adds features to the… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on March 12, 2007 at 10:04pm — 6 Comments

Is This Thing On?

Are you recording? Red light's on? Okay.

Hello and welcome to crimespace, the new hot spot for lovers of crime fiction to meet--

Oh? I've done that already? The blurb, it's up the top of the page? Okay ...

So ... what now?

I suppose I can ponder on the necessity of adding yet another blog to the world, or even worse still, a whole collection of the things. When I set up crimespace I didn't really want to have blogs attached. There's plenty… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on March 12, 2007 at 9:58pm — 3 Comments

Crimespace Hits Its First Weekend

Seven days ago I read an article in the local paper that talked about 'DIY social networking', mentioning a site called Ning. Having been both fascinated and repulsed by Myspace, I was intrigued. What unites people on the internet are their common interests, so the idea of having a social network dedicated to a single theme sounded very… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on March 12, 2007 at 9:57pm — 3 Comments

Ezines VS Print Magazines...Any Preference?

I ask this of just about all the writers I meet and I was wondering what the people here will say?

Do you prefer one over the other?

Why?

Which format brings the most recognition and the most feedback?

Does the more common "non-paying" status affect your decision on who to submit to?

Does the networking possbilities of ezines add weight to your decision?

Do readers feel there is a difference in status between the 2 formats?

Any gripes about either… Continue

Added by DADavenport on March 12, 2007 at 2:42pm — 6 Comments

Muzzle Flash and Shameless Plugs for All of You

Issue two is posted at Muzzle Flash. We’ve got 5 great stories from your fellow writers. Head on over and show them some support with comments if you are moved to do so.

Also, I’m going to email all the contributors to MF about the following but I…

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Added by DZ Allen on March 12, 2007 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Dollar Bin Diva No More

I went to the paperback show today. Sadly, there seem to be fewer and fewer dollar bins every year. That’s normally where I find the bulk of my pulps. I’m a reader, not a collector. I love beater reading copies, since that’s what I plan to do with them anyway. This year I think I only got a single book from a dollar bin. (actually it was a two dollar bin.) Everything else I really wanted was more in the 10 to 20 range, so the budget didn’t stretch… Continue

Added by Christa Faust on March 12, 2007 at 1:49pm — No Comments

Smoke and Mirrors

I already mirror my blog in several virtual, locations but I guess it wouldn't hurt to put it up here too.

Added by Christa Faust on March 12, 2007 at 1:47pm — 1 Comment

Hill, Joe – HEART-SHAPED BOX

HEART-SHAPED BOX (Horror-US-Cont) – G+

Hill, Joe – 1^st book

William Morrow, 2007-US Hardcover – ISBN:9780061147937

Rocker Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre. For one thousand dollars, he buys a dead man’s suit which is said to be haunted. Judas quickly learns that, not only is the suit haunted, but the…

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Added by LJ Roberts on March 12, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments