August 2007 Blog Posts (308)

The Chicago Way

I reviewed Michael Harvey's The Chicago Way in Library Journal, Aug. 15, 2007. Here's the review, reprinted with permission.



Harvey, Michael. The Chicago Way. Knopf. Aug. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-307-26686-6. $23.95. M



The latest incarnation of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe is ex-Chicago cop…
Continue

Added by Lesa Holstine on August 23, 2007 at 2:02pm — No Comments

More gender-bending...

The women of Jungle Red got such a great response to our "male/female, who wrote it" quiz, that we're doing it again. Think you can tell if something was written by a man or a woman? Check it out at www.jungleredwriters.com

Rosemary

PS I bet no one gets my entry...

Added by Rosemary Harris on August 23, 2007 at 10:03am — No Comments

Catching my breath

I'm finally home for a few days before a much needed trip to Europe.

The royal tea parties were such fun--cucumber sandwiches, fancy hats, the lot! And the stores threw themselves into the spirit of the thing so beautifully too. Linen cloths and good English china in one store, a cake made like my book cover in another, home made scones, home made sausange rolls and a catered tea from a fabulous tea room--these were some of the delights that treated me and my fans at each…

Continue

Added by Rhys Bowen on August 23, 2007 at 8:22am — No Comments

Powder Burn Flash has "Hot Ice And Cold Blood" posted

Aldo, a.k.a "The Mystery Dawg" is continuing the good tradition of Tribe by publishing fine crime-oriented flash fiction at Powder Burn Flash. Go check it out and you might even see a story from yours truly.

Added by Cormac Brown on August 23, 2007 at 6:09am — No Comments

Word Nerd chats with Jacqueline Carey

We turn from mysteries to fantasy this week.

It's Jacqueline Carey, sharing about her books and writing.

Added by Bethany K. Warner on August 23, 2007 at 5:34am — No Comments

What I Learned At Killer Nashville

I've been writing novels off and on for about ten years. My first novel, which shall be forever unnamed and unpublished, was the product of a ten-week blast of stream of consciousness that I will probably never find again. The result was 400 pages of aimless rambling. Rather than exulting in my accomplishment, I went into a five year tailspin of postpartum depression. I didn't write for five years. Those of you who write, can you imagine that? The upshot of that is the I read A LOT. I'm talking… Continue

Added by terry bowman on August 23, 2007 at 1:55am — 1 Comment

Absolut New Orleans - the Drink for Southern Crime writers

If you haven't heard the news and for you writers from the south who like to drink and write - all hail Faulkner and Tennessee Williams and soooo many more, Absolut Vodka has come out with a new blend - ABSOLUT VODKA..Here's more about that: Absolut Vodka has developed a special-edition flavored vodka to honor New Orleans, and the proceeds will go to Gulf Coast charities.

Absolut made the announcement and previewed the mango-with-black-pepper flavor at the annual New…

Continue

Added by Lyn LeJeune on August 23, 2007 at 1:21am — No Comments

Virtual Book Tour How-To

When I announced the schedule for my August virtual book tour, several people asked for the how-to of it. Now I'm near the end of the tour and have posted an article explaining my strategy on my blog http://mstephens-musings.blogspot.com/. Hope it's helpful and I look forward to your comments and/or questions.

Added by Marta Stephens on August 22, 2007 at 11:59pm — No Comments

You CAN Get Health Insurance!

posted by Doranna Durgin

So crowed a recent article in Kiplinger's, the magazine for the organization that leads "the way in personal finance and business forecasting."



I'm gonna take a wild guess and say most of the Kiplinger's readers are decently employed. (They are, after all, seeking investment advice.) And I'm gonna take another wild guess and suppose that they mostly have health insurance with that employment.



At least, I…

Continue

Added by Writers Plot on August 22, 2007 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Getting Started



People always ask writers, “Where do you get your ideas?”. The question seems to suggest that they think a writer

gets an idea and then sits down and writes it. For me, though, it’s

usually the other way around. I write to find out what my idea is.


Today was the ninth day of working on the new book, the third of the Poke Rafferty series that begins with A Nail Through the Heart.

And, as usual at this stage of a book, I’m…

Continue

Added by Timothy Hallinan on August 22, 2007 at 2:34pm — No Comments

Looking for blogging buddies

Ya know, all the authors I’ve ever spoken to (or heard from) say the same thing. Each and every one of them NEEDS to write. It is some primal urge they have.

Well, I have it, too. I need to write. I like to write. I want to write.

I wish I kept my blog more up-to-date. I have a personal one that I’m only slightly better at keeping up-to-date. Not that it would be difficult to post more than I do here.

What I’d like, though, is to find other paranormal mystery authors —…

Continue

Added by Nichole R. Bennett on August 22, 2007 at 12:12pm — No Comments

"Mix some Michael Crichton with a touch of Dean Koontz..." says Amanda Richards, Top 100 Amazon Reviewer, about The River by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Amanda Richards, the Amazon Top 100 reviewer who recently gave Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Whale Song a 5-star review recently read and reviewed The River on Amazon...


Mix some Michael Crichton with a touch of Dean Koontz, add a generous dash of sci-fi and then distill the resulting mixture until all you have left is the good stuff. That, in a nutshell, is "The River". …



Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on August 22, 2007 at 9:01am — No Comments

Day 21 of virtual book tour: Whale Song reviewed at Raspberry Latte - The Bookworm's Book Review

Stacie Penny at Raspberry Latte has this to say about Whale Song by Cheryl Kaye Tardif:

"Eleven year old Sarah moves to Canada with her parents when her father accepts a post to study whales off the coastline. Even though she leaves everything behind, Sarah discovers that life can become complicated in a heartbeat. Or in the absence of one..."…

Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on August 22, 2007 at 8:37am — No Comments

Writing and Research

I couldn't say which I enjoy more: writing or doing research so I can write. Whether it's looking up song lyrics for the silly game we've been playing for the last week or so or serious research for an upcoming book, I jump in with both feet and usually spend hours without realizing it.

A library pulls me in and keeps me all day, and suddenly I…

Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 22, 2007 at 7:30am — No Comments

NEW BOOKS COMING - WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO?

I

wonder what a book tour is like in Africa? Take a look at this picture. It's

from the current issue of The Economist. It's a satellite view of Europe

and Africa at night. The Africans are certainly doing more than their fair

share of the work to combat global warming.

I don't know how many inches of glacier I've… Continue

Added by Eric Stone on August 22, 2007 at 5:43am — 1 Comment

A little bit of old Baltimore died yesterday - A remembrance of Wild Bill Hagy

I felt compelled to write this and since there are no other Baltimore people here please feel free to ignore it


It's a sad day. A little bit of old Baltimore died yesterday.


My phone rang yesterday much more then it normally does on a rainy Monday…
Continue

Added by BrianLindenmuth on August 22, 2007 at 3:31am — No Comments

Move Over F Word

I am, I confess, a reluctant blogger. I was recently nudged into the squally surf of it by a large international publishing conglomerate who shall remain unnamed. With only moderate spluttering, I put together a piece of between 250 and 300 words (I weighed in at 299). It referred to my fate at the hands of censors. Here it is in its entirety. The punchline comes in the post script.



How the Devil lost its Vagina

You’d imagine, as I did, that the title of a story, like the paint… Continue

Added by colin cotterill on August 22, 2007 at 3:11am — 3 Comments

Living Room of the Dead pub date is today 8/21

Pub date isn't like a birthday, filled with helium balloons, cake from the Italian bakery and a lot of presents and songs. Pub date is more like Arbor Day. Yes, it's there, yes it's got some significance but mostly it's biz as usual.

Still and all, it's a happy day!

Eric is going on a marathon 17 city tour starting next month. Driving no less!
If my broom didn't get such bad ass-mileage I'd fly out to see him in all those interesting places like...Kansas!

Added by Janet Reid on August 22, 2007 at 1:57am — No Comments

Libel?

As picked up on Galley Cat: Apparently a very popular blogger on a science site panned a recent release by an author, calling the author, among other things "a classic crackpot." The author brought suit. The lawyer for the blog responded that the author had no case because libel law requires that the claim be false.

I got a chuckle out of that one.

Added by I. J. Parker on August 22, 2007 at 12:47am — No Comments

Bimbos in Paradise

Posted by Lorraine Bartlett

It seems to me that too many young woman are willingly becoming, or advertising themselves as, STOOOOPPPPID! Need I say more than Britany, Paris, and Nicole (with Lindsay and Jessica not far behind).

Sadly, I know too many young girls who willingly going around with nothing but AIR between their ears. I'm not even sure some of…

Continue

Added by Writers Plot on August 21, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Monthly Archives

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1991

CrimeSpace Google Search

© 2024   Created by Daniel Hatadi.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service