August 2010 Blog Posts (172)

Carolyn Rose's 11 Year Mystery Concludes Today

Please come on over to Suspense Your Disbelief!

http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/?p=911

And if you have any interest in writing a Made It Moment yourself, please contact me at jenny@wedeskyull.com

Thanks, everyone!

Added by Jenny Milchman on August 14, 2010 at 3:36am — No Comments

Women in Law Enforcement: Trying to Survive Dirty Harry

Retired police sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith discuss thriving in a police culture, working with the Dirty Harrys while surviving in a very challenging profession. Author, teacher, lecturer--Betsy helps other women learn survival skills.Learn more on Hook'em & Book'em.

Added by Mark Young on August 14, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

Who's a Block head?

Today, thriller writer Richard Gazala offers a unique view of that author nemesis, writer's block, on my blog, Another Writer’s Life - http://ascamacho.blogspot.com

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 14, 2010 at 1:22am — No Comments

What does your writing space look like?

Tell us in the comments section of Joe R. Lansdale's post "The Workplace, Wet or Dry" on MulhollandBooks.com

http://www.mulhollandbooks.com/2010/08/13/the-workplace-wet-or-dry/

Added by Miriam Parker on August 14, 2010 at 12:35am — No Comments

"Buy My Book" - the Mistake

I've seen it many times, usually from authors new to the business but sometimes even from those more seasoned. We're set up next to each other at an author event and the person immediately launches into his/her spiel, at some point throwing in the fatal phrase, "You would love this book."

Or I set up a blog for authors to publicize their ebooks (Hmmm. Could that really happen?) Instructions say to submit certain information in a particular way, and I'll post it for the world to see. Instead… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 13, 2010 at 10:11pm — 4 Comments

Graphic Novel Friday Batman Under The Cowl

The title of this could have contained a few more words and it really should have read- Which Batman Is Under the Cowl Today? The premise of the graphic novel is that Batman has become injured, breaking his back, he

may never come back but Gotham needs Batman, but which one? Each chapter has a

different person under the cowl. I felt like it was a step back in time and I

was watching Michael Keaton in Multiplicity. Is it the macho Batman or the…

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Added by Giovanni Gelati on August 13, 2010 at 8:19pm — No Comments

In between the drafts

Rock musicians like to note that, had they not discovered their talents for destroying ear-drums, they’d have been criminals. It adds some edge to their pampered personae. Here’s my claim to edge: had I not been a writer, I’d have been locked up long ago, but not in a jail. At best I’d have been sedated.

I know this for sure, because when I’m between drafts of a novel I feel the old madnesses creeping up on me. The dark resentments whose origins I can’t quite…

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Added by Matt Rees on August 13, 2010 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Review - Maxwell's Chain, M.J. Trow

Book Title: MAXWELL'S CHAIN

Author: M.J. Trow

Publisher: Allison and Busby

Copyright: 2008

ISBN: 978-0-7490-8044-0

No of Pages: 367

Book Synopsis:

Peter 'Mad Max' Maxwell is a very busy man; as Head of Sixth Form at Leighford High he does his best to resist Ofsted imperatives and mark GCSE coursework, whilst trying to cram as much History as possible into the reluctant heads of Nine Eff Gee and their like.

Despite this, Max still finds… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 13, 2010 at 4:26pm — No Comments

Review - Blood in the Cotswolds, Rebecca Tope

Book Title: BLOOD IN THE COTSWOLDS

Author: Rebecca Tope

Publisher: Allison and Busby

Copyright: 2008

ISBN: 978-0-7490-7911-6

No of Pages: 349

Book Synopsis:

Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of an old beech tree, Thea is… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 13, 2010 at 11:05am — No Comments

A mystery eleven years in the making

Hi everyone,

Please stop by Suspense Your Disbelief and read about HEMLOCK LAKE, a novel that took Carolyn Rose eleven years to get published.

http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/?p=903

My best,
Jenny
who may wind up a runner up in the long time to get published category

Added by Jenny Milchman on August 13, 2010 at 3:43am — No Comments

Thank You for adding me as a friend...

You know who you are...

Thank you.

Added by M Buckley on August 13, 2010 at 3:09am — No Comments

Meet Me Saturday in VA

This Saturday's book signing is at Borders in the historic city of Fairfax, VA. Quite near George Mason University…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 12, 2010 at 9:43pm — No Comments

Review - Nest of Vipers, Luke Devenish

Book Title: NEST OF VIPERS

Author: Luke Devenish

Publisher: Bantam

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-86325-623-0

No of Pages: 504

Book Synopsis:

Rome is bathed in blood as the Emperor Tiberius is tormented by drug-fuelled terrors of treason. The innocent are butchered while the guilty do evil in darkness. None are guiltier than the Emperor's devoted and deluded 'son', Sejanus.

In this city of poison three beautiful women are locked in a lethal… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 12, 2010 at 9:11pm — No Comments

Death and Corruption in The Lucky Country

DEATH AND CORRUPTION IN THE LUCKY COUNTRY

If there is an afterlife Juanita Nielsen will know that 34 years after her gruesome murder I’m still campaigning to expose the hired thugs of the Sydney Establishment who plotted her death, to see justice done, perhaps to bring peace to…

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Added by Barry Ward on August 12, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Review - Silk Chaser, Peter Klein

Book Title: SILK CHASER

Author: Peter Klein

Publisher: Pan MacMillan Australia

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-405-03976-5

No of Pages: 318

Book Synopsis:

A serial killer is stalking young, female strappers. No one knows who it is, why he's doing it, or who is next. The police and the racing fraternity seem powerless to do anything. The women are terrified and the union is threatening to go on strike and close down the entire racing industry unless security… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on August 12, 2010 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Outstanding

The Embroidered Corpse.

Jeannie Blethen-Rigod rated it: 5 of 5 stars

This book was outstanding. The storyline, the characters, dialogue, and actually teaching me about the famous Bayeux Tapestry. My only complaint is that the book was too short. Soon I'll head over to the 3rd in the series.

Jeannie Blethen-Rigod Apr 18,2010 GoodReads.com

http://tinyurl.com/24dgqtw…

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Added by Brian Kavanagh on August 12, 2010 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Another Great Mystery

If you like private eye novels (and if you're a Hannibal Jones fan you must) you'll dig Norman Green's first PI book, "THE LAST GIG."…

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Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 12, 2010 at 12:45am — No Comments

Clash of the Cliches

Sometimes it seems that in trying to cover every situation cliches contradict one another. For example, if quitters never win, and winners never quit, then who is the fool who said, "Quit while you're ahead?"

Added by Austin S. Camacho on August 10, 2010 at 9:51pm — 1 Comment

A Birthday Gift--for YOU!

Sometime in the next few weeks, I will be celebrating my birthday. I won't tell you exactly when, because for identity theft protection purposes, I protect the date almost as well as I protect my social security number and full name. I will divulge that I am a Leo. And, don't ask how old I'm going to be either! ;-)

To celebrate, instead of collecting gifts, I am giving…

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Added by Beth Groundwater on August 10, 2010 at 10:06am — No Comments