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At 10:58am on March 22, 2011, Susan said…: Very cool your Uppercut Avenue. Love the photo ... a smoking cigarette and a gun. Who could ask for anything more??

I'm off to New Orleans in 2 days ... with a review copy of my latest noir suspense novel, DIVA, to take along. Totally psyched. While it's snowing in Boston, no kidding, I'll be sampling New Orleans' best wares, and visiting w/my friends.

Y'all keep writing while I'm gone! :)

At 10:31am on March 19, 2011, Susan said…: Yes, Copper, I do feel fortunate to stir the music/writing into my Music & Mayhem hook. Sort of a N'awlins gumbo? Still, you probably use your musical skills and abilities in your writing more than you think. Maybe you could use this as the basis for a talk? Guitars and Gumshoes? okay, maybe not. :) Just a thought.

At 4:25am on March 17, 2011, B.R.Stateham said…: But Copper, that can be said about any genre. If you write hard sci-fi, basically your fan fictioning Isaac Asimov, etc.

And I don't agree. Lots of writers try to mimic Raymond Chandler. But no one comes close. What you're saying is no one has talent enough to take the ingredients of Noir and turn it in a different direction. I find that disconcerting any writer would say that. If that's the case, why would anyone write?

At 2:57am on January 29, 2011, Mark Porter said…: Hey Copper, I have seen Kiss a couple of times. Paul Stanley's voice shakes the ground.

My fave Paul Stanley quote; "Once I checked into a hotel in Toronto. I opened my blinds and a naked woman had scaled the flag pole outside my window and was waving to me. Now call me cynical but I don't think that would have happened had I been a bank manager."

At 3:42pm on January 25, 2011, Mark Porter said…: Thanks for the add, Copper. First one.

Mark

At 8:56pm on January 1, 2011, Carol Bridgestock said…: Happy New Year Copper! Thanks for the friendship on Crimespace!

At 9:17am on January 1, 2011, Margy Rydzynski said…: No problem. I really like multi-media story telling.

At 2:25am on January 1, 2011, Margy Rydzynski said…: Hello, Copper and thanks for your friend request. And good luck with your podcast. I've experimented with that myself and think an accompanying podcast to a book is a nice touch. Let me know if you'd like any suggestions for platforms, etc. I've dabbled, but would be happy to let you in on what I've learned.

At 2:45pm on December 1, 2010, Gerald Gehrig Griffin said…: Cooper, delighted to be your friend. If you would, please visit my web site, www.authorgeraldgriffin.com, and sign my Guest Book. My friends are welcome there. Looking forward to our chats, and Merry Christmas!

At 9:04pm on November 23, 2010, Sam Peds said…: Are you a proper copper?
From NoLa? (It's hard to tell)

At 8:52pm on October 22, 2010, henya drescher said…: Thanks, my friend, for inviting me to become a part of this space life...

Hapve a great day!

At 8:10am on October 14, 2010, Anne Claybrook said…: Copper: I know it's been a long time since you sent this but I couldn't help but respond. I used to LOVE G&G, but I felt sorry for poor Goofus. How awful to always be held up as the bad example. I always thought Gallant was a complete drip. What a jerk. Who'd want to be his friend? He had such a sanctimonious grin on his face!

I recently tried to find some of the old G&G "comics" from our era. They are hard to find. Thankfully, they have gone by the wayside and are no longer held out to children to as examples of "right" and "wrong" behavior. As if one person can always embody the one or the other.

At 3:41am on October 14, 2010, Amy Dawson Robertson said…: Thanks, Copper -- looking forward to getting to know you here!

At 10:26pm on October 11, 2010, Amy Dawson Robertson said…: Hey Copper -- thanks for adding me. I like Courier. :-)

At 10:57pm on October 1, 2010, Mary McFarland said…: Copper, I'm on it (writing the 2nd novel), and the third and fourth and fifth! So thanks for the straight talk, which is hard to get from anyone nowadays. Time is money.

At 9:50am on September 30, 2010, Lee Franklin said…: Thanks for the welcome, Copper!

At 1:57am on September 27, 2010, Stan Cutler said…: Hello Copper,
Thanks for accepting me as a friend. I was impressed with your bio on crimespace. recently, I self-published a novel that shares setting and characters with the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and I'm hoping to get some benefit from the $millions being spent to promote it. I'm almost a virgin to social networking and blogging but have been told that it's the way to get exposure. Any advice?

At 1:34pm on September 16, 2010, Ian Edward said…: I didn't know we were plural when we updated profiles either, but then The Beatles did sing, 'I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together' so it's all starting to make sense.

At 2:36am on September 16, 2010, Cathryn Grant said…: btw, love the tagline for your blog!

At 2:35am on September 16, 2010, Cathryn Grant said…: Re:
"Remember Goofus and Gallant?
Read all about Goofus's drift to the dark side in 'Always the bad example.'

No wood chipper scene, I promise." I will check it out, swamped at day job has cut into fiction reading time. (!)