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May 18, 2015
In Broad Daylight — Never Dies
I spent four exhausting hours on Saturday shooting the narrative of In Broad Daylight for an independent production company who hopes to sell a four-part series to a network. Stay tuned.
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In Broad Daylight –Another Character Dies Ken McElroy–Back To Skidmore Ken McElroy Victim Dies
April 29, 2015
Gone, baby, gone
Gone, baby, gone. After final approval of the jacket, “The Joy of Killing” goes into print today. Out of my hands and into the world. But still two months to publication date, so now we wait. And do what we can on social media to give it a boost, and try our best not to get obsessed about it. We like to think what others think of the book won’t matter, but of course it will. You write to be read. Maybe not loved, but at least read. One great review from Kirkus is a good start.
The cover is co...
April 19, 2015
Kirk’s Review of “The Joy of Killing”
I was very pleased to received a very favorable review for “The Joy of Killing” from the Kirkus Review. Kirkus is famous for either ignoring or blasting books. Here are my favorite lines:
MacLean’s writing is lyrical, ebbing and flowing like a deep riptide that conceals the danger beneath; there is something unsavory and even panic-inducing about being pulled inside his tale. .
A dizzying and delirious meditation on desire, violence, guilt, and philosophical justification.
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The Joy of Killing — Tattered Cover
The Joy of Killing – Tattered Cover Signing
This notice may seem a little premature, but we know how time flies: I will be signing my new novel, The Joy of Killing, at the Tattered Cover in Denver on July 30. I would love to have a great turnout.
The book so far has been described by various readers as a literary thriller, a psychological thriller, even a philosophical thriller (Publishers Weekly). Here are two blurbs from New York Times bestselling writers which give you an idea:
“Not since...
February 4, 2015
“The Joy of Killing” Signing Dates in Colorado
I will be signing “The Joy of Killing” at the Tattered Cover on Colfax in Denver on July 30, 2025. I will be at the Boulder Book Store on July 14. Party afterwards. Summer is a great time to vacation in the Rockies!
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Ken Rex McElroy—The Thirtieth Anniversary of his Killing
January 13, 2015
Podcast on In Broad Daylight
The Generation Why posted a pod cast of an interview we did Sunday night on “In Broad Daylight.” These guys do pod casts on true crime stories, with over 100 to date, Check it out.
http://raasnio.com/GenerationWhyPodca...
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January 7, 2015
Trolling For Blurbs
Trolling for Blurbs
Every author of lesser stature than John Grisham or Anne Tyler seeks out “blurbs” for their jacket cover and publicity documents on a new book. Personally, I’ve never been sure blurbs were worth a whole lot. My first book “In Broad Daylight” got no blurbs whatsoever, yet won an Edgar and sold over a million copies. My second book, “Once Upon A Time,” got great blurbs from well-known authors yet never found real traction.
Yet, more than once I’ve found myself buying a book of...
December 26, 2014
“The Story Behind In Broad Daylight” On Audio
The “Story Behind In Broad Daylight” is now available on audio.http://tiny.cc/1efhrx. This true crime short tells the story of the trials and travails and successes of researching and writing “In Broad Daylight.” It tells of my encounter with Ken McELroy’s friends, the killers, and how I finally got the town to trust me so that I could get the story.
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In Broad Daylight–Audio
The Story That Never Ends
“The Story Behind ‘In Broad Daylight'” is finally here
December 22, 2014
Cuba Libre
I was going to shut up about Rubio and Cruz and Menendez railing over Obama’s move to open relationships with Cuba. But I have to make one point: The Cuban people are a good deal better off under the Castro regime than they were under the American-supported regime of Fulgencio Batista, whom Castro overthrew. Under the brutal, corrupt dictator, the people lived in abject and total poverty, with little education and non-existent health care. The island was a haven for wealthy Americans and gang...
December 15, 2014
The Joy of Killing
I received the galleys for my new novel The Joy of Killing yesterday. As with past books, it was an exciting yet some discomforting experience. You recognize the words on the pages, yet they seem strangely disconnected; they’re in different type than when first pronounced, and squared off on the edges. They don’t seem mine anymore, not totally. It’s like they have a different inflection.
I experienced that somewhat with non-fiction, but it’s even more intense with fiction, where the only groun...
