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December 11, 2009
Agent Appreciation Day
Today is Agent Appreciation Day, created by Kody Keplinger.
To celebrate that, I want to praise my agent, Marlene Stringer. Not only is she the best advocate I could ask for, she's unfailingly astute, insightful and honest. She's never given me bad advice, either for my career or my writing, and she's never tried to steer me away from what I wanted to write.
I found her through research in the "Agent" section of the Novel and Short Story Market Guide. I contacted her with a blind query, s...
To celebrate that, I want to praise my agent, Marlene Stringer. Not only is she the best advocate I could ask for, she's unfailingly astute, insightful and honest. She's never given me bad advice, either for my career or my writing, and she's never tried to steer me away from what I wanted to write.
I found her through research in the "Agent" section of the Novel and Short Story Market Guide. I contacted her with a blind query, s...
December 8, 2009
Giants of West Tennessee: Buford Pusser
NOTE: This is the first in an occasional series about notable figures from my home region. These are personal reminiscences and opinions; where available, I'll include links so interested readers can find out more.
There aren't many heroic figures to come out of flat, muddy west Tennessee. Elvis is one, obviously, but he's a special case. Tina Turner, born Annie Mae Bullock in diminutive Nutbush, is certainly heroic, but she's not really associated with the region. But we do have one genui...
There aren't many heroic figures to come out of flat, muddy west Tennessee. Elvis is one, obviously, but he's a special case. Tina Turner, born Annie Mae Bullock in diminutive Nutbush, is certainly heroic, but she's not really associated with the region. But we do have one genui...
December 1, 2009
Julius Caesar, fair and balanced
One of my favorite books to pick up and read random sections from is
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom. He means the title literally: "Our ideas as to what makes the self authentically human owe more to Shakespeare than ought to be possible." I don't know if I'd go that far, but no writer can deny the primacy of Shakespeare, and you ignore it at your peril.
In high school, everyone has to read Julius Caesar. It's a perfect introduction to Shakespeare: narratively it's ...
In high school, everyone has to read Julius Caesar. It's a perfect introduction to Shakespeare: narratively it's ...
November 22, 2009
Epiphany in slow motion, with blood
A few months ago I found myself seized with the urge to see anything and everything by filmmaker
I discovered one film that's rapidly rising on my personal T...
November 15, 2009
Brother Blue (1921-2009)
Brother Blue passed away earlier this month at age 88.
If you know of him at all, it's probably from the George A. Romero film Knightriders.
In this Arthurian story of jousting motorcyclists, Brother Blue played Merlin, advisor to King William (Ed Harris). He was the troubled king's lone confidante, and the one person who understood William's desire to maintain a chivalric code against the world's materialistic temptations. If this blog post does nothing else, I hope it encourages you to se...
If you know of him at all, it's probably from the George A. Romero film Knightriders.
In this Arthurian story of jousting motorcyclists, Brother Blue played Merlin, advisor to King William (Ed Harris). He was the troubled king's lone confidante, and the one person who understood William's desire to maintain a chivalric code against the world's materialistic temptations. If this blog post does nothing else, I hope it encourages you to se...
November 11, 2009
November 9, 2009
RELEASE DAY! (whew...)
Today is the official release day for BURN ME DEADLY.
If you've pre-ordered it, you're awesome. If you buy it today, you're only slightly less awesome. If you buy it eventually, you're still on the awesome scale.
And the winner of the "Name a drink at Angelina's Tavern" contest is...PARANOYD, for suggesting The Rogue's Stiletto, also known as the Back-Stabber (your profile doesn't have an e-mail address, so contact me with your mailing address).
And now, back to work on Dark Jenny. See you soon!
If you've pre-ordered it, you're awesome. If you buy it today, you're only slightly less awesome. If you buy it eventually, you're still on the awesome scale.
And the winner of the "Name a drink at Angelina's Tavern" contest is...PARANOYD, for suggesting The Rogue's Stiletto, also known as the Back-Stabber (your profile doesn't have an e-mail address, so contact me with your mailing address).
And now, back to work on Dark Jenny. See you soon!
November 8, 2009
Release day TOMORROW
Tomorrow, November 10, BURN ME DEADLY is released in hardcover from Tor Books.
Thanks to my awesome fan Dori, I now have a Facebook fan page. Join up, invite your friends.
There will be gradual updates on my oft-neglected website, since I now have new HTML software for the iMac.
And I'm deep into work on the third Eddie LaCrosse novel, Dark Jenny. I can't say much at this point, but I will tease you with one of the story's big influences:
See you tomorrow, when I'll also announce the winner of...
Thanks to my awesome fan Dori, I now have a Facebook fan page. Join up, invite your friends.
There will be gradual updates on my oft-neglected website, since I now have new HTML software for the iMac.
And I'm deep into work on the third Eddie LaCrosse novel, Dark Jenny. I can't say much at this point, but I will tease you with one of the story's big influences:
See you tomorrow, when I'll also announce the winner of...
November 4, 2009
Coffee, tea or a signed copy?
If you've read The Sword-Edged Blonde, you know about Angelina's Tavern. Eddie LaCrosse has his office above the kitchen, and spends a lot of his off-time sitting at the bar. It plays an even bigger role in BURN ME DEADLY.
Now we all know about mead, and ale, and rum, and all the standard tavern drinks. But what would be on their specialty drinks menu? Suggest a drink for Angelina's Tavern in the comments and be entered to win the first signed copy (well, first after the one I sent my mom)...
Now we all know about mead, and ale, and rum, and all the standard tavern drinks. But what would be on their specialty drinks menu? Suggest a drink for Angelina's Tavern in the comments and be entered to win the first signed copy (well, first after the one I sent my mom)...
