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July 8, 2013
Noir at the Bar LA this Sunday
Going to be in Los Angeles this Sunday? All the noir writers will be gathered in one place at the Mandrake Bar. Here's the skinny...
WHAT: Noir at the Bar live crime readings
WHERE: Mandrake Bar
2692 S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034 (between Venice Blvd and Washington)
WHEN: 8:00 to 10:00 PM
FREE EVENT
Yup, I'm going to be there, reading all-new material from HARD BITE, Chapter 5. Yes, I'll be performing the role of MARCIE BLATTLATCH live and in color.
WHAT: Noir at the Bar live crime readings
WHERE: Mandrake Bar
2692 S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034 (between Venice Blvd and Washington)
WHEN: 8:00 to 10:00 PM
FREE EVENT
Yup, I'm going to be there, reading all-new material from HARD BITE, Chapter 5. Yes, I'll be performing the role of MARCIE BLATTLATCH live and in color.
July 2, 2013
June 27, 2013
Two winners of HARD BITE giveaway
SIANNE MORRISON, Australia and CARLA GREEVES, Ireland are winners of the new HARD BITE paperback! Congratulations to my new friends from the Goodreads giveaway and signed copies will go out soon (as soon as my copies arrive). PS If anybody knows Carla please tell her to drop by and say hello. I can't find her in the search options.
June 20, 2013
HARD BITE paperback is here!
I'm having a launch party here in Los Angeles to celebrate on Sunday June 30th. If you or any noir/thriller pals you know are going to be in town that day, PLEASE send a message and I'll issue an invite. I'm going to have entertainment, food, wine, prizes and special literary guests.
The paperback looks great and had extra-special production from New Pulp Press. Available now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Bite-Anony...
The paperback looks great and had extra-special production from New Pulp Press. Available now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Bite-Anony...
February 21, 2013
Robert Crais at Mysterious Galaxy
Went to see Robert Crais speak and sign last Sat. at my favoritest book store in Redondo Beach. The manager LeAnna and right-hand woman Jaclyn are real crime fiction supporters and they know their stuff. So it's not surprising they can attract star talent like Crais to come and mingle with readers.
Robert spoke about police dogs and interesting police procedural tidbits, plus answered questions. (His fav breed of dog is the German Shepherd.) Fans snapped up his new hardback SUSPECT for signing (the man behind me had FOUR in his hand). Robert's inscription to me was : "Welcome to my world. I hope you enjoy."
Robert spoke about police dogs and interesting police procedural tidbits, plus answered questions. (His fav breed of dog is the German Shepherd.) Fans snapped up his new hardback SUSPECT for signing (the man behind me had FOUR in his hand). Robert's inscription to me was : "Welcome to my world. I hope you enjoy."
February 17, 2013
NEW PULP PRESS signs HARD BITE deal
On Valentines Day, 2013, I signed a 3-year deal with NEW PULP PRESS for the print rights to HARD BITE, (the novel). The launch is planned for a June/July target. New Pulp Press was founded in 2008 by Jon Bassoff and publishes "original voices in crime fiction and neo-pulp." This is the second in a trio of deals for HARD BITE. Digital rights were acquired first by Blasted Heath, New Pulp Press now owns the print rights, and the movie rights and adapted screenplay are about to go on the market. (Holler if you know a producer or director looking for something edgy.)
January 12, 2013
48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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I've been giving out 5 stars like candy, but this one deserves it for the incredible research and historic knowledge, plus its application for people living here and now. I am fascinated by people's motivations, particularly "bad" ones, and this book is an encyclopedia of bad behavior and understanding it! I recognized more than a few characters in my life past and present within it's pages, and chortled and gasped my way through it, chapter by chapter. I read the book in one gulp over the holiday and am now on my third read-through.
January 7, 2013
Happy Nyuk Nyuk New Year!
It was a wild New Year's but not in the way you think. I live in a guest house and my landlord saw fit to have solar energy installed starting mid-December. The job got delayed due to extra requests and add-ons and suddenly we were smack in the middle of holiday week.
Send in the clowns. Rather than leave well enough alone and take a small vacation, the company decided to soldier on by sending in their non-regular crew. Which resulted in a guy shorting out the power midday on New Year's Eve. I got ready for a party by flashlight. Just think, "Hair and makeup by Freddy Krueger" and you get the picture.
New Year's Day was the same. Freezing in the dark. Which, granted, is not the same in Los Angeles as it is in Chicago or London, but it's been unseasonably cold here. The first day of the new year was also my target to begin adapting Hard Bite into a screenplay. So I wrote in a down jacket by "flashlight chandelier," which is made by tying twine to three flashlights and looping it over the light fixture so they shine down on the computer. The writing carried on.
Happy Nyuk, Nyuk New Year everybody!
Send in the clowns. Rather than leave well enough alone and take a small vacation, the company decided to soldier on by sending in their non-regular crew. Which resulted in a guy shorting out the power midday on New Year's Eve. I got ready for a party by flashlight. Just think, "Hair and makeup by Freddy Krueger" and you get the picture.
New Year's Day was the same. Freezing in the dark. Which, granted, is not the same in Los Angeles as it is in Chicago or London, but it's been unseasonably cold here. The first day of the new year was also my target to begin adapting Hard Bite into a screenplay. So I wrote in a down jacket by "flashlight chandelier," which is made by tying twine to three flashlights and looping it over the light fixture so they shine down on the computer. The writing carried on.
Happy Nyuk, Nyuk New Year everybody!
December 19, 2012
Sometimes I Like to Take Risks...
Jim McLeod at Ginger Nuts of Horror is a dedicated reviewer across the pond in England (darkest Oxfordshire as he calls it) and he posted in his review policy that books recently offered to him for review were "depressingly bad or average." Maybe Jim's hit a rough patch or maybe he needs a 'tude tweek," but regardless, this is a guy who does LOTS for books and writers and he deserves a LIFT. Reviewers like Jim are the lifeblood of publishing--they are the town criers who tell people what's going on at the grassroots level. So we simply CANNOT HAVE Jim schlumping around feeling awful and like he's wasting his time in a cesspool of mediocrity.
Enter Anonymous-9, ready to rush in where angels fear to tread. (Making me the perfect fool for the occasion.) Anyway, I emailed poor Jim and declared the following:
"If you let me gift you with a copy of my novel, Hard Bite, and you find it depressingly bad or average, I will REFUND you the time it takes to read the first chapter and trade emails at A DOLLAR PER MINUTE."
Jim took me up on my offer. And now I'm wondering what the h*ll I was thinkin' because I could end up with egg all over my face, out a small wad of cash, and a "depressingly bad" rating to boot. But hey, it would be interesting wouldn't it? I mean, a bad review, a really, really bad review (not an average one) is worth getting out the popcorn!
I promise that no matter what happens, I'll tell Goodreads all about it and I won't leave out so much as a comma.
PS Maybe this will teach me not to send emails when I'm at the typer with a glass of wine. On the other hand, I'm so entertaining this way!
Enter Anonymous-9, ready to rush in where angels fear to tread. (Making me the perfect fool for the occasion.) Anyway, I emailed poor Jim and declared the following:
"If you let me gift you with a copy of my novel, Hard Bite, and you find it depressingly bad or average, I will REFUND you the time it takes to read the first chapter and trade emails at A DOLLAR PER MINUTE."
Jim took me up on my offer. And now I'm wondering what the h*ll I was thinkin' because I could end up with egg all over my face, out a small wad of cash, and a "depressingly bad" rating to boot. But hey, it would be interesting wouldn't it? I mean, a bad review, a really, really bad review (not an average one) is worth getting out the popcorn!
I promise that no matter what happens, I'll tell Goodreads all about it and I won't leave out so much as a comma.
PS Maybe this will teach me not to send emails when I'm at the typer with a glass of wine. On the other hand, I'm so entertaining this way!
December 14, 2012
Mystery Solved!
The originator of "Dexter meets Stephen Hawking" is none other than Mysticpt of Toronto. Thanks!
