Paul Tremblay's Blog, page 25

My essay at the LA Times

My essay D is for 'daycare: A mystery novelist encounters a real whodunit is now live at the LA Times.

Cue opening snippet:

"My two private eye novels tweak some of the conventions of the genre and pose questions about the messy nature of identity and reality, but at their core, they are about crime. So I'm a crime writer, right? Then let's set the scene:

A man drives into a dead-end suburban lane. Basketball hoops in the driveways, skateboards and bikes are left on manicured lawns, wheels...

Our Long National Nightmare is Over

My buy buttons are back at Amazon.

One sad, angry author gets email response from Amazon

Amazon vs. Macmillan continues (as discussed previously my blog and elsewhere on the interwebs) and so many authors still are without their buy buttons.  Me included.  For the purposes of this blog let me reiterate: ME.

Earlier this week, full of gumption and bile, spit and vigor, and quite possible a little gas if I'm being painfully honest, and helplessness too as I was watching my career adversely affected by corporation temper tantrum/spin/power grab whatever you want to call it, I...

Release week so far…

Naomi Johnson reviews NSTW at The Drowning Machine: "Although I thoroughly enjoyed the first Genevich story, The Little Sleep, I wasn't sure that the narcoleptic detective would be as convincing in a second book. No worries. This second book is even better, with more weight and a tighter plot."

*Plus you get a bonus of my father (Paul N. Tremblay) leaving an embarrassing comment at the end of the thread.  Thanks, Pops.*

Author Nick Antosca (Midnight Picnic) interview me about sleep at HTML...

No Sleep till Wonderland now available

Waking up to no heat on my first floor and still being screwed by amazon hasn't dampened the joy of a new-book-release day.  There's big acknowledgement page in the back of the book, but special thanks goes to those folks who helped me with the writing of this book in some form: Sarah Knight, Stephen Barbara, Kurt Dinan, Steve Eller, and the hugest of thanks to my editor Helen Atsma.  While I worked my ass off on this book (it was much harder to write than The Little Sleep), Helen's help...

Meet the Mark Geneviches

I drew this for my book:

I had a little contest over at the Keenedom (a message board) and folks had to draw Mark Genevich for a chance to win a copies of No Sleep till Wonderland (plus a 6 CD audio of The Little Sleep).  Some of the entries are below!

Plus this last one from Ron Dickie, who crossed The Man in the Yellow Hat with Mark:

Amazon pulls Macmillian titles (yeah, my books too) over ebook scrape

There's a lot of digital pixels being spent on the topic.  So far, I like Cory Doctorow's take: Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties.

My second novel, No Sleep till Wonderland comes out on Tuesday.  Good timing, I know.

Who knows how long the amazon temper tantrum will last.  In the meantime, might I suggest you go to your local indie store.

No Sleep till Wonderland, coming Tuesday, will be available here:

B&NBBC Audiobooks AmericaBooksamillionBordersa

New Short Story Collection to be published by Chizine Publications, Fall 2010

I'm very pleased to announce that Chizine Publications will publish my second short fiction collection,  In the Mean Time,  fall of 2010.  The collection will include "The Teacher," "The Blog at the End of the World," "The Two-Headed Girl," "There's No Light Between Floors," and a whole slew of others.  There'll be a limited edition hardcover (with some extra goodies), a trade paperback, and an ebook.  So many choices!

Very pleased to be working with Brett Savory and the gang at CZP!

February 9th, Mysterious Bookshop (NYC) with Dave Zeltserman

Hey, New York City folk, Dave Zeltserman (author of Small Crimes and Pariah) and I will be reading/signing/appearing (in that order) at Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street, Tuesday, Feb 9th, 6:30-8:00 pm. Come for the crime, stay for the books. Or the other way around.

No Sleep Till Wonderland: Interview, Crider, Kingdom Books, Contest

8 days until the No Sleep till Wonderland release.  Can you stand it?  In the meantime…

–Award winning author Tom Piccirilli interviews me over at The Big Adios.

–Author Bill Crider posts his review: "There's no detective out there like Mark Genevich, and if you're looking for something different and darkly funny, you should check out Tremblay's books ASAP."

–Beth Kanell from Kingdom Books posted an in-depth review (and one, clearly, I like very much!):

"Dave and I heard from a very established...