Terry Shames's Blog: 7 Criminal Minds, page 161
May 28, 2019
It Doesn't Matter What You Buy Your Dad, He'll Hate It.
No, I'm kidding. Sort of. I mean, some of us dads are conditioned to expect to hate our gifts from the years of socks and ties and pictures from the kids that we had to try to decipher to avoid breaking a young heart.
[Peering at the drawing] "Is it.... a spider? A horse? Oh, I see, it's a car. No? A building? Really? I mean...oh, yeah, of course. I see it. Great building, kiddo."
To hell with that. Get your dad something he wants, and that you can afford.
I'd like to say you can't go wrong with...
[Peering at the drawing] "Is it.... a spider? A horse? Oh, I see, it's a car. No? A building? Really? I mean...oh, yeah, of course. I see it. Great building, kiddo."
To hell with that. Get your dad something he wants, and that you can afford.
I'd like to say you can't go wrong with...
May 27, 2019
Fathers
Q: Father’s Day is June 16th – so there’s time for you to recommend some crime-themed reading that could be a useful gift idea for dads of different ages, and with different interests…and allow those reading the blog to order it, and get it in time to wrap it!
from Susan
Both my father and my step-father are long since deceased and my relationship with both was complicated. My father was a war correspondent in WWII, whom my mother divorced when I was five or six and whom I really didn...
from Susan
Both my father and my step-father are long since deceased and my relationship with both was complicated. My father was a war correspondent in WWII, whom my mother divorced when I was five or six and whom I really didn...
May 24, 2019
For my old man
By Abir
Father’s day is a special day. A day of love for the man who was probably one of the most important formative influences on your life. For many of us, especially boys and men, our father’s approval means a lot, possibly even too much. My own father, to whom my first novel was dedicated, passed away a few years ago, just before that novel was published. He knew it was coming, but didn’t live to see it in print. So for me, there’s a special poignancy to the subject of my dad and books. H...
Father’s day is a special day. A day of love for the man who was probably one of the most important formative influences on your life. For many of us, especially boys and men, our father’s approval means a lot, possibly even too much. My own father, to whom my first novel was dedicated, passed away a few years ago, just before that novel was published. He knew it was coming, but didn’t live to see it in print. So for me, there’s a special poignancy to the subject of my dad and books. H...
May 23, 2019
Father’s Day
The topic for this week is what crime fiction would you recommend for a Father’s Day gift?
From Jim
I grew up in a large family. I remember the fun times of playing sports in our yard with my brothers and the neighborhood kids. We played football in torrential downpours, especially enjoying sliding through the mud. The wetter the better. I suspect my mother enjoyed it less than we did, at least when we presented our muddy clothes for washing. And our games tore up the lawn. Dad urged us to stop...
From Jim
I grew up in a large family. I remember the fun times of playing sports in our yard with my brothers and the neighborhood kids. We played football in torrential downpours, especially enjoying sliding through the mud. The wetter the better. I suspect my mother enjoyed it less than we did, at least when we presented our muddy clothes for washing. And our games tore up the lawn. Dad urged us to stop...
May 22, 2019
A baker’s dozen
by Dietrich
Although not all crime fiction and not all current, here are my top picks from the books that I’ve recently enjoyed, and ones that I would recommend for anyone looking for the perfect pick for their dad.
First up, I revisited
Deliverance
by James Dickey. It was poet Dickey’s first novel, and it sure hasn’t lost any of its spark after its original pub date of nearly fifty years ago. It’s prose is as sharp as it gets — a whitewater page-turner of survival in the Georgia wilderness.&nb...
Although not all crime fiction and not all current, here are my top picks from the books that I’ve recently enjoyed, and ones that I would recommend for anyone looking for the perfect pick for their dad.
First up, I revisited
Deliverance
by James Dickey. It was poet Dickey’s first novel, and it sure hasn’t lost any of its spark after its original pub date of nearly fifty years ago. It’s prose is as sharp as it gets — a whitewater page-turner of survival in the Georgia wilderness.&nb...
May 21, 2019
Happy Father's Day
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May 20, 2019
The Gift of Crime Fiction by Brenda Chapman
Father’s Day is June 16th – so there’s time for you to recommend some crime-themed reading that could be a useful gift idea for dads of different ages, and with different interests…and allow those reading the blog to order it, and get it in time to wrap it!I am going to be very interested in the recommendations of my fellow bloggers over the next two weeks because I'm always open to finding new authors to read. I'd also like to recommend the books of all the authors on this blog as a place to...
May 17, 2019
The Swag Man Cometh
Swag: what do you do about this knotty question? Have you wasted money in the past? What works best for you, and why? Do you have an annual budget?
by Paul D. Marks
I’m not a big swaggart. About the only thing I’ve done to this point swag-wise is bookmarks. I did have business cards printed, but almost never give them out, instead handing out the bookmarks. So the biz cards sit forlornly in my office gathering dust, but I do like the picture on them. And they helped keep someone employed, so I’...
by Paul D. Marks
I’m not a big swaggart. About the only thing I’ve done to this point swag-wise is bookmarks. I did have business cards printed, but almost never give them out, instead handing out the bookmarks. So the biz cards sit forlornly in my office gathering dust, but I do like the picture on them. And they helped keep someone employed, so I’...
May 16, 2019
Don't Give Me A Glue Gun.
Swag: what do you do about this knotty question? Have you wasted money in the past? What works best for you, and why? Do you have an annual budget? By Catriona
Have I wasted money in the past? Have I? Not just money: effort, time, dignity . . . I suck at swag. When I was starting out, I read somewhere that postcards were the thing, and far better than bookmarks or business cards. So I got thousands of postcards made and then was too scared of looking pushy to "use them for all casual...
Have I wasted money in the past? Have I? Not just money: effort, time, dignity . . . I suck at swag. When I was starting out, I read somewhere that postcards were the thing, and far better than bookmarks or business cards. So I got thousands of postcards made and then was too scared of looking pushy to "use them for all casual...
May 15, 2019
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