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April 2, 2014
The Booktrap - a nice place to be caught.
I haven't posted for a while because I've been busy writing the next installment of Sam Dyke's investigations.
However, I have had time to get involved in the creation of a new site produced by writers but aimed at readers. It's called The Booktrap and it's been set up by writers from the Authonomy.com site. This site is run by publishers HarperCollins and is a place where writers can upload work for critique from other writers and eventually, if their work is popular enough, be read by the professionals at HarperCollins.
The Booktrap is an entirely separate undertaking, however, and includes a website promoting the authors' books and a Facebook page for general Facebooking stuff. Here are the links. Please go along and do the Liking thing.
The Booktrap webpage.
The Booktrap on Facebook.
However, I have had time to get involved in the creation of a new site produced by writers but aimed at readers. It's called The Booktrap and it's been set up by writers from the Authonomy.com site. This site is run by publishers HarperCollins and is a place where writers can upload work for critique from other writers and eventually, if their work is popular enough, be read by the professionals at HarperCollins.
The Booktrap is an entirely separate undertaking, however, and includes a website promoting the authors' books and a Facebook page for general Facebooking stuff. Here are the links. Please go along and do the Liking thing.
The Booktrap webpage.
The Booktrap on Facebook.
The Booktrap - a nice place to be caught.
I haven't posted for a while because I've been busy writing the next installment of Sam Dyke's investigations.
However, I have had time to get involved in the creation of a new site produced by writers but aimed at readers. It's called The Booktrap and it's been set up by writers from the Authonomy.com site. This site is run by publishers HarperCollins and is a place where writers can upload
However, I have had time to get involved in the creation of a new site produced by writers but aimed at readers. It's called The Booktrap and it's been set up by writers from the Authonomy.com site. This site is run by publishers HarperCollins and is a place where writers can upload
February 6, 2014
James W Hall - the brightness of Going Dark
James Hall is a poet and professor of literature, and this literary background informs all of his books. Hit List was an entertaining examination of what exactly best-sellers did to become best-sellers, and Hall's knowledge of structure, character and dialogue are, as usual, well to the foreground in his tenth Thorn book, Going Dark.
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James W Hall - the brightness of Going Dark
James Hall is a poet and professor of literature, and this literary background informs all of his books. Hit List was an entertaining examination of what exactly best-sellers did to become best-sellers, and Hall's knowledge of structure, character and dialogue are, as usual, well to the foreground in his tenth Thorn book, Going Dark.
Thorn is Hall's enigmatic hero, a man who, like Hiaasen's
Thorn is Hall's enigmatic hero, a man who, like Hiaasen's
January 10, 2014
Michael Connelly - is he guilty?
A long absence on this blog, folks, because I've been finishing a (non-crime) book and, you know, having Christmas and New Year and stuff.
So what's to report?
Well, I've recently read Michael Connelly's latest Mickey Haller book, The Gods of Guilt, and thought it was pretty terrible, actually. As with his Harry Bosch series, Connelly seems to be running out of steam. He relies way too much
So what's to report?
Well, I've recently read Michael Connelly's latest Mickey Haller book, The Gods of Guilt, and thought it was pretty terrible, actually. As with his Harry Bosch series, Connelly seems to be running out of steam. He relies way too much
November 12, 2013
Has Bond sunk Solo?
I've recently finished William Boyd's attempt at a James Bond novel, Solo, and pretty thin fare it is.
It pains me to say this, as I've been a fan of Boyd's for a long time, probably since Brazzaville Beach. He picks diverse subjects to write about and his style is straightforward and without too many literary flourishes, though he's always been regarded as a posh novelist rather than a
It pains me to say this, as I've been a fan of Boyd's for a long time, probably since Brazzaville Beach. He picks diverse subjects to write about and his style is straightforward and without too many literary flourishes, though he's always been regarded as a posh novelist rather than a
October 21, 2013
Online Crime-writing Workshop
I don't usually respond to advertising requests - well, all right, I do - but I thought this was interestingly and directly relevant to the topic of this blog, which is about how crime writers do what they do.
Carrie King from WritersWebTV has written to me asking if I would promote this event and I think it's interesting enough to warrant further publicity. Rather than try to paraphrase it,
Carrie King from WritersWebTV has written to me asking if I would promote this event and I think it's interesting enough to warrant further publicity. Rather than try to paraphrase it,
October 13, 2013
Awesome Indies
Not really a blog, more of a boast ...
I'm proud to say that Actress has been accepted by the discerning crowd at Awesome Indies, and is officially 'Approved' as an awesome independently-published work. A book has to go through some hoops to be allowed into the lists, so it's particularly gratifying Actress made it through.
You can find the site, and the list of books that have attained an
I'm proud to say that Actress has been accepted by the discerning crowd at Awesome Indies, and is officially 'Approved' as an awesome independently-published work. A book has to go through some hoops to be allowed into the lists, so it's particularly gratifying Actress made it through.
You can find the site, and the list of books that have attained an
October 1, 2013
Private Eyes Rule!
Just a note to advertise a new anthology of private eye short stories to which I've contributed a new Sam Dyke story. There are also stories from Reed Farrel Coleman, Bill Crider, James Winter, Fred Zackel, J.L. Abramo, Jochem Vandersteen, Sean Dexter and some newer names like Kit Rohrbacher, Peter DiChellis and others.
As a sidebar, I also designed the cover. Thankfully, people seem to like it
As a sidebar, I also designed the cover. Thankfully, people seem to like it
September 6, 2013
US TV - the new noir?
I've just started watching the great show Southland's series 5. If you don't know it, it's set in the south of LA and follows a group of LA cops going about their daily lives, both in and out of uniform. Our introduction into the life of the cops was with young rookie Ben, who is now a seasoned officer and is beginning to toughen up.
What I like about the show is that it takes no prisoners. The
What I like about the show is that it takes no prisoners. The
