Janice Law's Blog, page 14
March 6, 2013
A Nice Blog Post
http://blog.foxsoccer.com/post/44451671656/the-story-behind-the-story
A nice blog that should introduce Fires of London to a whole other audience.
March 5, 2013
I saw an older woman at the doctor’s who had a fabulous...
I saw an older woman at the doctor’s who had a fabulous patchwork coat on.
March 2, 2013
February 28, 2013
Reviews in the Digital Age
Book reviews used to come in the daily newspapers, not just in the Times and other ‘papers of record’ but in local morning and evening newspapers.
Those days are numbered if not totally gone. Now the lucky writer sees her book in digital print, as in this nice review of Fires of London from the folks at lambdaliterary.org.
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/02/25/gunnshots-winter-2013/#more-20226
February 23, 2013
Promotion in the Age of Websites
That good writers’ organization Sisters in Crime, still alas very much needed, has a new promotion, featuring a rotating series of member’s book covers on their website.
I was happy to learn that Fires of London was chosen as one for the next two weeks. See it and the other choices at the bottom of the page at www.sistersincrime.org.
February 21, 2013
Smoke and Drink
I’ve been reading some of the mysteries that John Banville writes as Benjamin Black, featuring the hard drinking pathologist, Dr. Quirk in 1950’s Dublin. The novels are very good but what has struck me as a fellow writer is Banville’s cleverness in picking the 1950’s.
I’d forgotten how much time in a novel can be taken up with drinking and, especially with smoking. These short novels would lose at least 20 pages apiece if the nicotine addicts kicked the cancer sticks. The modern, relatively smoke-free novel is clearly superior from a public health standpoint, but even this non-smoker must admit certain literary disadvantages to modern tobacco abstinence.
How atmospheric those old smoking scenes were. And how many little character traits could be revealed, how many shifts of emotion. Sucking the smoke in greedily as so many of Banville’s characters do. Delaying crucial moments with the business of lighting up. Signaling finality and resolution by stabbing out a butt.
Our lungs gain is the mystery genre’s loss.
February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day
February 13, 2013
Cover of The Crooked Road, vol 2
Cover of The Crooked Road, vol 2
Antholoy- The Crooked Road, vol 2
It’s always nice to be in a short story anthology from Ellery Queen Magazine.
Their latest, The Crooked Road, vol 2, was just released and is available on Amazon’s Kindle.
The Crooked Road Volume 2: Ellery Queen Presents Stories of Grifters, Gangsters, Hit Men, and Other Career Crooks [Kindle Edition]
Dana Cameron (Author), Peter Lovesey (Author), Lawrence Block (Author), Mark Coggins (Author), Ed McBain (Author), Lou Manfredo (Author), Edward D. Hoch (Author), Janice Law (Author), Doug Allyn (Author), Janet Hutchings (Editor)
In this anticipated follow up to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s first digital-only anthology, you’ll once again take the “low road” of grifters, hit men, and other career crooks, and come out with new insights into crime, revenge, and justice. Your path—led by stars like Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block, Edgar Award winner Doug Allyn, 2012 Agatha Award winner Dana Cameron, 2012 Dilys Award winner S.J. Rozan, and Edgar winner Edward D. Hoch—is winding, taking you through byways both humorous and deadly. You’ll follow the Prohibition-era gangsters of Mark Coggins and Lou Manfredo, and the contemporary mafiosos of Janice Law, Ed McBain, and Diamond Dagger award winner Peter Lovesey. With small-town scams and big-city hits, 2012 Shamus Award winner Michael Z. Lewin, film and television writer William Link, and award-winning novelist Andrew Klavan offer some comic relief, while Edgar nominee Kevin Wignall, Andrew Taylor, bestselling author Peri O’Shaugnessy, and EQMM Readers Award winner Clark Howard remind us where the Crooked Road can often lead. Edited by Janet Hutchings, this volume will surprise you with favorite series characters, dark humor, high stakes, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Hold on tight, and don’t miss it!
February 12, 2013
a free version of Zelijko Lucic as Rigoletto in the Dresden...
a free version of Zelijko Lucic as Rigoletto in the Dresden Opera production
