Bill Loehfelm's Blog, page 58
October 2, 2012
First pass pages arrived for THE DEVIL IN HER WAY, the next...
First pass pages arrived for THE DEVIL IN HER WAY, the next Maureen Coughlin novel & my first set in New Orleans. One of the last stages before production & publication
September 18, 2012
Maureen Coughlin (The Devil She Knows) starts over in New...
Maureen Coughlin (The Devil She Knows) starts over in New Orleans.
She’s traded in her apron for a badge. Shit’s about to get real.
May 2013.
September 8, 2012
Survived my first 5K. Finish was 50 yard line in the Dome.
Survived my first 5K. Finish was 50 yard line in the Dome.
August 27, 2012
This how we hurricane prep in the Loehfelm-Lambeth household....
This how we hurricane prep in the Loehfelm-Lambeth household. Plenty of candles, too.
August 23, 2012
Author copies arrived today. My story, Snake Hill, kicks off...
Author copies arrived today. My story, Snake Hill, kicks off this fine collection, which brings all five boroughs into Akashic’s NOIR series. Out November 6.
August 21, 2012
picadorbookroom:
“If you get the job, endeavor to stay on the...
“If you get the job, endeavor to stay on the beat for at least five years. The first two you won’t know what you are doing, the last three, you’ll be ready to do some business.”—David Simon’s advice for aspiring police and court reporters.
There’s an opening for David Simon’s old job on the beat at The Baltimore Sun.
source: poytner.com
August 20, 2012
Rep. Todd Akin and the evolution of a phrase like "legitimate rape."
A statement like the one Rep. Akin made comes from a message the far-right GOP has been trying to communicate for some time without saying out loud for fear of political backlash:
If abortion bans have rape/incest exceptions, all a woman has to do to get an abortion is show up at a clinic and claim rape or incest. The exception is a loophole. Any woman who wants an abortion is a moral failure anyway, so what’s to stop them from using the loophole? Any ban that includes an exception is not a real ban.
The attempt to parse degrees of rape is an attempt to put the burden of proof for rape or incest on the pregnant woman. I point you to the GOP’s 2011 effort to redefine rape: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/republican-plan-redefine-rape-abortion Hence all the clumsy verbal dancing in defense of no exception abortion policy.
A deeply held far-right wing disdain for unmarried women who have sex sustains these opinions and efforts. A large portion of the far-right base, both male and female voters, believe women who get raped deserve it and bring it on themselves.
August 17, 2012
Fifteen years ago I arrived in New Orleans, pulling up outside a...
Fifteen years ago I arrived in New Orleans, pulling up outside a one-bedroom apartment on St. Charles Avenue in an overstuffed Geo Metro. So began an ongoing love affair that has yet to abate in the slightest. Sweet Home New Orleans.
August 14, 2012
Available wherever books are sold.
Available wherever books are sold.
