by LB | Jan 18, 2024 | Audiobooks, John Warren Wells, LB's Afterthoughts, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica
Two of them, actually. Each is a part of the burgeoning universe of audiobooks, and both of them surprised me, as a Damon Runyon character would phrase it, more than somewhat. The first surprise found me becoming for the first time an enthusiastic audiobook listener....
by LB | Oct 29, 2023 | A Writer Prepares, Audiobooks, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
Okay, what in the world are you talking about? I’m playing with words. You’re probably familiar with the acronym “AI”—capital A, capital I. Artificial intelligence. So? Well, the word “ai”—both letters lower case—turns up every second or third blue moon in crossword...
by LB | Jun 22, 2023 | Matthew Scudder
D-Day Minus Two! David Trevor here, doing for LB what he can’t seem to do for himself. In our most recent newsletter, which was devoted entirely to the deluxe Subterranean Press editions of The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown and The Autobiography Matthew Scudder,...
by LB | Jun 13, 2023 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder
Whoever it is, tell ’em to come back with a warrant. Now what kind of an attitude is that? Well, maybe you’ll change it when I answer the question. That’s Opportunity knocking, and she’s got places to go and people to see. You might want to put down your phone...
by LB | May 27, 2023 | Books
Here’s the link, missing at the end of the Naked & Deadly Introduction blog post: A Naked and Deadly...
by LB | May 27, 2023 | Books
As many of you may know, just about everything I’ve written, in a lifetime in which I’ve written far too much, is now once again available, much of it through the miracle of ebooks and print-on-demand paperbacks. The passing years have seen Ego and Avarice...
by LB | May 2, 2023 | Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
Oh, word play. How clever. And how perceptive of you to spot it. But let me move past the pleasantries, if that’s what they are, and get right to the news. Once that’s out of our way, I’ve another item that might make the headline a little more pertinent. First,...
by LB | Apr 25, 2023 | Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
THE SCUDDER CAPSTONE David Trevor here. I mentioned to LB that we were a long time between newsletters, and that we really ought to share a couple of reviews, etc. “So write one,” he said, and went back to whatever he was doing. (Don’t ask.) I’ll start with The...
by LB | Mar 17, 2023 | Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
I suppose you’re referring to Daylight Savings Time. I am, and its return always sparks joy, although I’d be hard-pressed to tell you why. It seems to promise extra hours, but I’ve never been able to find more than the usual twenty-four in a day. And even those hours...
by LB | Mar 1, 2023 | Books
There’s been a fair amount of media attention paid lately to the decisions of the estates of both Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to make extensive edits to their respective bodies of work with an eye toward improving passages that might strike a contemporary reader...