by LB | Mar 26, 2012 | For Writers
In 1976 I began a monthly instructional column on fiction writing for Writers Digest, and kept at it for fourteen years. Two books, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and Spider, Spin Me a Web, grew out of that job, and they’re both still in print many years and...
by LB | Jul 21, 2021 | Audiobooks, For Writers, Write For Your Life
This will be brief—for two reasons. First, I’ve only got one piece of information to impart. I think it’s a significant one, but it shouldn’t take all that many words to convey it. Secondly, I’ve got a train to catch; my Frequent Companion and I are actually taking an...
by LB | Nov 18, 2020 | Audiobooks, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books
Well, hello there. Let me begin with apologies, and abject ones at that. I’ve just had a look at my most recent newsletter, and am reminded that I’d called it LB’s Blue Moon Newsletter, to acknowledge that I’d somehow lost the knack of regular communication. That was...
by Admin | Sep 26, 2019 | Anthologies, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, For Writers, From Sea to Stormy Sea, News + Events, Newsletter, Nonfiction
Is this going to be like one of those Garrison Keillor reports from Lake Woebegon? Kind of folksy and droll? Probably not. It’s true that if I had a couple of elves named Folksy and Droll I could probably find work for them. But for now I just want to share a...
by Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Audiobooks, Books, News + Events, Newsletter
This won’t take us long. As many of you know, I’ve accepted a position as writer-in residence at Newberry College in (duh) Newberry, South Carolina. And I’m glad I did—the campus is lovely, my colleagues are engaging company, and my students are...
