by LB | Aug 27, 2016 | Audio, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
..so let’s get to it, shall we? And let’s do it by the numbers. 1. I wrote something new. I hadn’t planned on it. In fact a failed two-week writing retreat in July made it clear to me that I wasn’t ready to write anything at all now, and...
by LB | Aug 5, 2016 | Audio, Jill Emerson, Matthew Scudder
Over a ten-year period starting in the mid-1960s, I brought out seven books as Jill Emerson. In 2011, I wrote an eighth—Getting Off, published by Hard Case Crime. And just last month I added a ninth book to the list—Shadows, the first book I ever wrote, originally...
by LB | Jul 15, 2016 | Newsletter
It’s been a while since I cluttered your mailbox with a newsletter. But it’s summer, as you’ve very likely noticed, and a summer replete with more distractions than usual, and so I hesitate to bother you at all. Still, there are a couple of quick...
by LB | Jun 24, 2016 | Audiobooks, For Writers, Keller, Resume Speed, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
…and today it’s a whole batch of somethings, one right after the other. So let me just plunge in rather than waste time searching for a clever approach. 1. If you’re a writer… …I hope you were able to take advantage of the StoryBundle...
by LB | Jun 7, 2016 | LB's Collection of Classic Erotica
A proficiency at pocket billiards, according to my father, was traditionally regarded as the sign of a misspent youth. I used to enjoy shooting pool, but I can’t say I was ever very good at it. (There was one New Year’s Day party at Don Westlake’s...