by LB | Jan 11, 2016 | Matthew Scudder, News
Haben Sie Deutsch lesen? If Google Translator is to be trusted (and, like a broken clock, it’s right at least twice a day) I’ve just asked you if you read German. If so, I’ve got an announcement to make, and a favor to ask. It’s bothered me for...
by LB | Jan 9, 2016 | Non-Series Novels, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
Global warming notwithstanding, it’s definitely winter around here. We hopped over to Reykjavik for the solstice, where they celebrate Christmas in the most civilized way imaginable. On Christmas Eve, people get together and give each other gifts, and the gifts...
by LB | Jan 3, 2016 | For Writers, News
Back in the day, there was an advertisement that appeared in no end of magazines, sometimes as a classified, sometimes as a small-space ad. It read like this: LAST CHANCE TO SEND YOUR DOLLAR TO PO BOX 314, EAST JESUS, KANSAS. That’s the extent of it. No Zip...
by LB | Dec 31, 2015 | Chip Harrison, For Writers, Newsletter
Well, hello there, and Happy New Year! Whether you’re reading this before or after one year turns into another, know that I wish you nothing but joy in the Year of the Monkey, 2016. We’re kicking it off with Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel...
by LB | Dec 19, 2015 | News, Short Stories
Back in October, on the train heading home to New York from Raleigh Bouchercon, I got an idea for a short story. Now it had probably been percolating for a long time, because I can trace its origins to a personal experience I’d heard a man recount perhaps...
