by LB | Nov 3, 2015 | Anthologies
The professional backwater of anthologist is ideal for an antiquated scribbler. I get to add new books to the shelves, with all the attendant ego gratification that my name on a book cover still provides me, but am spared the need to sit down and actually write...
by LB | Oct 30, 2015 | For Writers, Matthew Scudder, News
You don’t have to believe in coincidence to be struck by the way things tend to coincide. I’ve been busy these days, working on an expanded and updated edition of Writing the Novel from Plot to Print. The book’s been a leader in its field since 1978,...
by LB | Oct 26, 2015 | For Writers, Store
David Trevor here. (But that’s obvious. My prose isn’t as smooth as LB’s, or anywhere near as uplifting as Erin’s. Deal with it.) A little history, okay? In 1976 LB started writing a fiction column for Writers Digest, and it ran monthly for...
by LB | Oct 6, 2015 | Store, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
I published The Burglar who Counted the Spoons in 2013 on Christmas Day, and the true first edition was this signed-and-numbered hardcover limited, with Manny Schongut’s painting mounted on its gold-stamped dark green leather cover. We had a rush of orders,...
by LB | Oct 6, 2015 | Events, Martin Ehrengraf, The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes
Come Thursday, I’ll be on a train to Raleigh, where I’ll spend the weekend at Bouchercon, memorably labeled by Nathan Detroit as the oldest established permanent floating mystery convention in the world. Here’s my scherdule for the weekend: Friday,...
