by LB | Mar 17, 2014 | John Warren Wells
Verde, que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas El barco sobre la man y el caballo en la montaña. Con la sombra en la cintura ella sueña en su baranda, verde carne, pelo verde, y ojos de fria plata… I hope you don’t mind my quoting the...
by LB | Mar 3, 2014 | John Warren Wells
Ah, yes. Let me count the ways, while Bernie Rhodenbarr counts his spoons. But first an Act Fast! announcement, of special import to fans of Martin Ehrengraf and aficionados of finely printed books. Defender of the Innocent: the Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf is...
by LB | Feb 13, 2014 | For Writers, News, News + Events
Publishing circles were reeling today after this morning’s surprise announcement of the merger of pop fiction titans James Patterson and Clive Cussler, who between them are likely to account for twenty bestsellers in calendar year 2014 alone. While neither...
by LB | Dec 8, 2013 | Likes to Read
Last night my Frequent Companion and I attended the annual Black Orchid Banquet of the Wolfe Pack, an international organization of Rex Stout devotees. I had the honor of presenting the annual toast to the man himself. As I mentioned on Facebook, my remarks constitute...
by LB | Dec 1, 2013 | For Writers
Every writer finds the question “Where do you get your ideas?”annoying, even insulting in its presupposition that the idea’s all there is to it. Shakespeare got most of HIS ideas from other writers; do you think it was the idea of it that enabled him...