by LB | May 23, 2016 | Anthologies, In Sunlight or in Shadow
From http://www.mwany.org, the website of the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America: What sparks creativity in you? Music? Photography? Dance? Sculpture? For an upcoming anthology, In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper,...
by LB | May 21, 2016 | John Warren Wells, Keller, LB's Classic Crime Library, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica, Martin Ehrengraf
How to beat the system in 4 easy steps: 1. Click here and sign up for a 30-day FREE membership in Kindle Unlimited. Cost: $0.00 2. Borrow 10 books and download them to your Kindle. (Recommended: Keller’s Fedora, any of 16 Classic Crime Library titles, any of...
by LB | May 18, 2016 | Keller, Newsletter
Well, it took a while, but I’m delighted to tell you that my brand-new Keller novella, Keller’s Fedora, is on sale right now at all Amazon sites. It’s a Kindle Single, which assures it a heavy promotional push from the Amazonians. But if you click...
by LB | May 17, 2016 | Likes to Read
5/27 #MyFavoriteBooks Just what the title says it is: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. A couple of years ago I was cruising the North Atlantic aboard Holland America’s Veendam. I was alone, working every day on what turned out to be The...
by LB | May 13, 2016 | Keller, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica, Newsletter
I know, I know. I told you that my brand-new novella, Keller’s Fedora, would be on sale May 10. Well, that day has come and gone, as days are wont to do, and you haven’t seen the novella, and neither has anybody else. Copy editing took a little longer than...
by LB | May 12, 2016 | Keller
A while back I announced that a new Keller novella, “Keller’s Fedora,” would debut as a Kindle Single on May 10. Well, like Bogart in Casablanca, I was misinformed. Amazon’s copy-editing process took a little longer than expected, and their...
by LB | May 5, 2016 | Anthologies, Audiobooks, Borderline, For Writers, John Warren Wells, The Crime of Our Lives, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
No, I’m not accusing you of inattention. It’s just my lame way of introducing the topic du jour, which, as you may have inferred, is the wide world of audiobooks. Some of us call it reading with your ears. Call it what you will, it’s a rapid-growth...
by LB | Apr 23, 2016 | Anthologies, Keller, LB's Collection of Classic Erotica, Resume Speed, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
…and the first is that it’s spring, although you wouldn’t know it by the newsletter template, would you? I seem to find it all too simple to choose this particular Falling Leaves template over and over again, irrespective of the date on the calendar,...
by LB | Apr 20, 2016 | Non-Series Novels
Mystery Readers Journal turned its attention to New York mysteries in its Spring 2016 issue, and Janet Rudolph invited me to contribute an essay. Here it is; click to get the entire issue, or even better to subscribe. All Around the Town by Lawrence Block In July of...
by LB | Apr 16, 2016 | Keller, LB's Classic Crime Library, Matthew Scudder, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
…but while he’s relaxing, we’ve got ground of our own to cover. There’s a lot to tell you, so let me Hop To It.1. Those books at ridiculous prices. Earlier this month David, my Indispensable Assistant, tipped you off about a close-out...
