by LB | Jan 22, 2016 | News, Newsletter
On Monday I sent out a newsletter announcing that the first Kit Tolliver story, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat,” was free on all Amazon platforms worldwide. A comforting number of you hastened to download it, and today—that would be Friday, January...
by Admin | Jan 20, 2016 | Books, News + Events, Non-Series Novels, Reviews, The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes
A dark and sexy ride through the psyche of a good cop gone terribly bad. … Block absolutely nails it with this one. Some people may get unsettled but I say sometimes you need to leave your sensibilities aside and just get you hands dirty. … A dark, dirty...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2016 | Books, Interviews + Guest Blogs, News + Events, Nonfiction, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
In this very special episode of COVERED, Harry sits down (in person!) with legendary crime and mystery writer, Lawrence Block, to discuss Block’s updated edition of his invaluable writing handbook Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print to Pixel. They also talk about...
by LB | Jan 18, 2016 | Jill Emerson, Non-Series Novels
Kit Tolliver is a beautiful and personable young woman with an unusual lifestyle. She picks up men, goes home with them, has mutually enjoyable sex with them—and then kills them. (And, when she can, robs them while she’s at it. I mean, a girl’s got to make...
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 Admin | Jan 4, 2016 | For Writers, Nonfiction, Reviews, Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
WRITING THE NOVEL FROM PLOT TO PRINT TO PIXEL is like having a pocket-sized mentor you can consult any time. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy Click here to read the review
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...
