by Admin | Aug 15, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“GETTING OFF is a very well-written novel (no surprise there) with a compelling protagonist. It’s a rare book that will get me to stay up late to finish it these days, but this one did. If you’re already a Lawrence Block fan, you’re probably...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“Getting Off is frequently very funny, with a sharp satirical edge that cuts into sexual mores and the notion of healing through closure. But it also has real insight into Kit’s state of mind. The prose is smooth – no surprise there; this is Lawrence Block,...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
AFTER THE FIRST DEATH In the summer of 1964, I moved from the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda to Racine, Wisconsin, to take an editorial position in the coin supply department of Whitman Publishing Company, itself a division of Western Printing. I enjoyed my time in the...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts
HERE’S WHAT I INITIALLY POSTED ABOUT AFTERTHOUGHTS, BEFORE THE BOOK BECAME AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: When I was preparing forty-plus backlist titles for publication as Open Road eBooks, I decided to add value by contributing an afterword of 1000-2000 words to be...
by LB | Aug 13, 2011 | Anne Campbell Clarke, Books, LB's Afterthoughts
And here, without further ado, or further exclamation points, is the afterword for a book nobody ever heard of, by a pen name on one ever heard from before or since: PASSPORT TO PERIL by Lawrence Block writing as Anne Campbell Clark In 1966 I was living at 16...
by LB | Aug 12, 2011 | Books, Jill Emerson
An eBook price break for GETTING OFF has led to the following exchange between the author and his other self: Lawrence Block: There’s some interesting news about the price of Getting Off. Jill Emerson: Ah, the high cost of getting off. Always a problem… LB: That’s...
by Admin | Aug 9, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Reviews
“Anyone who wants to be a writer, who is thinking of being a writer, or who just likes to read how a writer thinks will want to read Lawrence Block’s new book on writing called Afterthoughts. Plus it gives a very real, very clear picture of how things were in a...
by Admin | Aug 8, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Reviews
“Afterthoughts is three things. Firstly it is a collection of all the prologues & epilogues that LB has added to various stories throughout the years as they’ve received new attention. Secondly, it is a fantastic introduction to not only the unknown,...
by Admin | Aug 7, 2011 | Jill Emerson
Lawrence Block: There’s some interesting news about the price of Getting Off. Jill Emerson: Ah, the high cost of getting off. Always a problem… LB: That’s Getting Off, with capital letters. JE: Ah, my mistake. Capital letters. I have a problem with...
by Admin | Aug 7, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Reviews
I received the following IM from a prominent small-press publisher: “Larry, understand that I don’t have the @#$%ing time for this sort of nonsense, but I started reading Afterthoughts today, and found myself a quarter of a way through before I...
