by Admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Anthologies, Books, From Sea to Stormy Sea, Keller, News + Events, Newsletter, Nonfiction
That’s what you’re gonna go with? “A Vision for 2020?” Kind of lame, huh? I think the preferred phrase is “locomotionally challenged.” But it could be worse. You could have an exclamation point at the end. Or a string of dots. I...
by LB | Dec 23, 2019 | Books
“> BARGAIN TIME Well, isn’t that special? What’s the deal today, 50¢ off on a new Lexus? No, we’re doing a little better than that. We’re running a four-day special with substantial price cuts for eight books—two each in English,...
by Admin | Dec 14, 2019 | Books, News + Events, Newsletter, Nonfiction, The Crime of Our Lives
Again with the Buffalo? Again with the bent nails? I’m afraid so. The book’s published, and I wanted to let everybody know about it. It’s on sale now? Available for purchase? It is. Then why are you showing us a picture of From Sea to Stormy Sea?...
by Admin | Dec 1, 2019 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, News + Events, Newsletter, Nonfiction, The Crime of Our Lives
Oh, really? Is something wrong? “Rabbits Rabbits?” Look, I get it. It’s the first of the month, and you always tweet that curious phrase because you seem to think it brings a month’s worth of good luck. Do you honestly believe it makes a...
by Admin | Sep 26, 2019 | Anthologies, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, For Writers, From Sea to Stormy Sea, News + Events, Newsletter, Nonfiction
Is this going to be like one of those Garrison Keillor reports from Lake Woebegon? Kind of folksy and droll? Probably not. It’s true that if I had a couple of elves named Folksy and Droll I could probably find work for them. But for now I just want to share a...
by LB | Aug 28, 2019 | For Writers, The Crime of Our Lives
As part of a Labor Day promotion, three of my books for writers are eVailable for the next couple of days for the not-too-hefty sum of 99¢ apiece. Here are the Kindle links: The Liar’s Bible: https://amzn.to/2L2RWgQ The Liar’s Companion:...
by Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Audiobooks, Books, News + Events, Newsletter
This won’t take us long. As many of you know, I’ve accepted a position as writer-in residence at Newberry College in (duh) Newberry, South Carolina. And I’m glad I did—the campus is lovely, my colleagues are engaging company, and my students are...
by Admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Audiobooks, Books, Midcentury Erotica, News + Events, Newsletter, Non-Series Novels
“The Joys of Retirement,” eh? That’s really big type you used there. So? It’s almost as if you don’t believe it yourself. You know, if there were a special font for Irony I’d be on it like a mongoose on a cobra. My putative...
by Admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Earlier this week, I told you all about the indefatigable Anthony Trollope, and how he filled whole library shelves by writing 250 words a day, day in and day out. I remember. As did I, but what I remembered turned out to be wrong. Which is to say that I stand...
by LB | Jun 22, 2019 | Anthologies, At Home in the Dark
My foreword to At Home in the Dark has been getting some attention, and I thought some of you might enjoy having a look at it. And if it should induce you to order the anthology, well, so much the better! IT’S GETTING DARK IN HERE Ages ago, Lucille Ball had this...
