by Admin | May 24, 2018 | Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter, Resume Speed, Short Stories
Huh? I don’t even know what that means. In journalism, the lede is what you start off with, because it’s the most important part of the story. Thus you are well advised to lead off with it—and when you don’t, you’re burying the lede. So...
by Admin | May 19, 2018 | Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Guten Tag! Ich hoffe, dass es Ihnen gut geht und Sie die Frühlingsonne genießen. Hier in New York hat der Winter damit gedroht, niemals ein Ende zu nehmen, aber mittlerweile können wir endlich unsere Anoraks und Mäntel wegpacken und den Frühling begrüßen. Die große...
by Admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Books, Matthew Scudder, Newsletter, Resume Speed, Short Stories
…even as all of y’all may be wondering why the falling leaves template is here to announce the long-awaited vernal season. I was going to try passing it off as a nod to my readers in Australia and New Zealand, whom I do in fact cherish, but the actual...
by LB | Mar 19, 2018 | Books, Matthew Scudder, Midcentury Erotica, News + Events, Newsletter
…but for the fact that an overgrown rodent in Punxutawney saw his shadow and blessed us all with six more weeks of winter. Which still makes it hard to explain the falling-autumn-leaves motif of this newsletter, but it’s my favorite template and I keep...
by LB | Feb 25, 2018 | Alive in Shape and Color, Anthologies, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, In Sunlight or in Shadow, Keller, News + Events, Newsletter, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
. . .and for those of you who subscribed within the past ninety days, I trust I’ve laid to rest any worries you may have had that I’d fill your mailbox to overflowing. Quite the reverse, and I apologize for the long silence. I can but hope you had a better...
by LB | Nov 21, 2017 | Random Walk
It was thirty years ago, and I was stuck for something to write. I’d already booked my first stay in an artists colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. I wasn’t sure what it would be like, and I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do...
