by LB | Jan 20, 2012 | Matthew Scudder, Short Stories
“Scudder, I found out, was not that easily abandoned. And so in 1977 I started writing a short story about him, ‘Out the Window,’ and it ran long enough for us to call it a novelette. Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine published it in their...
by Admin | Jan 13, 2012 | Midcentury Erotica, Reviews
‘Strange Embrace’ is one of Block’s earliest detective novels, and that gives it a raw energy that works in its favor. There’s more mystery and less sex, which may or may not improve the mix for readers. It depends on your tastes, which, if...
by Admin | Jan 5, 2012 | Books, Matthew Scudder, Reviews
“It’s no secret that in my other life (that of an unrepentant writer of PI fiction), I have always acknowledged the debt I owe to Lawrence Block’s magnificent creation, Matt Scudder. So the moment I realised Block’s new collection of short stories, THE NIGHT AND...
by LB | Jan 1, 2012 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Keller, Matthew Scudder, Short Stories, Store
This has been an exciting year for me in the brave new world of self-publishing. While I’ve had a handful of short stories dipping a toe in the waters for a couple of years now, in 2011 I jumped in with both feet—and a slew of stories, and a couple of books as...
by Admin | Dec 31, 2011 | Interviews + Guest Blogs, Jill Emerson
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by LB | Dec 25, 2011 | Keller, Nonfiction
I’d planned on waiting a few weeks to publish my collected columns from Linn’s Stamp News. Incredibly, I’ve already brought out six new books in 2011, and you’d think that would be enough. But I gathered twenty-five columns together, into a...
