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 | May 16, 2019 | Anthologies, Audiobooks, Books, Matthew Scudder
While you and I have lips and voices which are for kissing and to sing with who cares if some oneeyed son of a bitch invents an instrument to measure Spring with? Is that a serious question? It was my introduction to E. E. Cummings. in 1954 I was killing time in my...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Are you out of your mind? Well, that’s not really for me to say. Why do you ask? What kind of a header is that, telling your readers not to waste their time on your newsletter? I just thought— Or is it all some kind of devious reverse psychology? You tell...
by Admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Okay, I give up. What’s that header supposed to mean? It means I couldn’t think of a title. The one thing I have to do today is get this newsletter out, and the first step toward that end is to come up with a header, and I couldn’t do it. Um…...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2019 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Well, hello there. We’re just a few days back from St. Petersburg. I liked the town so much during Bouchercon that we booked an airbnb apartment for two weeks, and had the great good fortune to be there when the Polar Vortex struck. And now it’s really...
by Admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
The four of us—Kristin and Mick, Elaine and I—stood on the stoop of their brownstone for the ritual round of hugs. Mick and I settled for a manly handclasp. “Safe home,” he said. It was a crisp Sunday night late in September, the sky free of clouds, and...
