by Admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Matthew Scudder, News
Over at Screenwriter’s Utopia, Scott Frank talked at length about writing and directing A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. It’s a fascinating Q&A! Click here to read the interview
by LB | Aug 6, 2014 | News
Beginning of May I spent a few hours with Neda Ulaby of National Public Radio, and the resultant profile will air on NPR’s Morning Edition Thursday, August 7th. (That’s tomorrow as I post this, but may be today or yesterday by the time you get around to...
by LB | Jul 7, 2014 | News
Stolen, without shame or apology, from a Yahoo newsgroup— Senior trying to set a password: WINDOWS: Please enter your new password. USER: cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters USER: boiled cabbage WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain...
by LB | Jul 5, 2014 | News
Many of my books have been translated into various languages and published around the globe. But many have not, and there’s a new web-based business that brings writers and translators together on a shared-royalty basis. Will it work? I’ve no idea, but it...
by Admin | Jun 9, 2014 | Matthew Scudder, News, News + Events
In a post on this page almost two years ago, I noted that Lawrence Block, master storyteller with a sense of Yiddishkeit and gumshoe charm, has fans all over the world, mostly in North America, where his detective novels have done very well over the years. Click here...
by LB | Feb 13, 2014 | For Writers, News, News + Events
Publishing circles were reeling today after this morning’s surprise announcement of the merger of pop fiction titans James Patterson and Clive Cussler, who between them are likely to account for twenty bestsellers in calendar year 2014 alone. While neither...