by Admin | May 18, 2012 | For Writers, Reviews
“It’s hard for me to be objective about Lawrence Block. His photo was taped to the wall above my computer for several years. I considered him my mentor, but not like the guru who dispenses wisdom from on high. To me, he was more like a big brother who’s been...
by Admin | Apr 29, 2012 | For Writers
A few weeks ago I was looking over the eBook of The Liar’s Bible. I came across a piece I wrote in the early 1980s, “Getting By on a Writer’s Income.” When I posted it on my blog, it got touted and tweeted and reposted to a fare-thee-well. If my site had...
by LB | Apr 29, 2012 | Commentary, For Writers
A few weeks ago I was looking over the eBook of The Liar’s Bible. I came across a piece I wrote in the early 1980s, “Getting By on a Writer’s Income.” When I posted it on my blog, it got touted and tweeted and reposted to a fare-thee-well. If my site had...
by LB | Apr 27, 2012 | Audiobooks, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Chip Harrison, For Writers, Keller, Matthew Scudder, Non-Series Novels
No, of course you don’t. But what I’m getting at, albeit circuitously, is that I always thought of reading as an activity one performs with one’s eyes. I’ve since learned that doesn’t have to be the case. Plenty of us get as much or more...
by LB | Apr 22, 2012 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, For Writers, Matthew Scudder
All these things happened in the space of a week or so: 1. My friend Pat reported that the POD paperback of the book he’d co-authored with my friend Dick had gone on sale quietly at Amazon, with a score of copies sold in the first several days. (The eBook has...
by LB | Apr 5, 2012 | For Writers
Recently, to give you all a taste of one of the new books for writers I ePublished in 2011, I posted a Writer’s Digest column of mine (“Writing, Always Writing”) from The Liar’s Companion. Enough of you responded enthusiastically to prompt me...
