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Lawrence Block Answers the Usual Questions
Has your interaction with fans, for example, at conventions, affected your work? Sometimes. Is there any particular incident (a letter, a meeting, a comment that stands out? Once at a signing a fan was angry that Jan Keane, Scudder's girlfriend in one book, was no...
James Reasoner on Catch and Release
The thing about rereading Block is that you start to skim the story, thinking that you've already read it, and then before you know it you've slowed down and read the whole thing again. The prose just draws you in. Click here to read the review
Pumpkin time…
It's that time of year, isn't it? Leaves turning, pumpkins ripening in the field, and children creeping like snail unwillingly to school. I was going go treat you to a picture of a pumpkin patch, one that puts a nice seasonal spin on the notion of crop circles, but...
How work gets done. Around here, anyway.
A week or so ago I started a short story, and I put in a few hours here and there, and it's coming along well enough. I figure another week or two should see it through to the end. But it seems to have hit...well, not exactly a snag, but for the past few days I've...