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Stop me before I write more!
Back in October, on the train heading home to New York from Raleigh Bouchercon, I got an idea for a short story. Now it had probably been percolating for a long time, because I can trace its origins to...
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Dept. of Last Chances…
Back in the day, there was an advertisement that appeared in no end of magazines, sometimes as a classified, sometimes as a small-space ad. It read like this: LAST CHANCE TO SEND YOUR DOLLAR TO PO BOX...
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Lesen Sie Deutsch?
Haben Sie Deutsch lesen? If Google Translator is to be trusted (and, like a broken clock, it’s right at least twice a day) I’ve just asked you if you read German. If so, I’ve got an announcement to...
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FREE—today only!
On Monday I sent out a newsletter announcing that the first Kit Tolliver story, “If You Can’t Stand the Heat,” was free on all Amazon platforms worldwide. A comforting number of you hastened to...
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Flash! (Like, seriously…)
Aren’t they pretty? That’s the LB logo on the cap, and nothing else to clutter it up—no web address, no catchy slogan, no sales pitch. And pretty’s the least of it. What a supremely useful gadget!...
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Put the pedal to the metal—and RESUME SPEED!
I know, you just heard from me a few days ago, right? Last thing I want to do is clutter your mailbox. But I don’t want y’all to miss this. You may recall I’ve mentioned a novella I wrote immediately...
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How to pre-order Resume Speed from Subterranean Press
With Resume Speed moving ever higher on the Kindle charts—just now it’s #278 among all paid Kindle titles, and #1 in all three listed categories—it’s probably a good time to let y’all know about the...
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Nyack book launch canceled!
NYACK EVENT CANCELED! Sorry to report that a book launch scheduled for Friday at Hopper House in Nyack has been canceled due to unforeseen scheduling complications. But we’ll celebrate the publication...
View ArticleThe Guardian: Dames, detectives and dope: why we still love hardboiled crime
The archetype was born: men out for justice and/or revenge, pounding perpetually rainy streets in a dark American city. But isn’t he an anachronism today? “I suspect he always was,” says author...
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It’s me again…
You’ve got to be kidding. Three newsletters in three weeks? What can I say? Far too much, evidently. Months go by without word from you, and then you turn up in our mailboxes every seven days. Um—...
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