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Celebrations in the Ossuary 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Guest Post: David Cranmer on Celebrations in the Ossuary & Other Poems Many thanks to the Do Some Damage crew for allowing me to say a few words about Kyle J. Knapp's posthumous poetry collection, C...
Best crime flicks of the aughts (2000-2009) 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 (I'm using Wikipedia's definition of the aughts here: The 2000s, pronounced "two thousands", was a decade that began on January 1, 2000,and ended on December 31,...
We're all in this together 25 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE By: Joelle Charbonneau Years ago, I was sitting around with lots of other writers and a few of their family members. None of us had yet to publish....
Writing Under the Morning Stars 24 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
By Scott D. Parker Here’s a fact you may not know: 5:00am is really early. My boy returned to school this past Tuesday thus ending my magical summer writing time of 6am. I have been waking up at 6a...
Elmore Leonard 23 Aug 2013 | 01:57 pm
by Russel D McLean “I once asked this literary agent what kind of writing paid the best. He said, “Ransom notes.”” – Harry Zimm, Get Shorty For me, Elmore Leonard – who died on 20/08/13 – was and ....
Tuesdays With Tyrus 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
By Steve Weddle On Tuesday, I talked to Ben LeRoy of Tyrus Books -- publisher for my upcoming COUNTRY HARDBALL. http://youtu.be/orHHBfu2wMc?t=1s We talked about dead elephants, baseball, and steam ...
Wee Danny by Gerard Brennan 21 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
Gerard Brennan's acclaimed novella Wee Rockets was a pulsating slice of Belfast grit, following the lives of a gang of teenagers who spent their time harassing old folks and getting wrecked in parks o...
Italics - yes or no? 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This week I’m going over the final copy edit of my novel, Black Rock. The (terrific) copy editor, Jen, has put all the French in italics. So, the opening line of the book is: Constable Eddie Doughert...
Understanding What Comes From A Character's Crazy Mind 19 Aug 2013 | 05:47 pm
In order to write compelling characters, you have to understand something about people. It's something deep. Something foundational. You have to really be able to understand what motivates your cha...
College Bound 18 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE By: Joelle Charbonneau My son is only five, so I am not one of the many parents taking their children to college this month. However, two of my stu...
