#1 New York Times Bestselling Author & TV Producer
I got a spam email the other day from Dawn Doodle of Mystery Lovers Corner, an amateurish website that, for a one-time fee of $35, will list your bio and one of your books. You don’t want readers to wonder why your books aren’t here. Lots of categories to classify your books. We had our … Read more
Author, editor, and publisher Ed Gorman reports on his must-read blog that he’s about to undergo radiation treatment in his battle against cancer. I noted a while back that I wouldn’t be commenting on my health unless things changed. I’m about to go through three five day weeks of radiation therapy. I’ll work in the … Read more
The fat WGA election packet arrived in the mail yesterday. I haven’t opened it yet. I’m dreading going through all the election material and reading all the statements. I haven’t made up my mind yet how to vote. This one isn’t easy. My friend Mark Evanier does a great job summing up the election over … Read more
I got this email the other day: If you’ve got any time in your hectic sked to offer me advice I’d be grateful. As far as I know, you’re not a lawyer, but as a seasoned pro you may know! Anyone that writes anything knows that ideas float around the ether waiting to be written. … Read more
I was procrastinating this morning, so I decided to see what folks were saying about me in the blogosphere (via Blogpulse). And I found this: My friends at WJBQ made mention of the blog again yesterday…and let the cat out of the bag that I love Lee Goldberg. Surely she’s not talking about me. So … Read more
Fandom Wank reports today that a fanficcer named "cousinjean" appealed to her readers to subsidize her fanfiction writing: I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails over the past year asking if and when I’m going to finish both Dancing Lessons and my sequel to The Butterfly Effect. Believe me when I say that nobody is more … Read more
I got this spam email today: Dear fellow MWA members and members of the forensic society, I have written a murder mystery series beginning with Death, Then Murder and Murder Under Fire starring C.J. Thompson and Lauren Lamplier. I have also written a nonfiction book letting everyone know that God sends messages to … Read more
I’m stunned, thrilled, and flattered to report that Kirkus Reviews has given my new novel THE MAN WITH THE IRON-ON BADGE a starred review in this week’s issue. I wish all weeks started off this good. *A star is assigned to books of unusual merit, determined by the editors of Kirkus Reviews. "Veteran TV writer … Read more
I got this email today. It’s so, um, incredible that the only way to truly appreciate it is to read the whole thing. I present it here unedited. All I’ve done is remove the sender’s name (why, oh why, do they write to me?) Dear Sir, I can only imagine once you have read the … Read more
My Mom is going through chemotherapy for a third time and wrote about the experience on her blog. She was delighted and touched to get this email this morning from a DIAGNOSIS MURDER fan. So was I. Dear Mrs. Curran, You don’t know me, but I know you through your son Lee. I am a … Read more