Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Haul (no legs)

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Christa Faust

Several readers have asked about my haul from the paperback show. Here you go: (Sorry, no legs in this photo.) I wound up with a mix of beater reading copies and nicer stuff, several of which were gifts. Since the… Read More

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You talkin’ to me?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Christa Faust

Check out this article in the Wall Street Journal about vintage Hardboiled novels. I’ll wait… Plenty of excellent suggestions for your reading list, but I have issues with the author’s claim that “…the genre used to be a lot more… Read More

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Hardboiled Bootcamp

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Christa Faust

Want me to whip your sorry-ass fiction into fighting shape? Now’s your chance. This month I’ll be teaching my first class for LitReactor – Tough Dames: How to Write Believable Hardboiled Heroines. AKA Round One of Mistress Christa’s Two-Fisted Finishing… Read More

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