Category Archives: Blog
McLean in LA, Day 1
Picked Russel McLean up at the Burbank airport yesterday. We ran the luggage out to CDV & Adam’s place in Porn Valley (where Russel’s crashing, since there’s barely enough room for me and my dog in my miserable little ghetto… Read More
The Sunburned Scotsman
Heads up, Angelenos. Scottish crime writer Russel D. McLean is gonna hit L.A. like a broken coke machine and yours truly will be his getaway driver. Don’t miss your chance to score a signed copy of The Good Son this… Read More
Think Before You Pink
October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” but is buying that product with the pink ribbon on the label really helping sick women? Or is it helping make more women sick? Pink ribbons are everywhere right now, on everything from toilet… Read More
Sunday’s SinC Event
Join me, Naomi Hirahara, Sue Ann Jaffarian and Dorothy Howell for a discussion of writing in multiple genres, hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime. Sunday Oct. 3, 2010 South Pasadena Library Community Room 1115 El Centro… Read More
B-Con Panels Are Posted
The traditional panel schedule for Bouchercon 2010 is finally posted. Here’s the ones I’ll be doing: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. I AIN’T MARCHIN’ ANYMORE Writing for the market place, or not Genre Wars and Why They… Read More
Vintage Shoes: Better Late Than Never
It’s been a crazy week, but I haven’t forgotten all you vintage shoe freaks out there. These glamorous gold ankle-strap peep-toe platforms from the 1940s are labeled “Kimel California” and “Stephani Last” with a handwritten notation on the inside of… Read More
Swearing: Fuck Yeah!
A question for the interwebs. Obviously no one reading this post is offended by swearing, or else you wouldn’t be here, but I’ve noticed something on Twitter and Facebook that I find somewhat perplexing. Writers who use naughty language in… Read More
Choke Hold, Dorchester and Hard Case Crime
News travels fast on the interwebs, but if you haven’t read about Dorchester’s decision to stop producing mass market paperbacks, you can do so here or here. Hard Case Honcho Charles Ardai had this to say about it on Bill… Read More
No Rest for the Shoe Fetishist
Holy Toledo, is it vintage shoe porn time again already? Here’s a pair of unique 50s lucite peep-toe slingbacks with a black spiderweb pattern on clear plastic. Some yellowing on the plastic upper but otherwise minty delicious. I love the… Read More