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GENRE OUTLAWS: Fiction Without Borders
L.A. Marathon notwithstanding, I’ll be moderating my first MWA panel discussion tomorrow afternoon. Here’s the deets: GENRE OUTLAWS: Fiction Without Borders Sunday, March 21, 2010 Meltdown Comics 7522 Sunset Blvd. LA CA 90046 323.851.7223 2pm – 4pm Veteran authors Steve… Read More
LCC Redux
Racing to catch up, as usual, but here’s a quick blow by blow on this year’s Left Coast Crime. I had to work all day Thursday, but still managed to hit the opening night cocktail party with born-again Angeleno Matt… Read More
Left Coast Crime: Booked in LA
This year’s Left Coast Crime is a no-brainer for me since it’s right here in LA. It’s March 11-14th and you’ll be able to find me hanging around pretty much all weekend. I do have one panel assignment; Sex and… Read More
It’s That Time Again
Time for more vintage shoe porn! These pearly white leather Spring-O-Lators feature round clear lucite and rhinestone buttons on the toe and more rhinestones around the heel. They are still in their original box, marked MARQUISE ORIGINALS and inside the… Read More
Inking the Deal
Got some really big news about the new book. Before contracts could be signed, the acquiring editor at Thomas Dunne left for greener pastures. Without his passion and singular vision, my agent and I were a little concerned. Thomas Dunne… Read More
Your Vintage Shoe Porn Fix
It’s that time again, shoe fetishists. This month’s featured pin up is a pair of ice blue peep toe pumps from the 1950s, featuring atomic triangular cutouts and tiny pearlescent spheres. Label reads “Previews by Roe” in gilded script.
Amazon Cuts Off Face To Spite Nose
This is gonna be a hellish crunch week of scrambling to meet various overextended deadlines. I barely have time to eat and bathe, let alone comment constructively on the Amazon/Macmillan playground smackdown that occurred over the past weekend. But if… Read More
Never Sleep Again
Tonight I’ll be shooting an interview for the Nightmare On Elm Street doco Never Sleep Again, talking about my Freddy tie-in novel DREAMSPAWN.
Find This Woman, Part 2
Jane and I went down to Laguna Beach today to see if we could dig up any more information on Dorothy Kindell, creator of naughty ceramic figurines in the 40s and 50s. We found some interesting leads, teasing fragments mostly,… Read More
Time for More Vintage Shoe Porn
Most of my vintage shoe collection is from the 40s and 50s but I do have a few pairs from the Roaring 20s. This stunning pair of black and gold Art Deco spider web slingbacks is one of them. Gently… Read More