Masterful crime writer Bruce Robert Coffin is back on the beat where he belongs, with lights flashing and sirens wailing to mark the twisted track of tarnished… Read more “The Iceman Cometh”
Category: The Writing Game
Fast Pace, Languid Tone
It’s really a kick when an author you dig gives your work a big thumbs up and shows they really get your story, your main character and… Read more “Fast Pace, Languid Tone”
The Anti-Leviathan
Gots an absolutely, positively incurable bloodlust for my latest hard-boiled Texas crime thriller, THE FATAL SAVING GRACE, but hate spending money with Jeff Bezos? Here are a… Read more “The Anti-Leviathan”
Deadly Desert Walk
My good friend, John W. Davis, a Cold War counter-intelligence spook for the U.S. Army and author of two excellent collections of essays and articles on terrorism,… Read more “Deadly Desert Walk”
Double Whammy
Yow! Gonna be some powerful punches thrown your way early next week by your ol’ pal, Honest Jim. So, suck it up, Pilgrim. Glove up and get… Read more “Double Whammy”
Hard-Boiled Deliverance
The day all you rabid Ed Earl Burch fans have been waiting for is just around the corner. That’s right — on Monday, December 15, the next… Read more “Hard-Boiled Deliverance”
Try Your Luck
Here’s a marvelous chance to get a signed copy of my next Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled Texas crime thriller, THE FATAL SAVING GRACE. Just click the link… Read more “Try Your Luck”
He Ain’t Me, I Ain’t Him
People ask me all this time — well, not all the time, but often enough to cause me to wince: Is Ed Earl Burch you? Or, are… Read more “He Ain’t Me, I Ain’t Him”
Raymond Chandler’s Ghost
I’m a Chandler junkie. As in Raymond Chandler. Always have been, always will be. One of the founding fathers of the hard-boiled school of crime fiction, Chandler’s… Read more “Raymond Chandler’s Ghost”
Gotta Play To Win
From now through December, you can win an autographed copy of one of my award-winning Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled Texas crime thrillers, THE DEAD CERTAIN DOUBT. Click… Read more “Gotta Play To Win”
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