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Category: The Writing Game
Golden Praise
I was hunting through the archives of my Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled crime thrillers, looking for reviews, Q&As, guest blogs and other fare I can use in… Read more “Golden Praise”
Burch Ain’t Dead — Yet
ED EARL BURCH UPDATE — Been a long, frustrating year for your ol’ pal, Honest Jim, friend of the hard-boiled crime fiction devotee, but there’s movement afoot… Read more “Burch Ain’t Dead — Yet”
Texas Gothic Slow Burn
With The Wretched and Undone, Julia Weiner has written a compelling, slow-burning horror story of a cursed family of Polish immigrants to the Texas Hill Country, haunted… Read more “Texas Gothic Slow Burn”
A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger
Ace Big Apple mystery writer Dick R.G. Belsky and co-author Bonnie Traymore have a terrifically slick and winning psychological thriller coming… Read more “A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger”
Headed Uptown
Proud to tell you I just signed a three-book contract with Level Best Books that includes the latest Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled crime thriller, THE FATAL SAVING… Read more “Headed Uptown”
Righteous Praise for Hard-Boiled Goodness
Two friends of mine did me the high honor of praising my Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled crime thrillers this week, both of them fine authors in their… Read more “Righteous Praise for Hard-Boiled Goodness”
Hap N’ Leonard’s Daddy
Hot damn, kids — just got a bolt of praise from the champion mojo storyteller his own damn sef, Joe R. Lansdale. Here’s what Hap n’ Leonard’s… Read more “Hap N’ Leonard’s Daddy”
Big Mistake, Big Thrill
Life is short. And it’s about to get a lot shorter for a pack of high-life Savannah sex club swells, a crooked DA, a bent cop, a… Read more “Big Mistake, Big Thrill”
Higher Plane Western
From afar, it’s always tempting to lump Baron R. Birtcher’s Sheriff Ty Dawson mysteries with other modern-day Westerns such as Craig Johnson’s Longmire series or the Joe… Read more “Higher Plane Western”
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