For a dose of bona fide, award-winning, hard-boiled Texas crime fiction, snap up a copy of THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE: An Ed Earl Burch Novel, at the… Read more “Pick A Winner”
Category: The Writing Game
En Fuego
YOW! Just found out THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE won a bronze medal in the best mystery/thriller e-book category of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards. That’s the… Read more “En Fuego”
Hot Streak
YOW! Just found out THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE won a bronze medal in the best mystery/thriller e-book category of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards. That’s a… Read more “Hot Streak”
Rollercoaster Redux
It’s pub day for author buddy Dick Belsky, launching his latest Clare Carlson mystery, THE LAST SCOOP, which is a damn good book. Thought I’d rerun my… Read more “Rollercoaster Redux”
Go For The Gold
If you want to snap up a copy of prize-winning hard-boiled Texas crime thriller goodness, go to the links below to pick up THE BEST LOUSY CHOICE,… Read more “Go For The Gold”
The Blue Death
I wrote this in 2006 as part of a pandemic flu package for The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. By Jim Nesbitt JACKSON, N.C. – In… Read more “The Blue Death”
Show And Tell
While watching Season 3 of Bosch last night — a pandemic fallback after Pamita and I blew through the latest season in about two days — I… Read more “Show And Tell”
A Friend’s Death
Found out late Tuesday night that my great, good friend, Jerry Barksdale, lawyer emeritus, raconteur, historian, humor columnist, fellow novelist and Great American, died. A friend Jerry… Read more “A Friend’s Death”
On Writing: Hug The Facts And Get Them Right
Here’s the thing: Facts are a fiction writer’s friend. The more you know, the more facts you gather up in research and travel, the firmer the foundation… Read more “On Writing: Hug The Facts And Get Them Right”
Hard-Boiled Gospel
This just in from Claire Perkins-Harris, the host of Book Talk Radio Club: “I will be talking to author Jim Nesbitt this Sunday 15 March at 3.00pm… Read more “Hard-Boiled Gospel”
Jim Nesbitt 