Bouchercon Panels

The panels for Bouchercon are well in hand. Judy and I have the first draft set and are getting set to start plotting out times onto the Big Board. This will be followed by notification of authors, which if hostory is any indicator will be followed by another round of...

Jon Thoughts: George Carlin

  By now, I am sure that most have heard about the passing of Iconic comedian George Carlin.   In my own opinion, Mr. Carlin was one of the greatest comedians of all time. If one were to make a list, Carlin, along with Bruce, Prior and Cosby, would have to be towards...

Jon Thoughts: Forgotten Book Friday

So a wonderful fellow blogger and all around groovy human being, Patti over at Pattinase asked if we wold like to contribute to her Friday tradition. Well Ruth jumped at the chance: The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins We all remember the glorious day when...

Jon Thoughts: Four Years

This coming week, we are shipping issue number #24 of Crimespree Magazine. We have four years under our belts and are now entering year five. When we started this we had no idea what to expect and sitting around that pool in Las Vegas I would never have dreamed that...