So, I'm sitting here at the computer, gallons of coffee having flowed through my body today. I don't sleep much anyway but right now I'm just wide awake! Shannon Wheeler's Too Much Coffee Man has nothing on me! Since I'm up anyway, lets talk about some books coming...
Ah, finally. I'm seeing the signs that Spring is finally coming to my fair state. And while this particular season is the most coquette of the four in Wisconsin, it also inspires our inhabitants like none other. Friday, as I grabbed my winter jacket for yet another...
Sometimes the words come and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the narrative passages are there and sometimes they aren’t. Just tonight I heard the comment, “Michael Chabon was nominated for an Edgar Award because the M.W.A. wants credibility. They want their award...
How to make this Crimespree related? Well it's about Jon and me.... so here's a little Crimespree tale guaranteed to make everyone smile. The other morning I had a five o'clock wake up call to get to the airport and find my way home to Milwaukee after a week in...
So, uhm... how to start? That's always the hardest part isn't it? You all know me, I'm amongst friends here. So I'll start with an e-mail. A couple of weeks ago the name Ken Bruen popped up in my in-box. Ken's a good friend, a great mystery champion and a brilliant...
I believe myself to be a fairly level headed person. I spend hours typing book reviews, Crimespree columns, Bouchercon e-mails, even occasional fiction. I love it all. That is the kind of column all of you expect and deserve on this blog. So if you’re not...
