Number 9, Number 9, Number 9…

No this is not about The Beatles Revolution #9, it’s about CRIMESPREE  issue #9 shipping. It was all boxed up and sent off to the Mailing service on Friday, so it should start showing up in about 10 days, unless you are in Canada, then for some reason you...

Crimespree 9 could be a little late

We are plugging away on issue 9, but due to a number of factors, we might ship a little late. It isn’t slated to hit the mial till the first week of November, but we are already behind our deadline so I wanted to let people know. Factors involve a family health...

5 years, already?

This weekend Ruth and I will be celebrating 5 years of marriage. This is pretty cool because seven years ago I figured I would be single the rest of my life. A brief re-cap of the story: Ruth and I met at Bouchercon 1999 in Milwaukee. I’d been sober four years...

Graphic Novels Again

Well, I think at this point we could safely say that Road To Perdition did well. The movie was pretty damn good in my book. And the fact that I loved the original graphic novel didn’t hurt. Max Allan Collins has since written two novels to finish off the story,...

A new on line interview

It’s been a while since I’ve done an interview for the web, but I love Crimescene Scotland and Russel was kind enough to let me do one for him. The subject of the interview is one Stuart McBride, author of COLD GRANITE. Crime Scene Scotland    ...

Bouchercon 2005 – another one slips away

Well Chicago Bouchercon 2005 is over. I’ve unloaded the truck, my dining room table is covered with books, a big pile of laundry taunting me. I’m tired, but not wasted tired. I do think I’ll be sleeping in…. So, let’s try to recap the...

Finding the Magic

I love a mystery. From cozy to thriller a good book provides me with hours of entertainment. A great book is magical. The bad ones are disappointments. Every book is unique. It is an experience put on the page by one individual and interpreted by another. We are all a...