So news broke earlier today that a lost novel written by James M. Cain has been found and will be published by Hard Case Crime next year. Charles Ardai, the founder and editor of Hard Case Crime, said in a telephone interview that he had been alerted to the existence of the work, “The Cocktail [...]
A reminder that tomorrow night I’ll be here with a bunch of people: Also, next Sunday, July 10th at 2 o’clock, I’ll be at the Chestnut Hill Book Festival talking about Hint Fiction. Contributors John Cashman, Bruce Harris, and Minter Krotzer will also be in attendance. You can view the entire schedule here.
It turns out my Stoker predictions last night didn’t fare too well. I only ended up guessing 3 for 8. But the winners have been posted, and congrats to Hint Fiction anthology contributors Gary A. Braunbeck, Joe Lansdale, Nick Mamatas, and Peter Straub on their wins tonight! The awards ceremony was streaming live via Ustream. I [...]
Tomorrow night is the Bram Stoker Award banquet, thrown by the Horror Writers Association. The Stoker Award is not a juried award but rather an award voted upon by all its active members. Which means that, oftentimes, what’s nominated is not always read but yet voted for anyway. This is why the term “Stoker grubbing” [...]
When asked how important college creative-writing courses were to his success, Dean Koontz answered: I’m sure that the right teacher, in a well-designed course, can be a great help to beginning writers who are trying to find their way, but I have no personal experience of that. I found my own way by doing two things. [...]
Not too long ago I created a small form on my contact page for anyone who wants to sign up for an irregular newsletter that will only share major news and might (or might not) include some cool stuff, like e-book coupons and dirty limericks. I’m not really sure newsletters are really needed in today’s age of [...]
