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Rootbound: a Novella

Robert Houseman believed he had left his past behind—util it showed up on his doorstep in the form of Carla…

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Journey through the Shadowlands: a Middle-Grade Fantasy Novel

Journey through the Shadowlands, published by Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, is a middle-grade fantasy novel with a social conscience, following…

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Family Ties: a Novel

Finders, Losers A lakeside cabin in the Sierra foothills, a canyon village divided between old coots and laid-back hippies, and…

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Killin’ ‘Em at Noir Night

19 Oct 2017

Here's a pair of pix from yesterday evening's "Noir Night Assaults the Battery," a co-production (however small) by Crow Tree Books and Switchblade Magazine. I read "The Price of a…

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Get Thee to an Editor

15 Oct 201719 Nov 2017

There are four rules to follow if you want to self-publish a novel and not embarrass yourself, the publishing industry, and the English language. They are: 1) Write slowly. Write…

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Indie Author Day 2017

7 Oct 20177 Oct 2017

If you live in or near Los Angeles, consider attending the Indie Author Day event I am hosting at the Echo Park Branch Library on October 14th. Indie Author Day…

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Recursions, Part 7: “The Portable Hannah Arendt,” Edited by Peter Baehr

5 Oct 20175 Oct 2017

This is the seventh in a series of short critical looks at books of literary criticism. Yes, a writer writing about writers who write about writers! I composed these for…

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Voices in the Dark

28 Sep 20171 Oct 2017

Will you be in Los Angeles on October 18th? If you will be, lucky you: I am inviting you and yours to a reading of noir and crime fiction at…

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What, You Missed It?

22 Sep 201722 Sep 2017

...Of course I didn't announce it on this blog, which is why you should sign on to the Crow Tree mailing list, something you can do at the link conveniently…

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Getting Over Yourself: Advice for Novelists

17 Sep 201720 Oct 2017

There are many ways to become a good writer, but one of the best ways to become a great one–besides giving yourself a thorough grounding in the mechanics of language–is…

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The Beginning of the End

10 Sep 201710 Sep 2017

I came to the last word of the first draft of my third novel yesterday morning. This marks, of course, not the end of the hard work, but only the…

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To the Finish Line!

4 Sep 20174 Sep 2017

That's Frank's rat rod in the picture above. Of course he doesn't actually race it, but it's as close as I could get to a racing image without indulging in…

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Outside the Lines

31 Aug 20172 Sep 2017