Just Do It...

Back to the Drawing Board...

It's not that bad, but I gotta chunk o' work to do. I'm gonna need a new printer cartridge...like, now! And dammit, those recycled ones always screw up my ancient printer. Wah!

Tick freakin' Tock

Finally finished the revisions on the first draft and am now waiting to hear back from the readers so I can do another round o' revisions and a polish before starting the query-go-round. I really, really, REALLY hate waiting.

Especially since the other stuff I could be doing is kind of a no-go at the mo' - external hard drive crashed, so until I get the replacement later today & get everything transferred, I can't do the latest podcast edits. Tried to look at the second book (got 20k done on the first draft), but the narrative voice is so different that it's pointless to try and make the shift until I'm done with book one.

Did I mention how much I hate waiting? Guess it's time to catch up on all that housework I've neglected in the process. Don't that sound like fun...

Donna Moore Interview

THE BLOODY SCOTS, PART 2

Suspect: Donna Moore
Known Aliases: Kafka, Queen of Shoes!
Occupation: Writer, Reader, Some Scary Day Job Involving Financial Stuff
Last Known Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Join us this week as Donna talks about her Lefty Award winning P.I. spoof, Go to Helena Handbasket, her love of reading, and her Alaskan school adventures. She also reveals the real purpose of Scotland's super sweet soda (Irn Bru), her thoughts on the Loch Ness Monster, and why Johnny Depp could play all the male characters in the movie version of Go to Helena Handbasket.



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Up next: Scottish writist and Bearded Wonderboy, Stuart MacBride.

Slackeriffic

Sorry - gone a little cross-eyed and headachy with the revisions. God, is no part of this process easy?!

Oh, well. Nothing a little squirrel fight can't fix...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Hammett

The hubster just called to tell me it was a good day to be writing crime fiction. Humnawha?

Turns out it's Dashiell Hammett's b-day (as well as Tony Hillerman's). Now I know there are plenty of folks who will argue endlessly over who's the big daddy of hard-boiled crime writing, but Hammett's always been king in my book. I mean, please. The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, Red Harvest, The Thin Man. Mr. Hammett had it goin' on.

I think the hubster's right...it's a great day to be writing crime fiction. An even better one to break out one of Hammett's short story anthos and remind myself of what really great writing looks like!

Russel D. McLean Interview

Suspect: Russel D. McLean
Known Aliases: Badgerboy, Russ-poo, Crimey Crimerson
Occupation(s): Writer, bookseller, reviewer, columnist
Last Known Location: Dundee, Scotland

Listen in as Russel spills about Crime Scene Scotland (the original and Crime Scene Scotland Review), his love of hand-selling books and his upcoming debut novel, THE GOOD SON (coming this Fall from Five Leaves). He also gives practical sporran advice for the novice kilt-wearer, shares the best book-as-weapon story I've ever heard, and explores the perils of gastronomical upset at a mystery convention.




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Up Next: Scottish author and avid reader, Donna Moore.