SONS OF SPADE

Paris Hilton Update - *Paris Hilton to collaborate with Snoop Dogg on new album *

Watch You Drown by Chris Rhatigan - I just added this collection to my Kindle and am looking forward to the read. From the mind of Chris Rhatigan, Watch You Drown includes fourteen tales of ...

Short, Sharp Interview: Jill Edmondson` - *PDB: Can you pitch your latest publication/ project in 25 words or less? * Jill: Yes I can! *"The Lies Have It" *(released in November 2011): - Fr...

I Said Oh, Oh, Domino - To paraphrase Henry Hill in Goodfellas, “As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a domino player.” When I was a kid and I’d go with my dad over to h...

Book Review: The Gentlemen's Hour - by Scott D. Parker (Jay's sick, I'm without time enough to write a decent post. So, I present to y'all, a review of one of my favorite books I read last ye...

A Murder Less Ordinary - Now this could be interesting. It’s not often you get a debut crime novel from a former editor of the Irish Times who is also a former Garda Ombudsman, bu...

E-Reader Owners Watch Your Wallets: Plagiarism Abounds - by Jamie Freveletti  If you haven't read the recent Fast Company article about rampant plagiarism on Amazon, check it out. Turns out that some entrepre...

"My Personal West" at Richard Prosch's MERIDIAN BRIDGE - A few months back, I posted mention here (along with an Amazon review) of Richard Prosch's fine collection of Western stories, DEVILS NEST. If you haven't ...

LAUNCH DAY! - Available now, exclusively on Amazon.com

Now Available--THE ROGUE GENTLEMAN #1 - Happy New Year, my friends. We are kicking things off with the release of the first episode in my new series, The Rogue Gentleman. There will be a new epis...

Raymond Chandler on Self-Publishing - May 22, 1950 To: Hardwick Mosely I have a note... that Houghton-Mifflin would like formal consent from me for... reprint editions of *The Little Sister* an...

Hurricane Irene: The Bust.... I mean Storm of 2011 - Friday 8/26, 11:57 am: At this point, Hurricane Irene is a bust. Reporting live from New Jersey, this intrepid investigator has seen little sign of the ...

Thinking About the Future - All writers dream of a point in their careers when they can quit their day jobs and work full-time as a writer, of course this is a rare occurrence. Your o...