We’re running a Kickstarter as of about five minutes ago. It features a brand-new crime novel that I hesitate to call historical, because part of the book is set now. I’m proud of that book, Candid Shots of the 1970s, but it also surprised me. I thought it was going to be a short story, but the characters took off with it, and told me a story that I did not expect. Yep, that’s how I spent my December holidays, listening to characters tell me about an afternoon on a Minnesota lake that turned into a massively traumatic experience by evening.
The second novel appeared under a different title. It was published in the 1990s, reprinted in the early part of this century, and got great reviews. The first editor also gave it an offensive title that I will not use here, even to tell you which novel it is. This one is a true historical, with a crime in the center. And it’s noir, so expect dark. We’re reissuing it with the original title, Consecrated Ground.
The final book in the Kickstarter is a collection of short stories, two of which are brand-new. There are some award nominees in the collection as well. I think you’ll all have a lot of fun with this one.
In addition, there’s a mix of workshops and other mystery short fiction collections. So you can find all sorts of reading.
The video above is for the Kickstarter itself, and gives you a good sampling of what’s in it.
Head on over. The Kickstarter will run until Thursday, April 16, but the sooner we hit our goal, the sooner we start on the stretch goals. Then you’ll get even more reading—and, if we get to the upper level of the Kickstarter, an online workshop that I put together last year. Here’s the link!
Very cool… love stuff about the 70’s. Just backed. Also thanks tons for the Read Like a Writer workshop (was an awesome stretch goal reward). Great advice in that workshop that I really needed to hear today.
Oh, I’m glad you liked the workshop. And there’s a lot of 1970s in that book….
Thanks for backing the Kickstarter!