I learned something about myself this month. I was deeply repelled by a book by an author whose short essays I love. This book, about basketball, begins by discussing “our enemies,” talking about other teams, people “we” hate, the difficulties of hatred. The reviews say this is an ultimately uplifting book, but I didn’t make […]
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Well, after a big Recommended Reading List in July, I have a small one in August. I read a lot, but very little impressed me. I read three novellas by a favorite author, only available on Kindle (blech), and quit before getting to the others he’d published. He’s traditionally published and did these exclusive with […]
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Maxwell Sobel writes about heroes for a living. He studies them, imagines them, imagines being them. But when a routine drive turns into a fight for his life, he must become a real hero. Or lose everything. Voted one of the top ten stories of the year by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine readers. “Heroics” is […]
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Many of you have read my Seavy County stories over the years. You might even have noticed they were set in a fictional part of the Oregon Coast. Or maybe you just thought I wrote a lot of Oregon Coast stories. (I do.) I put them in a made-up part of the coast because I […]
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This rather short list makes it look like I didn’t read much in June, but I did. I had some misfires (as you can see), and I read quite a few things that I didn’t think were worth recommending. And then there’s Kelley Armstrong… I binged the Kelley Armstrong Rockton/Haven’s Rock series until I caught […]
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The final “old” list! I finally got here. I had books stacked all over the condo, magazines falling off tables, because I got so far behind. September’s list is the final one to catch up on, and after that, I’m current. If you’d like to see the most recent list (December’s), click here. In the […]
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Dean Wesley Smith and I just launched a brand new Kickstarter for our Detectives Collide project. Several years ago, Kickstarter began a fun January promotion called “Make 100.” The idea was to put together 100 of something and create a Kickstarter for it. So, of course, Dean and I figured out ways to put together […]
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Yep, I’m late. I was busy last year working on saving the business, so I got behind on things like the Recommended Reading List. I thought of bunching everything into one list, but I didn’t want to, and then I thought of pretending I hadn’t missed, and I didn’t want to do that either. So […]
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I’m still playing catch-up on the lists, but I decided last month to stay current with the current reading, which feels quite good. I have more reading time, which is nice, but some of it is for school work. Lots of ancient plays and plays in translation. I’m learning a lot about storytelling, history, and […]
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I just compiled a collection of stories about tiny creatures who either venture into danger or who cause it. I love the stories in this collection and think you will as well. Right now, this is ebook only, and you can only get it in a Storybundle, along with 13 other books, with seven of […]
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