Elmore Leonard just kicked on. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/books/elmore-leonard-master-of-crime-fiction-dies-at-87.html?pagewanted=all I came to crime fiction a bit later than the other genres, and it was down to Elmore Leonard. My folks had some of his books in the house when I was a teenager and after I saw and enjoyed Get Shorty I went and dug them out. At first […]
A couple of months ago I said that Continuum would be my last convention appearance for 2013, but it appears that I have lied to you all. This September, thanks to a grant from the Australia Council, I will be attending SPX for the first time since 2006. The Australian delegation also includes Matt ‘Guzumo’ […]
I’ve been looking over some of my older work and I have noticed that the stories I write these days are much bigger. More words, more characters. I used to be able to happily sit down and crank out a two-hander with the intention of quickly exploring a single character point or an idea. Nowadays, […]
Not long ago, somebody read a paragraph aloud to me and told me that it was really good. I must have looked confused, because the reader-aloud then said: “Don’t you recognize that? It’s the opening of Bloody Waters!” It wasn’t that I didn’t recognize my own work, it’s just that something else was going through […]
It’s convention time again, folks! Continuum 9 is this weekend, right here in Merry Old Melbourne. This is probably the last one I will do for the year, so if you want to meet me or listen to me jabber on this is your best opportunity until next year. I will be participating in the […]