Archive for 2010
BoucherCon Revisited (II)
(BoucherCon 2010 starts Thursday in San Francisco—you can still register, or get day passes, including for Saturday when I am on a panel talking about that Holmes fellow. In the meantime, I’m posting a few BCon memories.) BoucherCon 2001 took place in Washington, DC. A city reeling from the September 11 attack on the Pentagon,…
Read MoreBoucherCon revisited (I)
(BoucherCon starts Thursday in San Francisco—you can still register, or get day passes, including for Friday when I am grilled—er, interviewed by Dana Stabenow. I’ll post in the days leading up to BCon with memories about BCons past.) “Are you a writer?” Um, well. This was 1990, in London, and although I had been writing…
Read MoreA Mary Russell Companion
Buildup to BoucherCon continues with: A Mary Russell Companion. Wheee! An ebook! Gorgeous, clever, and months in the making—free, for Friends of Russell. Send it to friends, scatter it about the countryside, link to it, all that stuff. Have fun with it. Lots of us sure did, in making it.
Read MoreStudies in Sherlock!
In my new-found identity as an official Sherlockian (BSI investiture: “The Red Circle”) I’ve been talking to über-Sherlockian Les Klinger about a couple of projects. One of them is a touch specialized, although I’ll be posting about it closer to its pub date. But the other is going to be such a blast, I have…
Read MoreMoving day
Well, looky here: Mary Russell has a new home.
Read MoreBoucherMania!
Three weeks from today, BoucherCon starts. BoucherCon is the annual conference of crime writers, readers, and professionals, a four day combination family reunion, frat party, business meeting, and master class in writing. It’s a hell of a lot of fun, a year’s worth of mental stimulation, and a chance to see those friends you see,…
Read MoreEntertainments
Movies used to have disclaimers to say that no animals were actually injured in the making of the film–they don’t bother saying that now because it’s simply assumed. Cigarettes are on their way out in films, with complaints lodged even when NOT having the character puffing away would be odd. But what about crying children?…
Read MoreSorrow
Sad news out of Houston, where Murder by the Book, Busted Flush press, and the world’s crime fiction family have all lost a close friend and eternally creative advocate. David Thompson died yesterday at age 38. We mourn with his wife McKenna, and with his family and friends.
Read MoreTall ships, taller tales
For sheer happiness, there’s nothing like being out on the water. One of my brightest memories is of a catamaran trip taken years ago in Maui where, when we turned for home, the crew put on a song popular at the time: Alanis Morrisette singing “What if God Was One of Us?” It’s a song…
Read MoreBooks that nag
A salon.com article by Emma Silvers (26, whose age enters into the point of the article) talks about her dislike of ebooks,a despite being of the gadget generation. And she brings up an interesting point: Out of every argument I’ve heard in favor of e-readers — no dead trees, portable research, “it’s the future,” etc.…
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