The "Six Questions For. . ." blog is ramping up to post new interviews beginning on September 4th. According to a recent blog announcement, they have the editors of Downer Magazine, First Stop Fiction, MicroHorror, Noir Nation, Short-Story.me, The Abstract Quill, The New Verse News, and Thrice Fiction lined up to participate with their advice and expertise.
New York's Crime Fiction Academy is enrolling students for its Fall 2012 semester, with some slots still left open for the course. Would-be crime authors will attend writing workshops, monthly masterclasses with top authors, reading seminars and special lectures and discussions over a course of 12 weeks. The impressive roster of authors will include Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Thomas H Cook, Linda Fairstein, Susan Isaacs, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Laura Lippman, Val McDermid, Joyce Carol Oates, Jason Pinter, SJ Rozan and Karin Slaughter. Topics they’ll be discussing include the perfect kill, writing about trails of evidence, and creating heinous villains and believable heroes.
Need a little writerly pick-me-up? Here are "30 Indispensable Writing Tips from Famous Authors" at a glance.
This week's Q&A roundup includes Ellen Byerrum, author of the Crimes of Fashion series, talking about her writing and choosing the six writers (living or dead) she'd invite to a mystery-author dinner party; and At the Scene of the Crime hooks up with Peter Lovesey, author of several series including the Victorian detective Sargeant Cribb, Bertie Prince Of Wales, and Superintendent Peter Diamond.
Did you think Baby Boomers are the most-active readers? Think again – Generation Y (those born between 1979 and 1989) spent the most money on books in 2011, according to a new study. One reason why: the same study noted that eBooks rose from 4 percent of all book sales in 2010 to 14 percent in 2011.
The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association has announced the finalists for the 2012 SCIBA Book Awards. The T. Jefferson Parker Book Award for Mystery nominees include:
- Getaway by Lisa Brackmann, Soho Press
- Kings of Cool by Don Winslow, Simon & Schuster
- Taken by Robert Crais, Putnam
The annual LitQuake festival in San Francisco just announced its schedule for the October 2012 eight-day event. The 800+ local and international authors spread out over dozens of venues will include mystery writer Zoe Ferraris, thriller writers David Corbett and Michelle Gagnon, and panels like "Dangerous Dolls, Bad Men & Smoking Guns: A Night of Noir & Burlesque" and "Cowboy Noir: A Conversation with Bruce Holbert."
Registration for the California Crime Writers Conference in June 2013 is now open. The conference took this year off, but will return with a bang next year when it features keynote speakers Sue Grafton on Saturday and Elizabeth George on Sunday. Other highlights include an array of workshops on the business and craft of writing as taught by high-profile agents, bestselling authors, editors, academics and forensics experts.
If you know of someone living in the UK (outside of London) looking for a publishing internship? Author Ann Cleves (author of the Vera Stanhope series) is sponsoring such a gig in the Pan Macmillan press department.
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