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By MacAllister Stone, on July 6th, 2010
Congratulations to AbsoluteWrite members Stacia Kane and K.A. Stewart on today’s release of their respective books! I’ve been waiting for the release of both of these books with great anticipation, for what seems like months.
Stacia Kane‘s new book Unholy Magic is book 2 of the Downside Ghosts series. You can read an [...]
By MacAllister Stone, on February 20th, 2010
You guys know I don’t endorse very many contests. But this is well worth looking at: Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition www.shortstorycompetition.com
$2000 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has [...]
By MacAllister Stone, on February 14th, 2010
Mystery novelist Dick Francis
I’m very sad to announce that British mystery writer Dick Francis, 89, has died.
Mr. Francis wrote the first mystery novel for adults I ever read. I was a child who was too grown-up for my chronological age, but I loved horses passionately. I’d read all the Walter Farley [...]
By MacAllister Stone, on January 29th, 2010
Lessons in French
I get to read a lot of interviews with writers, editors, publishers, and other assorted interesting people. This interview posted on Tartitude is very fun. Not just because award-winning NYT best-selling author Laura Kinsale has a new book out, but Hope101′s interview questions aren’t just the same old standards, either, and [...]
By MacAllister Stone, on January 20th, 2010
A rather silly and inaccurate article from WSJ proclaiming The Death of the Slush Pile.
An excellent post on agent Janet Reid’s blog, Slush Works.
A discussion on the AW forums, that references both essays.
This stuff comes up every now and then. Every week it seems like some new Website goes up, announcing that [...]
By MacAllister Stone, on January 19th, 2010
Writer Robert B. Parker died this morning at his desk, apparently of a heart attack. He was 77.
I’ve loved his books for decades. I’ll miss his work, and his unique voice, very much.
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