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A Guest Post and Book Giveaway from Michael Zimecki
Our next guest on the Crime Cafe podcast is Michael Zimecki, who’s providing this week’s guest post and book giveaway. And more! 🙂 Michael is offering digital copies of his novel DEATH SENTENCES to the first 10 people to email him. You can enter...
Part Two of My Sample Reading
To continue from where I left off last week, here’s Part Two of my sample reading! And my reading sample, so you can follow along as I read on the video. 🙂 Part Two of Chapter Seven Suddenly, I was facing left, my cheek stinging, but I hadn’t turned my...
S. 4, Ep. 6: A Chat with Crime Writer Elka Ray
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The Crime Cafe with Crime Writer Elka Ray
The latest episode of the Crime Cafe podcast is up on YouTube now. This week, I interview crime writer Elka Ray. Watch our interview here or on our Patreon page! 🙂 Audio podcast available here on Sun., Sept....
Would You Like a Reading Sample?
Once again, I’m offering a reading sample from my first novel, Identity Crisis, the first Sam McRae mystery. In addition, here’s the book trailer, which I myself modified to include the new cover! And here’s a giveaway for all of September, if...
Elka Ray on Cultural Diversity in Storytelling Plus a Book Giveaway
My upcoming guest on the Crime Cafe podcast is mystery author Elka Ray. In her guest post, Elka delves into the topic of how to handle cultural diversity in storytelling. Along with her guest post, she’s doing a book giveaway. Enter now to qualify for a copy of...
Celebrate Labor Day with Great Reading!
If you don’t get my newsletter, you may not know that I’m celebrating Labor Day (or Labour Day, depending 🙂 ) with an awesome special on my latest novel, Least Wanted! Right now (today only), you can get my second novel in the Sam McRae mystery series for...
S. 4, Ep. 5: A Chat with Thriller Author Jame DiBiasio
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The Crime Cafe with Thriller Author Jame DiBiasio
The new episode of the Crime Cafe podcast is up on YouTube now. This week, I interview thriller author Jame DiBiasio. I even manage to pronounce his name correctly! 🙂 Watch the video and see for yourself. Excerpts from my third Sam McRae mystery and my upcoming...
Book Review of ‘Gun, With Occasional Music’
This week, I’m doing a book review of one of the most interesting and unusual hardboiled mysteries I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. It’s not only a great book in the hardboiled private eye tradition, but it combines mystery with dystopian science...
Want an Advance Showing of My Next Crime Story?
Hello, all! 🙂 If you’d like an advance showing of my third Sam McRae mystery Riptide PLUS a sneak peek at my work-in-progress, a novella called Damaged Goods, then become a supporter here at the Crime Cafe Patreon page! And … here’s a small taste of...
Guest Post and Book Giveaway by Jame DiBiasio
This week’s Crime Cafe guest post and book giveaway comes from Jame DiBiasio. Click that link to read all about him and the book he’s offering, Bloody Paradise. I could go on, but I’ll let Jame do the explaining! 🙂 I’m giving away a copy of Bloody...
Book Review of ‘Black Money’
One of my favorite crime fiction authors is Ross Macdonald. Recently, I picked up a book by Macdonald that I hadn’t read in years. It’s so good, I felt compelled to do a book review video about it. So here’s my book review of the hardboiled mystery...
S. 4, Ep. 4: Philip Marlowe Episode, ‘The Persian Slippers’
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What is a Patreon, Anyhow?
Every time I post another episode of the Crime Cafe on this blog, I refer to my Patreon page for the podcast. You may be wondering, “Just what is this Patreon thing, anyhow?” It’s quite simple. Back in the olde (with an “e” at the end) days, creative artists,...
The Crime Cafe Presents Philip Marlowe in ‘The Persian Slippers’
As promised in this post, this week’s Crime Cafe podcast presents Philip Marlowe in another old-time radio episode. This one is called “The Persian Slippers”. Enjoy! 🙂 PS: I’m offering a new perk to the first contributor to the Patreon...
Why Fiction Writers Should Do Research
It’s important for fiction writers, regardless of genre, to do at least a minimal amount of research about the subject of their book. In my case, I usually write about a lawyer with her own office. That’s a subject I know about from experience. However, lawyers don’t...