by Joe Waynick There are a lot of misconceptions about the profitability of selling books on the Internet. First, it has be understood that selling books online is not a way to “get rich quick” Far from it. Internet bookselling requires just as much work and dedication as owning and operating a brick-and-mortar used book … Read more
Panama—Eric Zenecy—1995–in print When first published, this literary thriller was given rave reviews, and so, I just had to read it. And the critics were correct. The atmosphere is palpable, you almost feel the Seine, wafting towards you, the anxiety over a missing woman, the thrill of a new discovery, identifying fingerprints. Imagine what that … Read more
Mystery Fanfare, a fantastic blog by long time crime fiction expert Janet Rudolph announced the nominees yesterday. The award will be presented at the annual Bouchercon mystery fan convention later this year. Macavity is named for T. S. Eliot’s cat in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Here’s the link and list–check it out. http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2011/06/macavity-award-nominations.html
“I won’t think about it now, I’ll think about it at Tara, after all, tomorrow is another day!” Famous words from Scarlett O’Hara at the end of the movie, Gone With The Wind. What a hyped film that turned out to be, more so for its time–1939–parties and extravaganzas in Atlanta for the opening, the … Read more
An interesting subject I know zilch about–playing cards. I don’t understand poker, bridge, whatever other games are played with those interesting things full of hearts, spades, diamonds, and clovers. But I must be in the minority, because there are apparently loads of books with a playing card theme or motif–with various authors either expounding on … Read more
