Lesa's Book Critiques: What Are You Reading?

 Lesa's Book Critiques: What Are You Reading?

Market Call: Sans Press and No Gods No Masters

 

Tip of the ball cap to Michael Bracken for pointing this out on one of the lists I am on. 

Sans Press at https://www.sanspress.com/submissions  

No Gods No Masters

From July 24 to Aug 31*, we are open for short story submissions! We are looking for stories of any genre that respond to our title and/or cover art. Selected writers will receive a flat rate of €200.

The Hard Word: CELEBRATING OVER A HALF CENTURY OF GREAT WRITING- C.M.KUSHINS' COOLER THAN COOL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELMORE LEONARD

 The Hard Word: CELEBRATING OVER A HALF CENTURY OF GREAT WRITING- C.M.KUSHINS' COOLER THAN COOL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELMORE LEONARD

Jungle Red Writers: Michael Connelly's female detective: a different kind of "hardboiled"

Jungle Red Writers: Michael Connelly's female detective: a different k...:   HALLIE EPHRON: Speaking of writing in the voice of a narrator who's  different from the author,  Michael Connelly  has successfully m...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Keep Cool, Mr. Jones (1950) by Timothy Fuller

Beneath the Stains of Time: Keep Cool, Mr. Jones (1950) by Timothy Fuller: Timothy Fuller was a member of the class of 1936 at Harvard and the son of Richard Fuller, head of Boston's Old Corner Book Store, who ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Something for the Pain, Eli the Good, Heartwood

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Something for the Pain, Eli the Good, H...:   Reported by Rita   Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER by Paul Austin An ER doctor's memoir describes the ...

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 33 Awesome Writing Conferences and Workshops in August 2025

Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 33 Awesome Writing Conferences and Workshops in Au...: This August there are more than two dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most wi...

Lesa's Book Critiques: Lavender Lies Bleeding by Leslie Budewitz

 Lesa's Book Critiques: Lavender Lies Bleeding by Leslie Budewitz

Gravetapping: Review: "How's Your Mother?" by Simon Brett

Gravetapping: Review: "How's Your Mother?" by Simon Brett:   “How’s Your Mother?” by Simon Brett Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct. 1983   Simon Brett’s, “How’s Your Mothe...

Do Some Damage: Launching a Book into the World

 Do Some Damage: Launching a Book into the World

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Face- Time" Lorrie Moore from THE NEW YORKER, Sept. 2020

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Face- Time" Lorrie Moore from THE NEW YORKER, Sept. 2020

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Five Tuesdays in Winter

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Five Tues...:   In December 2024, I read the first four stories in Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King. I liked them all; check out my thoughts on those...

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #234: INSPECTOR COLBECK’S CASEBOOK, THIRTEEN TALES FROM THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE By Edward Marston

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #234: INSPECTOR COLBECK’S CASEBOOK, THIRTEEN TALES FROM THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE By Edward Marston

Little Big Crimes: The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe, by Tia Tashiro

Little Big Crimes: The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe, by Tia Tashiro:   "The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe," by Tia Tashiro, in Clarkesworld, #220, January 2025. I have reviewed science fiction s...

Lesa's Book Critiques: Kevin’s Corner Annex – Return to Sender by Craig Johnson

Lesa's Book Critiques: Kevin’s Corner Annex – Return to Sender by Craig Johnson 

Mystery Fanfare: Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal: Northern California Mysteries (41:3)

Mystery Fanfare: Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal: Northe...: Call for Articles: Mystery Readers Journal : Northern California Mysteries! (41:3); Fall 2025 For our next issue, we are looking for crime...

The Hard Word: CINEMA UNDER A SEVENTIES INFLUENCE: ANDREW J. RAUSCH'S THE TAKING OF NEW YORK CITY & THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO (WITH KIERAN FISHER)

 The Hard Word: CINEMA UNDER A SEVENTIES INFLUENCE: ANDREW J. RAUSCH'S THE TAKING OF NEW YORK CITY & THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO (WITH KIERAN FISHER)

Gravetapping: A Triptych of TV Reviews

Gravetapping: A Triptych of TV Reviews: A Triptych of TV Reviews     While I talk about television here at the blog every so often, I rarely review television ...

Lesa's Book Critiques: A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie

 Lesa's Book Critiques: A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie

In Reference To Murder: Media Murder for Monday 7/21/2025

 In Reference To Murder: Media Murder for Monday 7/21/2025