The Bodhisattva

Over at the Mysterybookspot.com Brian gives people trying to take their first or second step into mystery with A Mystery/Crime Fiction Primer.
When I look at something like this I can’t help but think how much I don’t like the ’specialist’ mentality. That isn’t to say that these authors consider themselves what people slot them [...]

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I want to start with the end as I think it gives you a bit of the moxy from the author that will filter through the pages of Crooked Little Vein. Many times we read the back-interior flap of a book and we read the author bio that at times has a personal touch [...]

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Been away but some interesting stuff going on at FBS:
- First, as a reminder you have a couple more days to enter our contest for a signed copy of Gregory Frost’s Shadow Bridge. If you missed my review from last year check it out! One of my favorites from last year and you [...]

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Fantasybookspot.com jumps into a new area that we are going to mine the shit out of and Damon kicks it off with an audio interview with author Alex Bledsoe whose books The Sword-Edged Blood a Mystery/Fantasy hybrid.
I really like it as dude tells you about pimping teachers and writing his book…I also finally know how [...]

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We have some Mysterybookspot content Brian put up recently that should be checked out. He interviews Duane Swierczynski. Brian summarizes the topics discussed:
Hitler, Goodis, Drinking, Crime, Sherlock Holmes, Casing your own bank, The ensuing chaos
He also has put together a contest to win Allan Guthrie’s Hard Man. So check that out.
- Patrick reviews Patrick’s [...]

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It’s really cool that we get so much new content (that I don’t anything to do with) that I can report
First, adding to our mess of on-going contests, Brian has announced a chance to win a copy of Peter Spiegelman’s Red Cat (which he also reviewed).
This is the latest in a ton of current [...]

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FBS had two eyes at last week’s NY Comic Con (not including hired muscle, who had to beat down some folks to get FBS some Press Passes - bodies not yet found), but since Damon is a slacker, I am left having to make two seperate blog posts pointing them out (as I noted earlier [...]

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Some Mysterybookspot.com news:

Briian Lindenmuth just announced the winner of last month’s contest to win a copy of 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers and has announced a new contest that will give two people a chance to win a copy of Probable Cause by by Edgar award winning author Theresa Schwegel.
So go find out [...]

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Over the last few days I decided to start reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, a series of books that I think just saw its 8th book published earlier this month. It’s a series that I have see has very enthusiastic fans and one that comes up at FBS - in terms of a book [...]

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Just kind of an all purpose post.

First, over at FBS Brian just announced a new contest for fans of mystery and this one apparently is on the humor tip* as well, written by Troy Cook and entitled 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers, he also recently announced the winner of a previous contest [...]

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Well, I’m bending the truth. It’s not so much a preview, but a bit of a tongue-and-cheek piece I just put up a piece at Fantasybookspot.com where our contributors and myself put up the books we are most looking forward to this year . Some of you may not enjoy what I enjoy, [...]

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I finished reading Valente’s (review on the way) Orphan’s Tales: In the Midnight Garden and the winner is in for a treat - there is some teriffic simultaneous storytellings (plural) going on here that even if you get lost in its weave, you enjoy finding your back. I just announced the winner of a [...]

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Today Brian Lindenmuth posted an interview he conducted with author Jason Starr, who I have to admit I know nothing about, but he’s working on a graphic novel for Vertigo so he has to be somewhat dope, and his fiction might be worth checking out because he’s obviously insane. I have proof:
“And the Knicks [...]

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So I’m on the phone talking to fellow Fantasybookspot.com mogul Damon discussing the battle plan for 2007, we are shooting the shit, talking about pain-in the ass web masters, an obnoxious female author who we love to see still in obscurity - over a dozen books published and not a damn thing said yet [...]

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