The Beat On The Street

Breaking new from Lily Childs' blog: Col Bury has a new site and it is looking very impressive. Rather than go into all the details why that is, see for yourself HERE

Paul Brazill was kind enough to make me an offer I couldn't refuse as a guest blogger on his site. To have a peek, click HERE

"Wake up Dead" was one of the top novels I read last year and the author Roger Smith dances with himself over at Nigel Bird's blog HERE

Over AT THE BIJOU, Absolutely*Kate is looking for stories for her Fab Feb Filmfest. Details HERE

If you didn't know it, the above picture is Fredo Corleone from "The Godfather", played by John Cazale, who just happens to be from Revere ( Reveah to me ) Mass. I just watched a documentary on him and it was very good. He died way to young and the list of actors paying homage to him is a true testament to how respected he was by his peers. RIP and I'm jonesing to watch "Dog Day Afternoon" again as well as "The Conversation" which I have never seen before.

Let's Hear it For The Girls

Clarissa Draper, who was kind enough to provide me with some great feedback one of my stories, which much to my dismay, and understanding, she couldn't post on her blog because of the overly "salty" language, provided a nice, easy challenge and a way to get a bit more exposure on her latest blog post HERE


-Here's my fav last line of one of my stories:

If there is an afterlife, I’m hoping Striker gets to sort things out with his old man.

-Here's my hot-off-the-presses first line to a new story:
Mel figured he could get by as a lefty if they broke his right arm or maybe took a couple fingers, but the thumb, Christ, a monkey with two good hands would be considered twice as civilized as him.

Huge post holiday thanks go to Erin Cole and Jodi Macarthur for posting / promoting all the great reads from a bunch of writers, who most of us all know. In case you missed it, look HERE

Absolutely*Kate, who is giving Crista Faust a run for her money as my secret noir crime writing skirt crush, is being kind enough to help out other writers with her Bread Crumbs feature over at her site HERE