I'll be on the road this weekend, and if you happen to be within range of where I'll be, I'd love to see you.
M is for Mystery, October 30, 2008, 7pm, San Mateo, CA. Appearing with Eric Stone, author of the acclaimed Ray Sharp series to discuss Chasing Smoke and Eric's latest, Flight of the Hornbill. We'll be doing a multi-media presentation in addition to reading and discussion.
The Mystery Bookstore, October 31, 2008, 7pm, Los Angeles. Group signing.
Men of Mystery, November 1, 2008. A day-long celebration of men who write mysteries. Irvine Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
I'm being roasted, which is probably better than getting baked.
Catch me at BookRoast on September 17, 2008.
Chris Eldin will be my roastmaster, and I have no doubt the heat will rise. Also roasting in September are my agent Janet Reid on September 12, and friend and fellow Killer Year member Jason Pinter on September 18, among many others. A hot time should be had by all.
Visitors will have a chance to win one of two free copies of Chasing Smoke.
BookRoast: Serving up authors and books lightly grilled and seasoned with humor.
Chris Eldin will be my roastmaster, and I have no doubt the heat will rise. Also roasting in September are my agent Janet Reid on September 12, and friend and fellow Killer Year member Jason Pinter on September 18, among many others. A hot time should be had by all.
Visitors will have a chance to win one of two free copies of Chasing Smoke.
BookRoast: Serving up authors and books lightly grilled and seasoned with humor.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Spring 2008 Events
Left Coast Crime, Denver, Colorado, March 6-9, 2008. At this year's conference, Lost Dog is a finalist for the Left Coast Crime Rocky Award. In addition to keeping my fingers crossed, I'll be participating in the following panels and activities:
- Debut Authors Breakfast, Friday, March 7 at 7:30am.
- Moderating the panel "Sex and Violence: Is Too Much Ever Enough?" with Tasha Alexander, David Corbett, Marcus Sakey, and Eric Stone. Friday, March 7 at 11am.
- Endless Conversation with Jess Lourey, Camille Minichino, Rick Mofina, Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 1:15pm.
- Participating in the panel "How Real Is Real Enough?" with Craig Johnson Colin Campbell, Troy Cook, Robert R. Kresge, Barbara Petty. Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 8:45am.
Friends of Mystery Debut Authors Panel, March 27, 2008.
The March 27, 2008 Bloody Thursday meeting will feature a panel of newly published mystery authors discussing their debut novels and the roads they traveled to get there. Authors are Bill Cameron, Gregg Olsen, Doc Macomber, Ashna Graves and Bob Napier.
Mystery Authors in the Round at Powell's at Cedar Hills Crossing. April 9, 2008, at 6:30pm.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Writers Faire 2007
The annual Willamette Writers Conference opens today with the Writers Faire from 6:00 - 9:00pm at the Portland Airport Sheraton. Over 60 authors participate. I will be on hand to sell and sign copies of Lost Dog. If you're around Portland and have a chance, stop by.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Cage Match Wrap Up
DATELINE: Manhattan, July 11, 2007
THE EVENT: Literary Cage Match between Shane Gericke, Jason Pinter and Bill Cameron
It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, technically, a dark and stormy late afternoon. The sky was grey when I descended into the subway at Houston and Second at five o'clock. At six, with I surfaced at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, the rain had started.
No biggie. I'm an Oregonian. I can handle a little rain. But since I'm not a New Yorker, I proceeded to head in the wrong direction. The venue for the Cage Match was on 44th between Fifth and Sixth, so I took the long block up 42nd toward Sixth, thinking that my target destination would be closer to Sixth than Fifth.
It was my fatal error. Not only did the New York Center for Independent Publishing turn out to be closer to Fifth after all, as I walked and walked and walked, the rain fell harder and harder and harder. By the time I was halfway to Sixth, my sanguine Oregonitude had been washed away by a desperate need for an umbrella.
"Sold out!" said one street vendor with a hand-lettered sign proclaiming UMBRALLAS $5.
"Buy t-shirt, you get plastic bag," said another. "Wear bag like hat."
I figured wearing the bag like a hat would mean the new shirt would get just wet too and besides, I'd look like a dork. But by the time I arrived at the NYCIP looking and feeling like I'd just crawled out of a pond, I wondered if looking like a dork would have been so awful.
The good news was I had half an hour to dry out before the reading. The bad was, um, how the hell was I supposed to dry out? I managed to wring out my t-shirt in the bathroom, which left me merely sodden. Then my brain kicked in and I dialed my daughter, who was coming up to the event by cab (smart girl) and who agreed to buy me the t-shirt I should have bought for the plastic bag myself.
Shane and Jason showed up forthwith, damp themselves. It was my first time meeting both, and we all hit it off immediately. I learned that even though it's spelled G-E-R-I-C-K-E, Shane's last name is pronounced YER-kee. (For the record, Jason's last name is spelled P-I-N-T-E-R and pronounced PIN-TER).
Folks were slow to trickle in, owing perhaps to the return of Noah outside. But soon enough I was delighted to see friends from Seattle Mystery Bookshop arrive, along with others who were in town for ThrillerFest. And, as special treat, Lee Child joined us. Lee is such a wonderful supporter of new writers, and it was a thrill for all three of us to see him.
My daughter arrived with friends from work, plus her boyfriend Jeff who was visiting from Portland. Once ensconced in my brand new dry t-shirt, (still moist from the waist down) I was ready to go, as was Jason and Shane.
I got to go first, which was a little nerve-wracking, but I had practiced, both alone and with an audience (my aunt sat through a reading), so I felt ready. I read chapter three from Lost Dog, and I felt like the reading went really well. Jason came after me, reading from The Mark—his main character, Henry Parker, is an Oregon native, by the way. Shane finished with a pair of readings from Cut to the Bone, and let me tell you, he was chilling.
In terms of a Cage Match, we all agreed that everyone won. Not very professional wrestling of us (no one got sucker slammed by a folding chair) but thriller writer types often turn out to be not nearly as dangerous as their protagonists and villains. The pieces read were all chilling, and the audience was very warm. I had a great, if damp, time. Why not a three-way tie?
Plus, I learned a valuable lesson. Next time, buy the plastic bag. I mean, t-shirt.
Big thanks to Janet Reid for setting up the event and to the NYCIP for hosting us.
THE EVENT: Literary Cage Match between Shane Gericke, Jason Pinter and Bill Cameron
It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, technically, a dark and stormy late afternoon. The sky was grey when I descended into the subway at Houston and Second at five o'clock. At six, with I surfaced at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, the rain had started.
No biggie. I'm an Oregonian. I can handle a little rain. But since I'm not a New Yorker, I proceeded to head in the wrong direction. The venue for the Cage Match was on 44th between Fifth and Sixth, so I took the long block up 42nd toward Sixth, thinking that my target destination would be closer to Sixth than Fifth.
It was my fatal error. Not only did the New York Center for Independent Publishing turn out to be closer to Fifth after all, as I walked and walked and walked, the rain fell harder and harder and harder. By the time I was halfway to Sixth, my sanguine Oregonitude had been washed away by a desperate need for an umbrella.
"Sold out!" said one street vendor with a hand-lettered sign proclaiming UMBRALLAS $5.
"Buy t-shirt, you get plastic bag," said another. "Wear bag like hat."
I figured wearing the bag like a hat would mean the new shirt would get just wet too and besides, I'd look like a dork. But by the time I arrived at the NYCIP looking and feeling like I'd just crawled out of a pond, I wondered if looking like a dork would have been so awful.
The good news was I had half an hour to dry out before the reading. The bad was, um, how the hell was I supposed to dry out? I managed to wring out my t-shirt in the bathroom, which left me merely sodden. Then my brain kicked in and I dialed my daughter, who was coming up to the event by cab (smart girl) and who agreed to buy me the t-shirt I should have bought for the plastic bag myself.
Shane and Jason showed up forthwith, damp themselves. It was my first time meeting both, and we all hit it off immediately. I learned that even though it's spelled G-E-R-I-C-K-E, Shane's last name is pronounced YER-kee. (For the record, Jason's last name is spelled P-I-N-T-E-R and pronounced PIN-TER).
Folks were slow to trickle in, owing perhaps to the return of Noah outside. But soon enough I was delighted to see friends from Seattle Mystery Bookshop arrive, along with others who were in town for ThrillerFest. And, as special treat, Lee Child joined us. Lee is such a wonderful supporter of new writers, and it was a thrill for all three of us to see him.
My daughter arrived with friends from work, plus her boyfriend Jeff who was visiting from Portland. Once ensconced in my brand new dry t-shirt, (still moist from the waist down) I was ready to go, as was Jason and Shane.
I got to go first, which was a little nerve-wracking, but I had practiced, both alone and with an audience (my aunt sat through a reading), so I felt ready. I read chapter three from Lost Dog, and I felt like the reading went really well. Jason came after me, reading from The Mark—his main character, Henry Parker, is an Oregon native, by the way. Shane finished with a pair of readings from Cut to the Bone, and let me tell you, he was chilling.
In terms of a Cage Match, we all agreed that everyone won. Not very professional wrestling of us (no one got sucker slammed by a folding chair) but thriller writer types often turn out to be not nearly as dangerous as their protagonists and villains. The pieces read were all chilling, and the audience was very warm. I had a great, if damp, time. Why not a three-way tie?
Plus, I learned a valuable lesson. Next time, buy the plastic bag. I mean, t-shirt.
Big thanks to Janet Reid for setting up the event and to the NYCIP for hosting us.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Catching Up
It's been a while, I know. Summer appeared rather abruptly, offering its various distractions. Plus, I've been trying to catch up on my reading, which has been lovely, to be honest. I'm getting ready to head east for a week or so, first to visit family and then to travel to New York City for ThrillerFest, as well as a reading event at the New York Center for Independent Publishing.
The NYCIP event will be Wednesday, July 11. It's called LITERARY CAGE MATCH: WHO’S THE MOST CHILLING THRILLER WRITER: CHICAGO NEWSHOUND, NEW YORK EDITOR, OREGON ARTIST? I'm the Oregon Artist, and I'll be reading along with Jason Pinter and Shane Gericke, two writers you'll want to pay attention to if you haven't already. Jason's debut thriller, The Mark, just came out and it's terrific. Shane debuted with the award-winning Blown Away, and his new novel, Cut to the Bone, was just released to great reviews. Learn more about the event here.
At long last, I've last settled on the title for my second novel. It's to be Chasing Smoke. I've delivered the final draft to my agent, and she's doing the agenty stuff she does. Once I know something, I'll be sure to wave my arms and yell. You can read an early draft of chapter one here, though I have to admit the final draft is considerably different, having changed in the interim at least as many times as I changed the title.
For the record, the titles I've considered are, in chronological order: Death with Dignity, The Five Dead Men, Skin, Rat, Oblivion of Hummingbirds, Tin Man, and Smoking Women, before settling on Chasing Smoke. The two finalists were Oblivion of Hummingbirds and Chasing Smoke, and in some ways I like Oblivion a little better of the two. Both work thematically, but in the end I have a feeling Chasing Smoke will be more effective in the marketplace.
Meanwhile, I've begun work on my next novel, tentatively titled The Paths of the Dead—though heaven knows how many times it will change before it's through. It's still very much in the development stage, so I don't want to say very much about it. As in Chasing Smoke, Skin Kadash returns, but a number of new characters will join him, including a new antagonist who I think will make Jake of Lost Dog seem like an Eagle Scout.
That's all the news for now. I'll be posting from New York at InkSpot next Thursday, and at Killer year after I return from New York.
The NYCIP event will be Wednesday, July 11. It's called LITERARY CAGE MATCH: WHO’S THE MOST CHILLING THRILLER WRITER: CHICAGO NEWSHOUND, NEW YORK EDITOR, OREGON ARTIST? I'm the Oregon Artist, and I'll be reading along with Jason Pinter and Shane Gericke, two writers you'll want to pay attention to if you haven't already. Jason's debut thriller, The Mark, just came out and it's terrific. Shane debuted with the award-winning Blown Away, and his new novel, Cut to the Bone, was just released to great reviews. Learn more about the event here.
At long last, I've last settled on the title for my second novel. It's to be Chasing Smoke. I've delivered the final draft to my agent, and she's doing the agenty stuff she does. Once I know something, I'll be sure to wave my arms and yell. You can read an early draft of chapter one here, though I have to admit the final draft is considerably different, having changed in the interim at least as many times as I changed the title.
For the record, the titles I've considered are, in chronological order: Death with Dignity, The Five Dead Men, Skin, Rat, Oblivion of Hummingbirds, Tin Man, and Smoking Women, before settling on Chasing Smoke. The two finalists were Oblivion of Hummingbirds and Chasing Smoke, and in some ways I like Oblivion a little better of the two. Both work thematically, but in the end I have a feeling Chasing Smoke will be more effective in the marketplace.
Meanwhile, I've begun work on my next novel, tentatively titled The Paths of the Dead—though heaven knows how many times it will change before it's through. It's still very much in the development stage, so I don't want to say very much about it. As in Chasing Smoke, Skin Kadash returns, but a number of new characters will join him, including a new antagonist who I think will make Jake of Lost Dog seem like an Eagle Scout.
That's all the news for now. I'll be posting from New York at InkSpot next Thursday, and at Killer year after I return from New York.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Literary Cage Match, July 11, 2007
LITERARY CAGE MATCH: WHO’S THE MOST CHILLING THRILLER WRITER: CHICAGO NEWSHOUND, NEW YORK EDITOR, OREGON ARTIST?
Chicago newshound, Shane Gericke , CUT TO THE BONE
New York editor, Jason Pinter, THE MARK
Oregon artist, Bill Cameron, LOST DOG
WEDNESDAY, July 11 at 6:30pm
NY Center for Independent Publishing
20 West 44th
New York, NY
Three tough guys flex their chops in a literary cage match contest for most chilling thriller writer. Metaphorical take downs, dangling participles and adjectives sliced away like so much excess fat —a veritable blood bath of killer prose.
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is located at 20 West 44th in the library of the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen (previously called the Small Press Center.)
The event is free. Bring your own bookie for side wagers on the outcome.
Books will be for sale through the incredible Mobile Libris.
About the authors:
SHANE GERICKE’s writing career began in high school, as a $7.50-a-week sportswriter for the local Frankfort Herald. He liked it so much he never looked back.
He spent 25 years as a journalist, most prominently as a senior financial editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, then switched to crime thrillers. His debut, the national bestseller BLOWN AWAY, was named Best Debut Mystery of 2006 by Romantic Times Book Reviews, and appears in five languages. His sequel, CUT TO THE BONE, also from Kensington Publishing, just launched worldwide. Mr. Gericke writes for national magazines, is a founding member and charity auction director of International Thriller Writers Inc., and is a popular speaker at national conferences and book clubs.
Visit the Chicago author at his website, www.shanegericke.com.
When JASON PINTER is not writing his acclaimed Henry Parker series, he works as a book editor and lives in New York City. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2003, is a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, and is a co-founder of Killer Year. His debut novel, THE MARK, comes out on June 26th from MIRA Books. Visit him at www.JasonPinter.com.
BILL CAMERON lives in Portland Oregon with his wife, son and daughter (who served as the corpse model for lost dog!) and an ever growing menagerie. He’s a member of the Killer Year collective and maintains a blog "Thinking With My Skin." More information about Mr. Cameron is available on his website www.billcameronmysteries.com.
Chicago newshound, Shane Gericke , CUT TO THE BONE
New York editor, Jason Pinter, THE MARK
Oregon artist, Bill Cameron, LOST DOG
WEDNESDAY, July 11 at 6:30pm
NY Center for Independent Publishing
20 West 44th
New York, NY
Three tough guys flex their chops in a literary cage match contest for most chilling thriller writer. Metaphorical take downs, dangling participles and adjectives sliced away like so much excess fat —a veritable blood bath of killer prose.
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is located at 20 West 44th in the library of the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen (previously called the Small Press Center.)
The event is free. Bring your own bookie for side wagers on the outcome.
Books will be for sale through the incredible Mobile Libris.
About the authors:
SHANE GERICKE’s writing career began in high school, as a $7.50-a-week sportswriter for the local Frankfort Herald. He liked it so much he never looked back. He spent 25 years as a journalist, most prominently as a senior financial editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, then switched to crime thrillers. His debut, the national bestseller BLOWN AWAY, was named Best Debut Mystery of 2006 by Romantic Times Book Reviews, and appears in five languages. His sequel, CUT TO THE BONE, also from Kensington Publishing, just launched worldwide. Mr. Gericke writes for national magazines, is a founding member and charity auction director of International Thriller Writers Inc., and is a popular speaker at national conferences and book clubs.
Visit the Chicago author at his website, www.shanegericke.com.
“CUT TO THE BONE is a frightening thrill ride, with beautifully drawn characters, sharply observed detail, and exceptional writing. This is a damn fine book.”
– New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston
When JASON PINTER is not writing his acclaimed Henry Parker series, he works as a book editor and lives in New York City. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2003, is a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America, and is a co-founder of Killer Year. His debut novel, THE MARK, comes out on June 26th from MIRA Books. Visit him at www.JasonPinter.com.“Read THE MARK and you will be introduced to a terrific new talent, Jason Pinter, who has written a gripping page-turner you won’t be able to stop reading.”
— James Patterson
BILL CAMERON lives in Portland Oregon with his wife, son and daughter (who served as the corpse model for lost dog!) and an ever growing menagerie. He’s a member of the Killer Year collective and maintains a blog "Thinking With My Skin." More information about Mr. Cameron is available on his website www.billcameronmysteries.com.“Bill Cameron knows his way around the mean streets of Portland. In the tradition of no good deed should go unpunished, Lost Dog gives you the perfect fall guy, a flawed protagonist who makes you hold your breath. Careening between what will he do next and what will happen to him next, this tasty piece of character-driven noir keeps you guessing from beginning to end. If you like them real with no pulled punches, the beautifully written Lost Dog is for you.”
— Robert Fate author Baby Shark
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