by lannyadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
The plaudits Janet Roger’s Shamus Dust have received are well-deserved, not the least of which are its world-building of 1947 London, classical noir chops, excellent plotting, sly class observations, and admixture of American and British voices. But unlike some...
by lannyadmin | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
As originally appeared on the blog, Locks, Hooks & Books on January 14, 2020 This is the simplest question yet the most perplexing. I really needed to sit back and think about it. My answer: No one person, but artists in general. They are people dedicated, indeed...
by lannyadmin | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This essay first appeared on the blog, The Phantom Paragrapher on January 13, 2020. Who cannot be aware of the well-deserved ruckus concerning cultural appropriation? It is no longer acceptable to ape features or stereotypes of another gender, race, ethnicity, or any...
by lannyadmin | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
All writers have their own process. Mine begins with character(s). They present early on. I pay no mind to back-story, physical characteristics, or even their role at this initial stage; rather, I contemplate how their emotional construct impels their actions. Writers...
by lannyadmin | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Like most writers, I’d rather be writing stories—lost in images, worlds, words, characters and their conflicts—instead of pitching my work. We’re pitching all the time, aren’t we? We pitch to agents, publishers and readers. Our query letters are pitches; we develop...
by lannyadmin | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
I love noir fiction and movies. So do millions of others. Why is that? For me, it’s clear: Noir comes closer than any other genre to capturing the human condition. You won’t find superheroes in noir, and redemption only occurs by the cubic centimeter. When it does,...
