Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all are having some beers
There's a busy weekend brewing here at Casa del Rawson. My little girl is turning 3 on Monday, but we're having her Birthday celebrations (Yeah, that's plural, she's having a birthday party tomorrow morning with her little toddler buddies and then a separate family party the same night. . .and, yes, you can go ahead and say it, my little Sadie is spoiled.) and I've spent a good portion of the evening assembling toys. (admittedly, not one of my strong suit.) But now that I'm finished up, it's time to wade into my Friday night writing and I thought I'd start off the night by typing up a quick blog post, share a link, some photos and what not.
Okay, first off, Eastern Standard Crime is back after a month long hiatus and editor Geoff
Eighinger is reshaping the space into not only a review site, but into a flash fiction site as well. ECS will be running a monthly contest called the BULLET awards where a panel of judges will pick the best stories that appeared on the site.
It sounds like fun so get your fingers and brains typing.
Alright, so as I posted a couple of nights ago, Seth Harwood, author of Jack Wakes Up, brought his hardboiled road show to the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ on Thursday and I've got to say the appearance had to be one of my favorites. I know I say this just about every time I head over for an author appearance, but seriously, the crowd Seth brought in was awesome and I got to hang out with some very cool people including Patrick Millikin, (manager of the Poisoned Pen, hardboiled aficionado and editor of the upcoming Akasic anthology, Phoenix Noir.) novelist/journalist Charles Kelly, short story/screenwriter Mike Mclean, and short story wunderkind Jason Duke, (if you haven't read Jason's stuff yet the man has a gang of cool stories out there including Soldier Boy over at Plots with Guns #2 and Running to Zero over at Thuglit #30, plus another handful of stories floating around at zines like 3 AM and Shred of Evidence, so check them out if you haven't already.) and, of course, the man
himself, Seth Harwood. All in all, it was a great night and a lot of great conversation.
Anyway, here are some pics of the event, hope you enjoy.
(and by the way, folks, not to lecture or anything, but make sure to support your local indie bookstore, because the McBookstore chains typically don't host author tours, so when a writer you like comes to town, make sure to head down, buy some books and meet the writer.)
Seth and the novel in question, Jack Wakes Up
Here's Seth and Jason. No, Jason's not a short dude, Seth just happens to be a giant.
Here's Seth and Patrick at the beginning of the appearance
And last but not least, a week or so back, I posted an interview Mr. Bill Crider conducted with Ken Bruen at Bouchercon 2005. Mr. Crider conducted a whole bunch of these 30 second interviews and I thought the style was really cool, so I decided to Co-op it when I sat down with Seth at the end of the night.
Hope you like.
(And Mr. Crider, I hope you don't mind.)
10 comments:
Jack Wakes Up has begun it's long trek from some secret amazon warehouse to my abode in Melbourne. Looking forward to it.
No-one's ever said Thompson? wow.
Sounds like a great event.
Keith, thanks for the kind words, buddy, I appreciate it. Seth's gig was definitely a blast. It was a real privilege to meet Seth, Keith, and Mike -- they're all stand up guys and cool as fuck! Hey Keith, we still gotta get that video clip from Seth. Looking forward to the upcoming Lansdale and Abbot events mid July at Poisned Pen.
Nice interview! Though that was easy. "Way Of The Gun" loses focus in the last third of the pic and whether you like "Reservoir Dogs" (I do), you can't say that the film every lost its focus.
Cameron--Yeah, no one. Don't get me wrong, I dig Goodis, the man was a master of atmosphere and he could fuck a character six ways to Sunday, but for my buck, I'll take Thompson anytime.
Jed--It was, dude. Poisoned Pen tends to attract a lot of heavy hitters.
Jason--It was a blast meeting up with you, man, and it'll be cool seeing you again for Lansdale and Abbott. And as far as Seth's video, I e-mailed him last night and sent him a DM through Twitter letting him know this stuff was up. But with him being on tour I don't know if he'll get back to me right away. I imagine I'll hear from him after he's back in San Francisco.
Cormac--I'll agree with you, it loses some steam, but the first two acts and the final act more than make up for it. Plus the opening scene in Gun is hilarious. I like both equally and that's why I paired them up.
You've got the voice for it. Do more.
Patti--Thanks, but personally, I think I sound like I'm talking out of my nose. I had a lot of fun with the format, though, so I'm diffidently going to do it again later on in the month when Joe Lansdale and Megan are in town for Poisoned Pen's Fest of the West thing. I might even have to subject Jason to it before he heads back to duty in California.
Hey Keith,
Shit, now I have another blog to obsess over.
I’d agree; Seth Harwood is definitely someone to check out on the reading circuit. Not only is his novel a load of fun, but I also came away knowing a little more about the industry. Plus, you’ve got admire the guy’s tenacity.
It was great meeting you guys—always cool to put a face to the words. Good luck with the stories. If I can drag my ass out of the house, maybe I’ll see you at the Pen again.
www.mikemaclean.net
Mike--Obsess away! Thanks for stopping in, by the way. And you should try to make it out for Lansdale or Megan or both, it should be a good time. And your right about Seth, the guy has a great insider/outsider point of view of the publishing industry, I diffidently came away feeling a lot more knowledgeable and slightly empowered in knowing that the new york publishers pretty much have their heads up their asses and don't really know what they want and that maybe it's the reading public that needs to tell (or maybe a few industrious writer's like Seth) them what to think?
Word and word!! THanks for having me on here guys. Guess what? After further review, I'm changing my second answer to color. No brainer, actually. I'm a kid of the 80s. Color!
This event was a blast and I love the comments here about you guys digging my book and what I've been up to getting the push out. This is the new paradigm, peeps. We gotta do this!!
Btw, if anyone wants to see MY video of Keith and Jason, it's here:
http://crimewav.com/?q=content/crimewav-road
Enjoy!
Seth
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