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mystery writer Jeff Markowitz blogs about reading and writing

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Yellow legal pads and magic typewriters

Dec 2, 2009
Yesterday scrogers wrote a thought-provoking post about author Cormac McCarthy giving up his typewriter after more than 50 years and 5 million words.  Scrogers asked:   Am I just being nostalgic here... like trying to write poetry with a quill and a...

Zombie (undead Romanian) Chanukah

Nov 30, 2009
Saintvi has posted a challenge to write a zombie Christmas carol.  I figure I'm in enough trouble with Santa this year (making him a suspect in a double murder) so I decided to contribute a zombie Chanukah song instead.  Get out your dreidels and sing...

Spring break in December

Nov 30, 2009
What does this middle-aged man have in common with these three lovely ladies? I don't know, but I sure hope they like to read. This week's stops on the book tour Friday, December 4 at 12:00 - Broward County Main Library, Ft. Lauderdale,...

The Library Campaign Continues

Nov 29, 2009
I've had a couple of requests recently for the list of libraries that own a copy of It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder.  As some of you know, my publisher's business plan relies on the library market more than book stores so it's important for me...

Black Friday at Bogart's

Nov 28, 2009
Good books, good music, great cocoa... And a big-time, small-town parade. Today, at 3:00, the Book Tour moves on to the West Windsor Library.




Elle T.
9.5
excellent
  Jeff Markowitz is laugh-out-loud funny, discussing the craft and the business of writing. He offers encouragement and wonderful tips for the aspiring writer, with a special nod to the mystery genre.
Posted 6/24/08 12:06 PM