The Weekend Plan

This weekend is the 3rd Annual West Hollywood "Fall Into Reading" Book Fair. There are a few good panels at the event:

Tell A Vision - Writing for THE Business and Pleasure with Stephen Cannell, Lee Goldberg, Gar Anthony Haywood and Peter Lefcourt.

T. Jefferson Parker and Gregg Hurwitz in conversation

Murder, Mystery and Madness - Writing about Crime with Christopher Darden, Marissa Batt, Miles Corwin with Edward Humes as the moderator.

Mystery Town - Crime Writers and Their Novel West Hollywood Setting with Jerrilyn Farmer, Gary Phillips, Robert S. Levinson, Nathan Walpow with John Morgan Wilson as Moderator.

Mrs. Peacock in a Library with a Pen - The Women of Mystery with Denise Hamilton, Susan Kandel, Harley Jane Kozak, Rochelle Krist and moderator Kelly Lange.

True Stories vs. Tall Tales - Debunking Rock n' Roll Myths with Kim Cooper, Pamela Des Barres, Domenic Priore, Gene Sculatti and moderator Becky Ebenkamp.

This is a special panel for Dave and Ray....Pamela Anderson with ghostwriter Eric Shaw Quinn.

Clive Barker will be doing a painting demonstration and Book signing.

I'll be taking pics and notes and buying books.

Secret Dead Men

This has been the week of several authors joining the blog world. After some persistent hounding, pleading, threats, bribes, you name it, Duane Swierczynski or LeBlanc as his friend refer to him, has join the blog world. In doing so, he has been offically ordained into Sarah Weinman's Harem of Cabana Boys; damn its getting crowded in here. Hey Sarah, I think its time for offical job descriptions and a set schedule of hours.

Duane has a new book coming out under the outstanding Point Blank Press called Secret Dead Men. Well if you have a chance, click on over and congratulate Duane and say hi.

Plots With Guns

The next edition of Plots With Guns is now live! There are 6 wonderful stories from Pat Lambe, Laura Ellen Scott, Cortright McMeel, Mark Conard, Celia McClinton and the ever entertaining Duane Swierczynski aka LeBlanc. Trev Maviano has taken the month off, this will give our virgin ears a rest, but we always look forward to his insight into the hard-boiled world of mystery.