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med for a crime and how he seeks revenge bd what inspired your own story three brisket tacos a sig sauer mb i went a little over the top telling the story of an ex con who falls back in with the woman who initially enticed him into a life of crime and who bailed on him when he was caught he finds himself torn between continuing a life of crime with her or going straight with the neighbor he s fallen for after his release bd it s exciting to see publishers experimenting with stories and distribution plans what challenges did you meet trying to get the series out in the chosen fashion mb our biggest challenge as editors was turning everything around quickly enough to have the series ready to launch in july bouchercon was in september and trey and i had to find six writers who liked the concept and could write novellas within a few months i faced an additional challenge as one of the writers because novellas are two to three times longer than my usual short story lengths and i didn t know when i wrote the first few words of my story if my idea had enough meat to justify the length luckily most of the other challenges fell to the publisher bd you ve said many times in many venues that you despise the word got and encourage writers to use a word that isn t so lazy full disclosure i caught myself using got in my intro and quickly found a better word you taught me well did any of the series contributors dare to use the word got in their story and if so how did you dispose of the bodies mb a few did and i excised what i could without too much bloodletting bd i m really excited about this project and really hope it brings you a wider audience michael how do we find guns tacos mb subscribe to the first season at https downandoutbooks com bookstore guns tacos s1 subscription to purchase the first story at amazon https www amazon com gp product b07tjkcx5q at barnes noble https www barnesandnoble com w tacos de cazuela con smith wesson gary phillips 1132245301 at smashwords https www smashwords com books view 946248 posted by brian drake at 1 48 pm 2 comments tuesday may 14 2019 the promised big announcement or look mom a real publisher i m late telling you about this but now that the book is coming out it seems like the best time to explain my tease from a few months ago i recently joined wolfpack publishing to co write some action series team reaper and they liked my work so much they decided to take on my stiletto series too the previously self published action series featuring the exploits of a tough cia agent who later goes freelance the first book the termination protocol drops tomorrow you can pre order it now ebook or very handsome paperback the second book the fairmont maneuver is also up for pre order for release later in may the text has not changed from my original editions so unless you like the snazzy new cover there s no reason to buy this again but wolfpack also contracted for four more stiletto titles so once book four hits you can start adding to the collection many thanks to mike bray at wolfpack for taking me and stiletto on board posted by brian drake at 12 10 pm no comments tuesday march 5 2019 robert j randisi and the nashville pi series the first time i read a robert j randisi story was in the black lizard anthology of crime fiction it s probably the best anthology the late and very much missed ed gorman assembled and should be part of your collection gorman included randisi s a matter of ethics and the first line grabs you by the neck i got mugged on the way to meet a potential client if you have the power to stop reading after that you re stronger than i will ever be it s just one example of randisi s straight to the point writing style that has earned him so many fans and made the gunsmith which he writes under the name of j r roberts the longest running adult western series in the history of the genre and the good news is he has another book out the honky tonk big hoss boogie takes place in nashville in the heart of music city where session player auggie valez gets in over his head by taking a job that seems harmless at first but of course quickly turns deadly how s this for an opening corkey barnes told everyone who would listen that he was a major country music producer it wasn t a lie he was and he liked everybody to know it as soon as possible i don t know about you but i need to keep reading corkey has snake written all over him robert agreed to a sit down at the pool hall and we chatted while sipping some very good bourbon while we chatted about his career and the honky tonk big hoss boogie brian drake you ve attained legendary status in the mystery and western community 670 books and counting 30 anthologies mystery scene american crime writers league the private eye writers of america the shamus award incredible when do you sleep when did the writing bug bite and is telling stories still as exciting today as it was when you began robert j randisi i got bit when i was 15 started by writing a man from uncle manuscript man meets girl from uncle put it in a drawer wrote a private eye novel put it in a drawer then started writing short stories also saw paul newman in harper which convinced me that i wanted to write for a living by the time i was 30 and i did it bd let s talk about the gunsmith your adult western series that s still going strong the history of the gunsmith is well documented elsewhere so we aren t going into that here has continuing the series series since leaving berkeley been a challenge i see gunsmith titles from piccadilly pro se etc has that made it difficult to remain consistently available to readers rjr i was able to continue the gunsmith after all the other series died because i made sure i owned it the others were house owned and yes it s been difficult making it consistently available piccadilly would only do ebook editions but going with them was the only way i could be sure there was no lag between book 399 and book 400 i wanted to keep it coming out monthly then i had to find somebody to do hard copies of the books pro se stepped up but it was too difficult i finally placed it with speaking volumes who is doing both hard and ebook editions but we re still trying to find all those readers who lost us when we left berkley bd you ve recently spun off lady gunsmith from the series how did that come about rjr lady gunsmith was going to be done 35 years ago by charter books before berkley bought them berkley canned the idea i uncannily cannily waited for the time to be right to bring the idea back bd what is it about the western genre that keeps it relevant where do you see the genre heading over the next ten years rjr it s history history is always relevant the fact that we can elaborate on it exaggerate it doesn t change the basics of it private eye spy even science fiction genres have to change with the times westerns don t westerns are westerns basically but everybody has to put their own twist on it and for the future we ll all keep trying to find ways to do that bd miles jacoby one of your private detective characters is back in print from wolfpack tell us a little about him rjr jacoby was a middleweight boxer who worked part time for a private eye when he had enough time in he applied for his own license and quit fighting throughout the course of the 6 books he s learning to run his own business i m toying with the idea of continuing the series for wolfpack jumping ahead the 20 or so years that have gone by since the last one bd you ve written about other pi characters too including nick delvecchio if nick and mike hammer got the same lead on a case who would solve it first rjr hammer he s tougher smarter older and more experienced and if i said nick my friend max collins would tear me a new one bd hahaha max allan collins has visited this blog many times and even leaves a comment once in a blue moon so i m sure he ll get a chuckle out of that how has the private eye genre changed during your tenure and where do you see it going in the future is there even still a place for the private eye rjr there will always be a place for the private eye in my heart if nowhere else as with the western genre writers have been putting their own stamp on the genre since my first book came out in 1980 he and she have changed with the times methods change laws change new laws are passed all that has to be taken into consideration unless you re going to write period pieces at the moment i m getting back into the p i field doing a new series for wolfpack and a new series for down out books the locales are different the experience level and ages of the protagonists are different but the devotion to the conventions not cliches of the genre are the same bd along with the honky tonk big hoss boogie you also have some other titles coming up rjr one is the headstone detective agency set in new york about a 50 year old p i who gets his license back after serving time and has to start over the other is set in nashville and features a p i who is also a guitar player and song writer the first book the big hoss honky tonk boogie came out several years ago was nominated for a shamus for best paperback then the publisher folded now i m getting a chance to bring it back with wolfpack the second book is called the last sweet song of hammer dylan i m still writing gunsmith and lady gunsmith a few years ago i wrote what i think is my best book mckenna s house for crossroads publishing i d like to do more i m also going to do more traditional westerns bd thanks for the chat robert click here to find robert s amazon page he has so many titles available you will never lack for a good read posted by brian drake at 9 36 am 1 comment monday january 21 2019 big announcement soon we ve tidied up the blog a little as far as the sidebars go where i normally post my available titles steve dane is there three books out from liberty island with two more forthcoming hopefully this summer if you can remember what was there before and isn t there now you might have an idea of my upcoming announcement details soon i promise posted by brian drake at 2 49 pm no comments sunday january 13 2019 alaskan storm incoming we have a new kid on the block who is worth checking out kronos ananthsimha has written a terrific action yarn called alaskan storm and it hits all the right buttons starting from page one let me quote one of the amazon reviews to give you a taste of the story the premise is unique and original centering around a secretive darpa special ops unit called the hounds comprised of an eclectic cast of characters and a st bernard and tasked with countering scientific threats what you get with alaskan storm is a bit more than the usual action thriller and it s a treat in this age of bearded anti terrorist dude bros tactically dude bro ing as they fight the same bad guys everybody else is writing about kronos hails from bangalore india and i think you ll be very interested in seeing what he has up his sleeve now and in the future i won t try and tell you about the book because kronos is better at it than i am so here it is in his own words bd when did you start writing k i started writing when i was 16 years old around five years ago for a few years i just tried to write and i m still learning after publishing a short story anthology with a small press which went badly i started learning to write i read books on the writing craft read online articles and watched a wide array of videos from professionals in the field each time that i write is an experiment with my mind s wildness i ve been keen on making a career in writing since i started reading books in primary school bd what is it about adventure fiction that particularly inspires you k the three books which redefined my view on storytelling are matthew reilly s temple clive cussler s inca gold and james rollins bloodline i discovered them accidentally and they expanded my perception of the sheer fun excitement craziness and the learning ability one can have with books as i read more books in this action adventure genre i wanted to create my own epic roller coaster ride that would be brutal detailed fun and informative this came into reality in the trilogy of novellas called blood stone impact the first of which is alaskan storm i ll compile the trilogy into one book when i m done writing them and put it out in the print format bd which authors have influenced you most k my earliest taste of thrillers was through robert ludlum s classic masterpieces of complex plots with brilliant protagonists who had deep characterization vince flynn brad thor brad taylor ben coes and mark greaney are some of the legends of modern spy action thrillers who ve shown me the impact that this genre has on the world two new authors andrew warren and aiden l bailey write uniquely brilliant books which have got me hooked recently i m lucky and fortunate enough to have them as my mentors friends and guides for every aspect of the literary industry they d make great creative writing professors if they wanted to bd you re studying to be a journalist how has that helped or hindered your fiction writing k studying journalism has helped me to collect verify and research data which i need for writing i ve learned about networking and made helpful contacts while studying media and through the activities that i ve done for building my portfolio unfortunately news writing is completely different from creative writing so it s not very helpful bd indeed i spent my early career as a newspaper reporter because i thought it would help and you re right the writing is totally different but it did teach me how to research how to interview and ask the right questions and even get people who didn t want to talk to me to share their thoughts anyway please describe your protagonist what makes him interesting to you k in blood stone impact there are three equally important protagonists but the first part focuses on damian blood and nick park who are very different from each other and yet have certain similarities blood is a tall hulking operator who leads a strike team for taskforce cobalt a covert unit of dia and darpa which handles scientific threats the other side to him is that he s a genius level mechanic and yet he s immature rash and wild park is an army ranger turned microbiologist who has given up his military career after a tragedy he has spent five years curing cancer in an isolated lab only to have his research stolen and weaponized nick park is drawn back into the action which he wanted to forget and has to face off against the men he had once trained and commanded these characters make the elements of a conflicting plot as an author i take pleasure in putting my characters through hell and enjoy the ride that their lives are bd how is the villain going to challenge your characters k the main villains of blood stone impact aren t revealed yet in the alaskan storm a few of the major antagonists pla...