It's No Myth, Michael Penn, Author Bill Crider Helps Astonishing Adventures Magazine!

The other pop culture blog that I read religiously (sorry Becka) has just helped big time, to put the word out for Astonishing Adventures Magazine.

Yes, author Bill Crider did the pulp world a big favor by posting the submission guidelines for Astonishing Adventures Magazine on his wonderful blog. Thank you very much Mr. Crider! Now, if only Sheriff Dan Rhodes can help me find the right-side of my brain...

Happy Birthday To The Man Who Made Tarantino Possible

One of these days, I'm gonna scoop Bill Crider. Not in this lifetime, but one of these days. Happy 81st birthday to Elmore Leonard! A man who not only writes a pretty damn good crime novel, but he can also write excellent westerns that stand the test of time.

As a matter of fact, he started out writing westerns at the tail end of the pulps. He's a huge influence to all of us who write crime mixed with dark comedy. In the age of gimmicks where everyone else tries to go bigger and better, Leonard understands that great stories boil down to just people.

Happy Birthday Raymond Chandler!

If Bill Crider didn't tell me these things, I would be pulling my hair out months later when looking up related trivia on the IMDB. Happy Birthday to the true father of mystery and noir prose, and a big thanks to Bill!

He's A Healthy One-hundred And Twelve, Because He Is Eternal

Figures that I would forget the birthday of the Godfather of crime fiction and noir.

http://billcrider.blogspot.com/2006/05/happy-birthday-dashiell-hammett.html

As pennance, I will walk around the block wearing nothing but that the hat that Hammett wore in the trailer for "The Thin Man" and I will flog my back with this

http://www.emerybooks.com/lost/ls-hardcover.htm

Special thanks to Bill Crider, author and blogger extrordinaire who is always on top of things.

http://billcrider.blogspot.com/