Linky Goodness

***And this just in - Conversations With the Bookless - Patti Abbott http://www.bookspotcentral.com/2009/04/conversations-with-the-bookless-patti-abbott/

All kinds of linky goodness to be found about the 'net yesterday and today.

Looking for a bit of history about the old guys of writing?

Leigh Lundin has "Professional Tips - Jack Kerouac" at the Criminal Brief blog yesterday. Read Jack's thirty writing tips here http://criminalbrief.com/?p=6470

And a hat tip to Ed Gorman for supplying this link to an essay on the father of shorts, Edgar Allan Poe http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/04/27/090427crat_atlarge_lepore

And for a couple of essays on writing.

First, you might try the link to Murderati that I put up in the last post. The discussion that follows is just as informative as the essay itself.

Again at Criminal Brief, James Lincoln Warren has an essay up called "Backstory Blues" with is damn fine, being both informative and entertaining. http://criminalbrief.com/?p=6479

And writers helping writers is a special love of mine. The Little Blog of Murder has guest blogger, Shelly Costa who essay "The Mystery of Yes and No" will tug at your heartstrings. http://www.thelittleblogofmurder.com/2009/04/27/the-mystery-of-yes-and-no/

Today's Snoopy Dances.

Now, I'm not a technical kind of girl, I don't even own a cell phone, but friend of The Corner, Michael Bracken has had his PI novel "All White Girls" picked up for release on Kindle. Give up your Snoopy Dances for Michael and check out the links to his book at http://crimefictionwriter.blogspot.com/

And I'm going to have to hire a chorus line of Snoopy Dancers for Keith Rawson as I noticed he has stories up at Powder Burn Flash and Darkest Before the Dawn. Keep 'em coming, Keith. urls to the left, readers.

And some short stories to check out.

It's always fun for me to stumble across a new to me short story writer. This morning I popped on over to the New Mystery Reader and read a gem of a PI story by Jim Sells. His PI is HW Grady and I love the voice that tells this story, its tough, but tinged with humor. You can read Mr. Sells' story, Not My Little Girl, here http://www.newmysteryreader.com/not_my_little_girl.htm

And with a hat tip to Cullen Gallagher at Pulp Serenade here's a link to an excellent story by Frederick Brown called "Don't Look Behind You" http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/brown-f/donlook10.html