GIVEAWAY! James M. Jackson's BAD POLICY

I'm interviewing Jim Jackson at Women of Mystery today. Stop by and comment if you'd like to be entered in a drawing for a copy of his fine debut mystery, BAD POLICY. 

In winter, with my cup of tea...

... and the heat turned up, I’m happy to get to work at five, while the world is still dark. Now, I want to be outdoors when the birds break the silence of early morning, the air carries the scent of damp earth and the deer are feeding at the top of Pond Hill. Occasionally I have a visitor at the back window.

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My advice...

...to Anna Karenina if we happened to meet (before it was too late): "Honey, he's not worth it." If you'd care to play the What Would You Say game, please join us at Women of Mystery today.

In my novel...

...Damned If You Don’t, I’ve got some dirty deals going down, but nothing—nothing—to match the antics in the New York State Legislature these days. Read more at Women of Mystery today.

You have to love Jersey...

...for the people, the diners, the view from the Meadowlands, and the certain
 je ne sais quoi of its criminal class, always a source of inspiration for those of us  who write crime fiction. Read more at Women of Mystery.

When slogging through a swamp...

...it helps to know that others have been there before and made it out. For that reason, I was very cheered by George Saunders’ essay, “The United States of Huck,” which includes this quote by Donald Barthelme: “The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.”
  
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In a dazzling display of Hollywood hubris...

...Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner labelled as a "made up issue" Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney's concern that the two representatives from Connecticut were inaccurately portrayed as voting against the 13^th Amendment rather than for it. This, according to Maureen Dowd in yesterday's New York Times.

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