>Fred Willard wrote:
><<Reminds me of the statement by James Ellroy
that Chandler wrote about
>the man he wanted to be while Hammet wrote about the
man he was afraid he
>was.
>Fred>>
>Nice to hear from you, Fred. How's the new book coming
along? -- Duane
I think it's going well. I'm not really on a deadline with
it, so I
decided to slow the pace a bit after finishing the first
draft. I'm
working on the final draft and hope to get it out of the
house in a few
weeks.
I read that comment about Chandler and Hammett in a magazine
from the UK
called Crime Time. I'm sure a lot of people on the list are
familiar with
CT, but I only recently discovered it.
I'm quite impressed by it. It has some of the most
intelligent and thought
provoking essays and criticism regarding hard boiled fiction
I've seen in
any periodical.
It's a quarterly and has a new format. I've got a story in
their next
edition, I believe. I'm planning on sending them more because
I really
like the publication.
Nobody is going to pay for their beach house contributing to
it, but I
would seriously recommend it as a venue for any hard boiled
writers who
want to see their short fiction in print in the UK in an
environment where
it can reach HB fans.
Here's their URL:
http://www.crimetime.demon.co.uk/
Fred
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