Monthly Archives: May 2015

Look Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers.” It’s Legendary Crime Novelist Lawrence Block!

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Lawrence Block is one of the best, and one of the most prolific, crime novelists ever.  I caught up with him last week at BEA (Book Expo America) in New York City, where we both appeared at the Mystery Writers … Continue reading →

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The Hypocrisy Surrounding Sports Gambling

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

This article originally appeared as a guest blog on the Curling Up by the Fire website. I was first introduced to illegal sports gambling by a scruffy guy who made the rounds of the University of Massachusetts dormitories every Thursday … Continue reading →

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My “Authors On the Air” Interview

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Pam Stack interviewed me yesterday for the Authors on the Air radio show, asking about my hard-boiled Mulligan crime novels in general and the latest one, A Scourge of Vipers, in particular. We talked about the how I developed the … Continue reading →

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Why I Use Popular Music to Teach Writing

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

The following originally appeared on the Hardboiled Wonderland website. The languages of writing and music have many terms in common: tone, mood, pacing, style, movement, rhythm, voice . . .  It is only natural, then, that music is central in … Continue reading →

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The Providence Journal Raves Raves About “Providence Noir”

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Bruce DeSilva

Here’s what The Providence Journal says about Providence Noir, the latest in a series of award-winning anthologies from Akashic Press.  Each book in the series is filled with dark stories about different cities around the world. “Providence, of course, has … Continue reading →

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