tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5194640762780475243..comments2024-03-29T10:24:43.685-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Pay It ForwardLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-11991976557666255592022-01-31T19:15:51.928-05:002022-01-31T19:15:51.928-05:00You have inspired me to find a copy of "The H...You have inspired me to find a copy of "The Horrible, Senseless Murders of...." I have spent 2021 collecting and reading Dennis Lynds as "Brett Halliday" and also Lynds' "Slot Machine Kelly" stories. I own 29 and 4 examples, respectively. It's time to give Michael Collins a chance too. (I've read all 70 Shayne novels too)Trevor Trillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364386328424011366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48824229010358455902021-08-12T04:01:11.436-04:002021-08-12T04:01:11.436-04:00Wonderful to hear about this, Michael!Wonderful to hear about this, Michael!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64064202134080115372021-08-11T08:29:31.346-04:002021-08-11T08:29:31.346-04:00Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments.Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31221862544588056912021-08-11T08:29:10.910-04:002021-08-11T08:29:10.910-04:00Congratulations, Jim, and I'm glad I played so...Congratulations, Jim, and I'm glad I played some small part in the genesis of Gun Hachette.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50167419814766176552021-08-10T21:27:14.478-04:002021-08-10T21:27:14.478-04:00!!! Good point, O'Neil.!!! Good point, O'Neil.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49312519749837951452021-08-10T17:43:58.833-04:002021-08-10T17:43:58.833-04:00Wow. This is cool. Leigh "gregariously-challe...Wow. This is cool. Leigh "gregariously-challenged writer" This writer is just plain anti-social. Too many years with criminals.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42878333880935967972021-08-10T17:19:40.376-04:002021-08-10T17:19:40.376-04:00Networking, you never know when it will hand you a...Networking, you never know when it will hand you an unexpected gift. Just be sure to pass it on.<br />Several years ago, a good friend (on this blog) and I took a fellow board member to a certain bar in Manhattan for Russian beers. The result was that I was offered a lucrative contract for a nonfiction book, which I wrote under an alias. Goes to show you just never know what will come out of networking. Go to it.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31936388979294480912021-08-10T12:14:07.679-04:002021-08-10T12:14:07.679-04:00Congratulations, Michael!Congratulations, Michael!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-5296869978211926692021-08-10T10:34:37.253-04:002021-08-10T10:34:37.253-04:00In the same spirit, I would like to acknowledge Mi...In the same spirit, I would like to acknowledge Michael's contribution (as well as the contribution of author/editor Mysti Berry) in the creation of a series character of mine.<br /><br />As Michael already noted, he edited an anthology of Texas PI stories titled THE EYES OF TEXAS. At his encouragement, I started work on a story for that anthology, the first I ever wrote (or at least started) about itinerant Texas cop Gus Hachette, who drifts from job to job in the years just before WW1 to the years just after WW2. The story I proposed, "For the Honor of the Family," marginally counted as a PI story since Gus was, in this entry, employed by Cattlemen's Association as a field investigator.<br /><br />I wasn't able to complete the manuscript in time, and, in any case, the word count was far above what Michael was looking for when I did complete it.<br /><br />But because of his encouragement, I felt I had a character with potential staying power. "For the Honor of the Family" was recently published in Murderous Ink's Crimeuopia anthology, DEAD MAN'S HAND.<br /><br />In between Michael's invitation and Murderous Ink's acceptance, I wrote another story about Gus set just after WW2 titled "The Lord of LaValle," in which Gus is called out retirement to investigate a case of election fraud.<br /><br />I submitted it to Mysti Berry who was looking for stories with a "dishonest election" theme for her anthology LOW DOWN DIRTY VOTE - VOL. 2. At first she turned it down, since she'd already accepted a Texas-set story. But on giving it a reread, she decided that, despite the shared setting, the two stories were significantly different enough that the similarities wouldn't stand out.<br /><br />A third story, "Bullets and Booze on the Border," set in the early days of Prohibition, depicts Gus as a federal agent in El Paso trying to stem the tide of illegal hooch crossing the Rio Grande into Texas. It's set to appear in an upcoming anthology STANDOFF - COPS AND ROBBBERS, edited by Tommy Hancock for Pro Se Press.<br /><br />And I've started work on a novel about Gus, ENVY ROTS THE BONES.<br /><br />I have Michael and Mysti to thank for sparking the creative juices that led to the conceiving of Gus Hachette.<br /><br />I'm glad his 'blog entry today gives me a chance to acknowledge their encouragement.JIM DOHERTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573254089989081170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-34926753376289016042021-08-10T10:29:01.476-04:002021-08-10T10:29:01.476-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.JIM DOHERTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573254089989081170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29615209829953582042021-08-10T09:13:24.952-04:002021-08-10T09:13:24.952-04:00This is such a wonderful example of the way things...This is such a wonderful example of the way things should be: authors helping authors, and always paying it forward. I try to live my life this way. Thank you for sharing this and congrats on all you have accomplished.Judy Penz Shelukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14902576030875044159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-88021104568840590372021-08-10T00:30:05.545-04:002021-08-10T00:30:05.545-04:00Congratulations again, Michael. You have an amazin...Congratulations again, Michael. You have an amazing career.<br /><br />I'm grateful to my SleuthSayers colleagues for helping this gregariously-challenged writer.<br /><br />Moe Ron Boyette… the name's syncopated syllabic rhythm! I keep catching myself humming 50's songs by the Ronettes and the Crystals. I'm working on a trailer theme for Boyette.<br /><br /> ♫♪ I shot him on a Monday and his heart stood still.<br /> ♩♬ The Moe Ron Ron, the Moe Ron Ron.<br /><br />Yeah, maybe it needs work.<br /><br />Again, congratulations, Michael.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com