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Silver Medal for "Harry's Quest" in the Global Ebook Awards 2019.

20/8/2019

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that Harry's Quest picked up the silver medal in the Mystery category of the 2019 Global Ebook Awards out of the USA.

Back in 2016, Harry's World picked up the bronze medal in the same award, so looks like the sequel has stepped it up a notch.

Here's hoping the next novel, Harry's Grail, might take out the gold medal.

Cheers,
ABP

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My new book for 2019 - that's the plan!

17/8/2019

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This is my publishing project for 2019, given there's no way I'm going to have my third Harry novel, Harry's Grail, finished in time. Too much of that damned paid work eating into my time since we've got back from holidays. Still, that pays the rent, so I won't complain.

But I do already have a number of Harry short stories done and a couple more in progress, so I figured a volume of these stories, with Harry in the first person, would be a great side venture. And Harry is up to all his usual mischief!

The tentative line up:

"Little Rich Street Girl"
"White Powder, Black Leather, Grey Badges"
"Wankers"
"The Missing Lily"
"A Sex Kitten for a Cabinet Meeting"
"The Lonely Corpse"
"The Reluctant Bride"

So, if you're a Switchblade fan, you'll recognise the first three, as they've been published in that great magazine.
"Sex Kitten" was the work I read from at the Switchblade authors evening in LA a few weeks back. And the last two are works in progress.
Should be about 40,000 words all up, and I'm aiming to have it out before the end of the year.
And my amateur cover effort at left is NOT the real deal - just my mock up for blogging.

Cheers,
ABP

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Bookmarks for pulp lovers - with salacious one-liners from "Harry's Quest"!

16/8/2019

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BOOKMARKS from Harry's Quest

Following in the footsteps of Harry's World and its set of red bookmarks, here is the matching set of blue bookmarks to celebrate Harry's Quest.

A custom-made colourful collection of high-quality card bookmarks quoting some of those delicious hard-boiled one-liners from Harry's Quest. What better to accompany you in all your reading travels?!
Adults only, of course: they're naughty!
There are 12 quotes in the collection (see below image), with both the PI silhouette version and the sexy girls silhouette version (think of those twins!). A set of 12 will comprise all the quotes, with 6 PI versions and 6 sexy girl versions. Or if you really want to go hard, you could have the complete batch with 24!

In Australia: 1 x set of 12 goes for just $4.00 (incl. GST & postage).
For overseas: 1 x set of 12 goes for just A$6.00 (incl. airmail postage).
Just drop me a line!

See my new merchandise page: Also: MERCHANDISE

For my author buddies!!!
If you're one of my author buddies (you know who you are from the Twitter universe, the anthology worlds of Switchblade and the like, and my Cops Writing Crime project) then you can have a set for FREE - just DM me with an email address and I'll drop you a line to find where your letterbox is at! Especially as many of you are in North America, my free offer means anywhere at all (except perhaps the International Space Station!). You know how to find me, fellow authors!

Cheers,
ABP

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Noir at the Bar Los Angeles - a swell evening!

15/8/2019

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Belatedly, I am posting on my fantastic evening at Noir at the Bar Los Angeles. The reason for my tardiness: that horrible distraction called "paid work" has been interfering ever since I got back to Sydney from our wonderful US visit. (And my thoughts on America in another blog shortly).

Noir at the Bar LA on the 7th of July at the Mandrake Bar on La Cienega was a swell evening. It was the 8 year anniversary of the Noir at the Bar events in LA, all arranged by Eric Beetner. Having read some of Eric's work, and seriously enjoyed it, meeting him was a real treat. His passion for the art form was inspirational, and you couldn't ask to meet a more down-to-earth and lovely person. He's also incredibly productive as an author (about 22 books so far), so I'm all up for his habits rubbing off on me.
And then I got to meet all the other authors reading that evening: Glen Erik Hamilton, Michelle Gagnon, Martin Jay Weiss, Wendy Heard, and Paddy Hirsch. I loved their readings and chatting to them during the evening. Getting to read alongside this talented lineup was an honour indeed.
And following only a week after joining the Switchblade authors for the reading evening at Skylight Books, I began to feel really at home in LA.
I will say that the collegiate feeling I had with the other indie crime authors in LA was both awesome and motivating. The encouragement and positivity of my new American friends was wonderful. I'd love to feel that way here - will work on that, and, on that note, I'm organising Noir at the Bar Sydney for the very first time!
Photos at left are of me reading at Noir at the Bar LA, and the first one is of our host, Eric Beetner.
Love your work, Eric, and thank you again for the invitation to join you all for that great evening.

Cheers,
ABP

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COPS WRITING CRIME - Another 4 members of The Squad!

10/8/2019

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Another 4 colleagues join The Squad today, bringing its numbers to 179. Today we welcome 4 more American cousins.
That's 179 cops and ex-cops (and some PIs) who have taken to writing crime fiction. You won't get more realistic crime tales than those from this Squad!

We have joining us today:
1. T.B. Smith - served in the San Diego PD. One crime novel so far, from what I could find.
2. Wes Albers - also a veteran of the San Diego PD. And also one crime novel so far.
3. Richard Craig Anderson - served in the Maryland State Police. Numerous crime novels.
4. Jess Waid - a veteran of the LAPD. Also has written several crime novels.

Our Squad now consists of:

94 American
42 British
12 Canadian
10 Australian
4 New Zealander
3 Finnish
2 Dutch
2 Swedish
1 French
1 Bahamian
1 Norwegian
1 Italian
1 Czech
1 Russian
1 Hungarian
1 Spaniard
1 Pakistani
1 Irish

I'll keep adding more as I come across them, and if you know of any others please feel free to drop me a line.

Check out The Squad:
Also: Cops Writing Crime

And please remember, my list is only for CRIME FICTION - not all the true crime and/or memoir writing by cops and ex-cops that's out there (as good as so much of that is).

Cheers,
ABP

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Cops Writing Crime - another 5 members join The Squad!

3/8/2019

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Back from holidays, and back into all my projects!
Another 5 colleagues join The Squad today, bringing its numbers to 175. Today we welcome 4 American cousins and 1 British cousin.
That's 175 cops and ex-cops (and some PIs) who have taken to writing crime fiction. You won't get more realistic crime tales than those from this Squad!

We have joining us today:
1. Dallas Barnes - served in the LAPD and has written numerous crime novels as well as screenplays.
2. Robert Fasone - served in the NYPD, and has written two crime novels I could find.
3. B.P.Ryan - also served in the NYPD. Has written two crime novels so far.
4. Keith Wright - our British cousin today, he served with the Nottinghamshire Police and CID. A couple of crime novels to his name.
5. Lynn Hesse - served with the DeKalb County PD in Georgia, USA. She has written two crime novels I could find.

Our Squad now consists of:

90 American
42 British
12 Canadian
10 Australian
4 New Zealander
3 Finnish
2 Dutch
2 Swedish
1 French
1 Bahamian
1 Norwegian
1 Italian
1 Czech
1 Russian
1 Hungarian
1 Spaniard
1 Pakistani
1 Irish

I'll keep adding more as I come across them, and if you know of any others please feel free to drop me a line.

Check out The Squad:
Also: Cops Writing Crime

And please remember, my list is only for CRIME FICTION - not all the true crime and/or memoir writing by cops and ex-cops that's out there (as good as so much of that is).

Cheers,
ABP

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Silver Medal for "Harry's Quest" in the Global Ebook Awards 2019.

My new book for 2019 - that's the plan!

Bookmarks for pulp lovers - with salacious one-liners from "Harry's Quest"!

Noir at the Bar Los Angeles - a swell evening!

COPS WRITING CRIME - Another 4 members of The Squad!

Cops Writing Crime - another 5 members join The Squad!

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