Country Hardball
Steve WeddleNotes from an aspiring reader
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The County Line playlist
As The County Line was nearing completion, I began thinking about the obligatory “novel playlist” that folks seem to put out with their books.
The playlist for the book as published is much different than the playlist for the book as a wor...
Mapping historical fiction
When I decided to set The County Line in the 1930s, I didn’t really appreciate how much time I’d spend with old Arkansas maps.
Of course, the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, which I’ve mentioned before, were essential.
What I didn’t know wh...
New Eryk Pruitt this week
Over at DoSomeDamage, I had a chat with Eryk Pruitt about his new book, Blood Red Summer, which is out from Thomas & Mercer on Tuesday, May 14.
Read the Q&A here: Weddle and Pruitt chat
You can pick up a copy of the book here: Blood Red...
Sourcing that historical fiction
Earlier this month, I was on a historical fiction panel at Left Coast Crime in Washington state to talk about my new novel, The County Line. The site was billed as Seattle, but was actually in Bellevue, just east of Seattle. As it turns out...
New Scott Phillips on the way
Last week, I was on a Left Coast Crime panel with Scott Phillips and had the opportunity to talk to him later about his upcoming Bill Ogden novel, The Devil Raises His Own.
Here’s a line about the book that the publisher came up with: “Th...
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