We have a publication date for MEMPHIS IS BURNING and that date is June of 2010, which sounds far away but really isn’t. Editing begins later this summer, then we work on the cover, and then I turn my attention to the next book.
What is that next book? Who can say. A few ideas are currently battling it out, during those fews hours every day that I’m not working on the destruction of poison ivy in our forest. My God that stuff is resilient. I feel like that guy in 300, laughing with joy at the Persians because he’s been searching his entire life for a worthy foe. And now I have found my worthy foe: Three shiny leaves attached to a legion of vines.
My almost-award-winning-short story is in The Bellingham Review this month. In mid-June I’ll post the short on this site though I do recommend you purchase a copy. Literary mags are in short supply these days, and literary mags of note are in even shorter supply. 12 bucks gets you a one-year subscription. That price is almost criminal, so be a criminal and take full advantage.
Ah, HARLEM SHOGUN. My pet project about a hitman living the samurai-inspired life in the bowels of 1970’s Harlem is currently in the hands of some fine publishing types who just might turn it into a graphic novel. We should have the answer soon, as in by the end of the summer. Which is really fast in publishing terms. Trust me.
One last thing: the cousin Larry Block hit the Craig Ferguson show a few weeks back. Check it.
