"The New Year will see the completion of the Hector Lassiter series' publication, for the first time in its entirety, in chronological order and uniform packaging, by Betimes Books. As the calendar year changes, here's a little look back, and ahead, for the Hector Lassiter novels. The Lassiter series returned courtesy of Betimes Books in … Continue reading HECTOR LASSITER: A LOOK BACK & AHEAD by Craig McDonald
Today: Craig McDonald’s choice
The book that changed my life was a humble, second-hand paperback reprint of an old pulp magazine story written at the height of the Great Depression. On a cold autumn day, my maternal grandfather handed me the second Doc Savage novel, The Land of Terror. I was always a reader, always had one or more … Continue reading Today: Craig McDonald’s choice
A Very Hector Lassiter Christmas
Craig McDonald about three very different Christmas Eves... Read here: http://craigmcdonaldbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/12/a-very-hector-lassiter-christmas.html
Praise for the opening line of HEAD GAMES by Craig McDonald
"From a much newer novel, Head Games by Craig McDonald, the first line is: “We were sitting in a backroom of a cantina on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, three drinks in, when Bill Wade reached into the dusty duffle bag he had tucked under the table and plunked down the Mexican general’s head.” The … Continue reading Praise for the opening line of HEAD GAMES by Craig McDonald
A review of “The Great Pretender”, book 4 in the “wildly ambitious series about Hector Lassiter”
http://blog.vincekeenan.com/2014/12/books-recent-reading-roundup.html The Great Pretender, by Craig McDonald. I’ve been a fan of McDonald’s sprawling, wildly ambitious series about Hector Lassiter, the two-fisted novelist who trucks with twentieth century luminaries, from the outset. Pretender finds Hector in pursuit of the Spear of Destiny, last seen in Hellboy and Constantine, and tangling with Nazis, witches and, most contentious of all, Orson Welles. McDonald … Continue reading A review of “The Great Pretender”, book 4 in the “wildly ambitious series about Hector Lassiter”
“The Running Kind” by Craig McDonald is released!
Hector Lassiter #6 is released! “What critics might call eclectic, and Eastern folks quirky, we Southerners call cussedness — and it’s the cornerstone of the American genius. As in: “There’s a right way, a wrong way, and my way.” You want to see how that looks on the page, pick up any of Craig McDonald … Continue reading “The Running Kind” by Craig McDonald is released!
Excerpt: The Running Kind by Craig McDonald
“It is a long road that has no turning.”— Irish proverb 1 No happy ending ever started in a bar. The old friends had chosen to murder the afternoon drinking in the shadowy hotel pub mostly to evade December’s bitter chill. “All I’m sayin’ is that any son of a bitch who sets off … Continue reading Excerpt: The Running Kind by Craig McDonald
Excerpt from Gifts: Bittersweet Christmas Stories by Craig McDonald
From “Echoes” by Craig McDonald “You two are the closest thing to family I have, Hem, and it’s Christmas and that’s about the giving. You’ll just have to live with the receiving, you righteous son of a bitch.” Hector pointed to the gift for our son. “I’ve got no brother or sisters, so I’ll never … Continue reading Excerpt from Gifts: Bittersweet Christmas Stories by Craig McDonald
“Giving voice and face to character: The Lassiter audio books” by Craig McDonald
Craig McDonald on new covers for The Hector Lassiter audio books, recorded by Recorded Books. Read the article here: http://craigmcdonaldbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/12/giving-voice-and-face-to-character.html
Meta-games: Hector Lassiter in the Crossover Universe
Craig McDonald's character Hector Lassiter is now officially part of the Philip Jose Farmer Wold-Newton universe which attempts to link all popular fictional characters in a sort of massive family tree of legends that has become a cult fiction sub-genre: http://www.crossoveruniverse.com/2014/11/crossover-cover-great-pretender.html
E-book edition of GIFTS: Bittersweet Christmas Stories is here!
Our Christmas collection "Gifts: Bittersweet Christmas Stories"from all Betimes Books authors is now available as e-book for only 0,77£/0,99$ here Read it in PDF format here or contact us to receive a free PDF or Mobi copy of GIFTS! For a print collector edition, click here!
Craig McDonald on GIFTS: our free Christmas Short Story Collection
"My piece is structured as a believed-to-be Ernest Hemingway-penned lost chapter of his Paris memoir, A MOVEABLE FEAST." - Craig McDonald Read more: http://craigmcdonaldbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/11/betimes-posts-free-christmas-short.html
Craig McDonald: Cover me #3 – Forever’s Just Pretend & The Great Pretender
"This edition is all "pretend" in terms of exploring more about how Betimes Books and I went about our strategic relaunch of the Hector Lassiter series, for the first time presenting the entire series in a mix of old and new titles, uniformly branded and sequenced in chronological order. Having established the look of the … Continue reading Craig McDonald: Cover me #3 – Forever’s Just Pretend & The Great Pretender
Book trailer for Hector Lassiter series by Craig McDonald
Watch the book trailer for The Hector Lassiter series by Craig McDonald here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDlqi3kxepw
Craig McDonald: Cover me #2 – Toros & Torsos
"Covers can make or break a book. The fact is, we do judge books by their covers. This is the second in a series of posts examining the strategies, concepts and creative process behind the repackaging of the Hector Lassiter series into bestselling, uniform editions for Betimes Books." - Craig McDonald Read more: http://craigmcdonaldbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/11/cover-me-2-toros-torsos.html
Craig McDonald: Cover me #1 – One True Sentence
"One True Sentence" originally appeared from St. Martin's Minotaur in February 2011. In original publication sequence, it was the fourth Lassiter novel to see the light of day. Its cover and packaging was radically different from the three titles that preceded it, and that embodied a growing concern I had as my Lassiter books went … Continue reading Craig McDonald: Cover me #1 – One True Sentence
The Hector Lassiter series #1 Kindle bestseller in Australia!
During a Kindle Daily Deal promotion, all five published Hector Lassiter novels on the Movers & Shakers page: And after the promotion ended, at full price -- before "Gone Girl" and the new Michael Connelly novel!
Book Trailer for THE RUNNING KIND by Craig McDonald
Watch the book trailer for THE RUNNING KIND by Craig McDonald here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irdHeJOJC5g
CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WITH ‘THE GREAT PRETENDER’ by Craig McDonald!
Celebrate Halloween with Orson Welles, Hector Lassiter, Black Magic and Nazis in THE GREAT PRETENDER http://craigmcdonaldbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/10/celebrate-halloween-with-great-pretender.html
Hadley Colt and Craig McDonald in a conversation about the challenges of writing about writers
We asked Craig McDonald, author of the Hector Lassiter series and also of two books of interviews with American and European crime novelists, to interview the mysterious Hadley Colt, author of PERMANENT FATAL ERROR. They each have new novels centered by authors and informed by the craft of fiction writing. Hadley and Craig engaged in … Continue reading Hadley Colt and Craig McDonald in a conversation about the challenges of writing about writers
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