I've been thinking this week about how I keep up-to-date with news about the crime fiction world that I'm interested in. I spend a lot of time keeping the unread bits under control with constant daily doses.
I have "news" coming in from so many quarters like the Yahoo groups that I belong to:
- oz_mystery_readers
- 4MA - reading Yahoo group
- Murder &Mayhem - Yahoo group
- Mystery Readers Cafe - Yahoo group
I also belong to a number of "projects" like this Sunday Salon one.
And then there are the RSS feeds from about 100 blogs which I monitor via RSS Reader, and share with you on Crime Fiction Journeys.
Recently I joined Twitter and now follow 134 people. I've begun to get a bit selective there though, and I've removed fopm my list a few people who seem to have a lot of conversations that don't really relate to reading.
And finally there's the Friendfeed room: Crime and Mystery Fiction where some "real" conversations occur with a smaller number of people.
All of that takes some keeping up with and a day or two away from my computer can engender a real feeling of crisis.
I use all of these sources to find out what I could/should be reading, who has been listed for what award and so on.
This week's posts
- Will you attend a writer/reader "convention" this year?
- Completed in May 2009
- Review: UNSEEN, Mari Jungstedt
- What does it take to stay in the top 100?
- Review, SEARCH THE DARK, Charles Todd
- 3 Acts of Murder coming to ABC TV
- My top 5 reads so far in 2009
- Review: THE BAD POLICEMAN, Helen Hodgman
- Considering Award Nominees
- No female authors on Miles Franklin short list
- Theorin wins Nordic Glass Key
- Upfield's 3 Acts of Murder premiers 14 June
- Winner of International Man Booker Prize announced
- Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 23-26 July

I should have asked if anyone had read them all - but no-one commented that they had.
This week's poll: How many writer/reader conventions will you attend this year?
Do pop over, vote, and leave a comment on why you voted as you did. Tell us where you will found.
Currently Reading
- now - SILENT IN THE GRAVE, Deanna Raybourn
- then - RITUAL, Mo Hayder
- after that - THE MYSTERIOUS MR QUIN, Agatha Christie
- in the car - WATERLOO SUNSET, Martin Edwards
3 comments:
Isn't it a pity when some people have nothing better to do than spam your comments? Blogger won's let me delete comments by Sexy at present so I am trying to force them out of my recent comments block
Thankyou for visiting my blog, I have sent a comment to the Agatha Christie Carnival.
I haven't read any of them (I didn't take the poll--missed it!)
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