Pete MeslingMay 82 minTaleFlick and Blackberry Book Tours UpdatesThings have been quiet here on the blog front, but it would be a mistake to think that means I haven’t been pounding away at the anvil of...
Pete MeslingFeb 193 minA Writer's Case for TikTokTikTok didn’t seem very promising to me at first. I’m guessing a lot of writers don’t bother to move beyond a similar initial impulse....
Pete MeslingDec 28, 20214 min2021: A Writer's RewindAnd so we find ourselves in that cozy interval between Christmas and New Year’s. New Year’s Day is especially meaningful for me this...
Pete MeslingDec 4, 20213 minCover Reveal: The Maker-Man of MerryvilleHere it is at last, folks: the cover reveal for The Maker-Man of Merryville. I had hinted that I may end up releasing this book in time...
Pete MeslingSep 28, 202115 minSource Material: A Curated Film-Adaptation Bibliography (1930 - 1980)My principal aim with this bibliography was to get literary-minded cinephiles pointed in the right direction should they develop an...
Pete MeslingSep 16, 20213 minPublishing after Fifty: A Look AheadHere I am, mere months away from my fiftieth birthday. Some milestones in life are more or less made up, but how could anyone let the...
Pete MeslingAug 11, 20215 minBooks to Date and Books to ComeReader, you’ve put up with me as I’ve shifted my focus from horror to crime and suspense fiction over the past year or so, and I’ll repay...
Pete MeslingJul 3, 20216 min"God Bless America": A Shocking (and FREE!) Tale of Criminal HopelessnessI suspect that a marketing person would have urged me to use a title for this post that points to the fact that my new collection, The...
Pete MeslingJun 19, 202115 minThe Wages of Crime: A Final TeaserLadies and gentlemen, you are about to meet a homicide investigator by the name of Lieutenant Caldera, not only in the crime collection I...
Pete MeslingMay 21, 20212 minThe Kirkus Review of The Portable NineThe verdict is in from Kirkus Reviews! Click here to read their review of my noir thriller The Portable Nine, or see below. You can also...
Pete MeslingMay 2, 20212 minFallen Giants of the Points, by Alan M. Clark: A ReviewI realized a number of things while reading this novel. One is that it’s been too long since a book left me teary eyed. Another is that...
Pete MeslingMar 29, 202119 minFree Story from My Forthcoming Collection: THE WAGES OF CRIME!Greetings, one and all. As some of you know, I have a collection of crime stories coming out this summer called The Wages of Crime. To...
Pete MeslingFeb 20, 20212 minSurprise Book Announcement: Imperfect Lodgings Available Now!This is almost as much of a surprise to me as it is to you, but I already have another book in the world. As usual with any kind of...
Pete MeslingFeb 6, 20216 minBeyond Twitter: A Deeper Dive into Recent Writerly Tweets from My Feed[Self-promotional preamble: an interview I recently gave to the good people at IndieMuse—in support of the release of my new thriller,...
Pete MeslingJan 26, 20211 minThe Portable Nine: Book Launch Follow-UpProving that you can never plan for every possible glitch when launching a new title, a bizarre technical issue with my blog reared its...
Pete MeslingJan 23, 20212 minOrder The Portable Nine!I am all the adjectives as I reveal the cover of my debut novel: delighted, ecstatic, giddy, frolicsome ... You get the picture. But this...
Pete MeslingNov 29, 20203 minPublishing and Other Follies: A Look Back at 2020Greetings from the Chamber of Horrors! I've decided to do my “year in review” roundup a little earlier than originally planned, since...
Pete MeslingOct 31, 20201 minNew Novel Coming Soon!Happy Halloween, everyone! It is with delight, trepidation, incredulity, and gratitude that I announce the imminent release of my debut...
Pete MeslingOct 25, 20201 minOne Week Only: Jagged Edges & Moving Parts Free on AmazonThis is the briefest of posts to inform my loyal subscribers that this coming Monday, October 26, through Friday, October 30, the eBook...
Pete MeslingOct 14, 20201 minThe Well Read Beard Book-Tubes the Hell out of Jagged Edges & Moving Parts"[Jagged Edges & Moving Parts] throws the blood and guts of horror and the beauty of literary fiction in a blender and mixes that shit...