tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post110877477283061926..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: It's All About Marketingmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1109007271831519092005-02-21T11:34:00.000-06:002005-02-21T11:34:00.000-06:00As it just so happens, I'm reading COTTONWOOD righ...As it just so happens, I'm reading COTTONWOOD right now -- and loving it. I think Phillips captures both the cadence of late 19th century American writing and the creepy WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP vibe of frontier towns. Plus, it's funny. What's not to love?<br /><br />I'd definitely noticed how Ballantine seemed to go to great pains not to let phrases like "Western" or "Old West" pop up on the cover. I guess if being a crime fiction writer can get you pigeonholed by reviewers and (some) readers, being a crime fiction writer who puts out a pseudo-Western would be considered doubly dangerous (from a marketing perspective). Since I'll be doing just that next year, it's particularly interesting to me to see how Ballantine handled COTTONWOOD. <br /><br />And thanks for mentioning INCIDENT AT TWENTY-MILE, Bill. I looked it up on Amazon and have added it to my Must Read list.Steve Hockensmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842992703764341722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1108944789370668212005-02-20T18:13:00.000-06:002005-02-20T18:13:00.000-06:00So Bill, genre-branding aside, how do you like COT...So Bill, genre-branding aside, how do you like COTTONWOOD? Personally, I thought it was terrific... well deserving of all the praise it got (even if nobody seems to notice its a western).Lee Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13442268370192897461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1108827771591384102005-02-19T09:42:00.000-06:002005-02-19T09:42:00.000-06:00I just recently finally found all of the Matthew H...I just recently finally found all of the Matthew Hart books and I am in the middle of reading the series. I am on book five, but you have me looking forward to reading the Prisoners, even if it doesn't have vampires in it. <br /><br />DannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1108823177873887782005-02-19T08:26:00.000-06:002005-02-19T08:26:00.000-06:00Oh yeah, Westerns and Hard-boiled/Noir fiction go ...Oh yeah, Westerns and Hard-boiled/Noir fiction go hand in hand. <br /><br />I'm curious as to how the success of DEADWOOD on HBO will or won't change the minds of those in publishing. I mean, if it's an Annie Proulx or a Cormac McCarthy (both with new books this year) or James Carlos Blake (who has moved into crime fiction after writing Westerns), then the literary world embraces them, but again by not playing up the Western angle as much as the Literary tag.<br /><br />Neil S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com