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Bob Calhoun is a San Francisco Bay Area author, journalist, and former wrestler and peepshow emcee. Since 2015, he has recounted his city’s most gruesome and lurid events in his regular SF Weekly column, "Yesterday’s Crimes." His punk wrestling memoir, Beer, Blood & Cornmeal (ECW Press), is a national bestseller. ...more

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Bob Calhoun Short answer: crossword puzzles

Long version: I had this tremendous case of writer's block while trying to finish Beer, Blood & Cornmeal. People get wr…moreShort answer: crossword puzzles

Long version: I had this tremendous case of writer's block while trying to finish Beer, Blood & Cornmeal. People get writer's block mixed up with procrastination but it's not. I was really trying to write these last two chapters but the paragraphs were eluding me. I'd write something and know it just wasn't lining up. I tried writing with the keyboard and writing on paper and nothing was working. All of a sudden, I got this strange mental craving to do crossword puzzles. I did the ones in the newspaper--SF Chronicle, NY Times, whatever but those weren't enough so I bought those crossword puzzle magazines they have in the supermarket and just kept doing those. Something about looking at words and language in a different way really helped me snap out of my writer's block. I was able to get back to writing again and finish the book after a couple of weeks of doing crossword puzzles. (less)

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Bob Calhoun The careerists tell you to write every day, but that's not quite true. Don't make it a total endurance test all the time. But you should read every da…moreThe careerists tell you to write every day, but that's not quite true. Don't make it a total endurance test all the time. But you should read every day. It doesn't matter what you're reading but you should always be reading something. (less)

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	The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area 3.61 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beer, Blood and Cornmeal: Seven Years of Incredibly Strange Wrestling 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shattering Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay and Conflict on the Expo Floor 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Starred Review in Publishers Weekly!

The Murders That Made Us got a starred review in Publishers Weekly!

"Calhoun writes with wit and passion about the city he loves and its bloody history. This is a feast for true crime fans."

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This is something that I've dreamed about but never thought I'd get.

The Murders That Us is coming from ECW Press on May 4, 2021 and is now available for pre- Read more of this blog post »

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“In Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road, Joseph Conrad collides with Jimmy Buffett in a journey through the dark heart of Mexico's Riviera Maya. Weaving together the tales of American expats fleeing their mundane lives in the States for crystal-blue Caribbean water--and far too many pitchers of margaritas--author Anthony Lee Head makes it all so real because he has lived that life.”
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