Adam Sternbergh's Blog: Sternblogh

This week, in anticipation of BoucherCon 2017 Toronto (a city close to my heart), I'll be taking any and all questions, whether about my fiction, fiction in general, journamalism, or the Blue Jays chances to make the playoffs in 2018.

Also, if you're going to be at BoucherCon, let me know and also come say hello.

Thanks,
Adam

When you enter the Caesura program, a.k.a. "The Blinds," you get a new identity and you have to choose a new name for yourself. Your new name must be a combination of a) an iconic movie star (for familiarity) and b) an ex-Vice-President (for anonymity).

One of the most fun things about writing my new novel, THE BLINDS was coming up with the names for each character: Calvin Cooper, Charlie Dawes, Buster Ford, Fran Adams, and so on.

Now you can have a "Blinds" name of your very own, with this Blinds Name Generator from the mad geniuses at Ecco Press.

Go ahead. Give it a try. Just take it from me, Harry Harlow — it's addictive.

http://welcometotheblinds.com

Early reviews are coming in for THE BLINDS, and here's a good one: A starred review from the good people at Booklist:

The Blinds bears "what has become this very talented novelist’s signature: a knack for finding humanity and passion in otherwise flattened, soul-killing landscapes.... Cleverly improvising on the chord changes common to classic westerns (especially High Noon) and evoking the locked-room horror of Jim Thompson’s The Getaway, Sternbergh shows again why he is one of the most inventive thriller writers working today."

You can read the whole thing here.

For more information on the THE BLINDS, visit my website.

Good People of Goodreads: You can enter RIGHT NOW to win a free copy of my new novel THE BLINDS, which will be published on Aug 1.

Be the envy of your friends and neighbors! Or, if you are already the envy of your friends and neighbors (and you know you are, admit it) reinforce your impeccable taste and trend-setting style with a copy of the book Dennis Lehane calls "witty, electrifying, vivid, and thoroughly original.”

Enter here to win a copy of THE BLINDS.

The crackerjack novelist Alex Segura was kind enough to interview me for his newsletter, Stuff & Nonsense.

We talked Jim Thompson, Alan Moore, scum and villainy, Hell or High Water, Sean Connery's Outland, and how to write a crime novel while also working a strenuous day job and parenting a tiny human child.

Have a look!

As always, questions/thoughts/comments are welcome, either here or at my personal site, where I cross-posted the Q&A.

Happy (belated) 2017:

I'm very excited about me new book, THE BLINDS, coming out Aug 1, 2017:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I'm also excited about hanging out more on Goodreads and finally upping my one-post-per-year output.

Greetings.

Yes, it's true: SHOVEL READY ebook is on sale for a limited time for $1.99. That's one dollar, plus another dollar, minus one cent. FOR A WHOLE BOOK.

More info here: http://www.adamsternbergh.com/blog/20...

Or just head straight to Amazon/your preferred purveyor of fine e-literature:

http://www.amazon.com/Shovel-Ready-A-...

Planning to keep up my torrid pace of one blog post per year — actually, having finished the second Spademan novel (NEAR ENEMY, avail Jan 13, 2015) I'll have more time to hang out here, on Goodreads. Hello! Again!

You can also find me musing/wasting time/recommending books/talking about Heat Miser here:

adamsternbergh.com

I am slowly and tentatively wading into your waters. Be gentle. Also: say hello.

I'll start.

Hello.