We finally caught up with him to ask about his works so far and plans for the future.

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LC Tyler not only writes crime fiction, he is also a fan of the genre. His books reflect his breadth of reading, as does the interview today. These show notes are packed with references for you to explore.

• Anthony Buckeridge – Jennings
• Jerome K. Jerome
• PG Wodehouse
• Mark Twain
• Ethelred the Unready
• Evelyn Waugh
• Agatha Christie
• Golden Age of Detective Fiction
• Dorothy L Sayers
• Margery Allingham
• PD James
• Ellis Peters
• Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell
• Pastiche - Tyler’s notes on pastiche used in The Herring Seller’s Apprentice
• AA Milne
• The Collector by John Fowles
• Ryan David Jahn - Acts of Violence
• Anthony Powell - A Dance to the Music of Time
• Descartes
• Barclay
• Russell
• Simon Blackburn – Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
• James White Award
• MacMillan New Writing
• Mark Thomas
• George Booth
• Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
• Oliver Cromwell
• Chris Ewan – A Thief’s Guide to …
• Raymond Chandler
• Edmund Crispin

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Author Website | Author Blog | Amazon Author Page
This show’s music: “Beautifully Stoned” by Firehead Jerry on the album Nothing Seems Right, available on Magnatune.com
Additional book plug: Goblin Moon by Teresa Edgerton and Dead Iron by Devon Monk

Geraldine Evans is author of two popular detective series, Rafferty & Llewellyn (15 books in the series so far) and Casey & Catt. She also wrote a historical novel about the younger sister of Henry VIII and talks about researching the Tudor period.

Notes on e-publishing from Evans include

• A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing by JA Konrath – the site inspired her e-publish her first four books, which had gone out of print.
• Evans does the copy editing, but she has the e-formatting and the covers done professionally
• She self-publicizes her work, just as she did when being traditionally published. She is also getting more creative, using her blog, an online blog tour and a monthly enewsletter to promote her work. She is also on Facebook, Twitter, Good Reads, the Red Room, and numerous other online locations.
• Also check out her advice to new writers
• She has done some experiments with e-book pricing as well.

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Show Notes

• World2Worlds
• Halting State by Charles Stross
• 2009 Horizon Report
• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
• Gina Tripani
• Patrick Neilson Hayden’s Site
• Tor.com
• Torie Atkinson
• The Adventures of the Accordion Guy in the 21st Century (Joey Devilla) - Star Trek: Deconstructed
• Say Everything – Scott Rosenberg
• Michael Pollan
• Cory Doctorow
• Alexandre Dumas
• Robert Heinlein
• Picnik.com
• Clay Shirky
• The Autobiography of Mark Twain
• Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies, Funny Papers – Tom de Haven
• Gail Carriger
• Patricia Briggs
• JD Robb