The hound in winter.

Hey, is publishing getting you down? Too many rejections, not enough wins?

Did you hear about my anti-authoritarian mentorship where I spill the secrets of the publicity and help you to move up and on in your career? Link in bio.

News! I'm offering two new mentorships through Writing Workshops. Punk Rock Publicity is a service where you hire me to help you navigate your writing career.

Here's an interview about the program:
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and a link to sign up!
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@alisonborealis.bsky.social I'm writing a book about migraine and would love to talk to you about weather tracking (I'm also super sensitive to pressure shifts).

RHOBH Fans: I have a burning question. Is Mo messing with Dorit?

My last column on Hitchcock influenced thrillers at the Washington Post got picked up by the Calgary Herald! It's an international sensation. www.pressreader.com/canada/calga...

Today's poem of the day, "A Black Genius," is by my undergraduate mentor, Ishmael Reed, who had one of the liveliest and most creative minds I've ever encountered. poets.org/poem/black-g...

Night reading: Sex, drugs, rock & roll and New Jersey

This is making me wish hard for the good times in NYC at clubs long gone watching bands just as long gone. But this was a time machine. Suddenly I'm at the Knitting Factory watching these songs make their debut, this epic, crazy album, blowing our tiny, sweaty, minds.
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New column at the @washingtonpost.com about the enduring and wide-ranging influence of a maverick auteur you've probably never heard of.

I can't link, but you can Google...

I ran out of 90Day shows and Housewives so I slipped into season 24 of SVU like Meredith Marks slips into a bath. How I’ve missed you Olivia Benson.

If you, like me, are worried about the state of the world here is a great idea. A local restaurant is running a program where you donate money and they convert donations to meals. I can't stop wars or winter but I can feed hungry people in my neighborhood--sorry, neighbourhood, it's Canada.

Hive mind: I’m reading for an essay on finding community and I wondered what happened to the term subculture. Has it been canceled because it implies hierarchy? How do people find their people? Personal examples are good too. TIA!

Some books are turducken’s and other wisdom from me about true crime fiction. wapo.st/3R5kuIp

For the Monday crowd

I’m going to get meta here: crime writers, name your favorite novel about writing (crime writing is even better). Think Misery not On Writing. Self-promotion fine when appropriate. TIA!

I have so many questions about Life After Lockup/Life After Lockup/Love During Lockup.

First, are these different shows? They drift into each other, yet I keep buying new seasons.

Second, it makes 90DF, Love Is Blind, etc. look like third-grade recess.

Third, I might have to write about it.

I wrote about pandemic thrillers for @washingtonpost.com Link in bio, lede below