At 03:42 PM 09/02/2007 +0000, ccpjlehane wrote:
>As one of the noir panelists at LCC, I'm pleased that
Brian and Donna, and
>others, took Tim
>Wohlforth to task for his disparaging remark about
Ken Bruen, and a bit
>ashamed of myself
>for not questioning the comment when it was made.
First of all, besides
>being one of the
>most generous and supportive writers on earth (blurbs
from Ken appear on
>the covers of
>both Megan's latest book, The Song is You, and my
upcoming book, as well
>as those of many
>other emerging or struggling crime writers), Ken
Bruen makes crime fiction
>and literary
>excellence synonymous. He practices our art and craft
at the highest
>level, and all crime
>writers benefit from his doing so. As for my
neglecting to set the record
>straight at the time, I
>can only say that I wasn't paying as close attention
to the moderator as I
>should have been
>and the attack didn't register with me. For that, I
apologize to Ken and
>thank those who
>didn't let this slip by.
Good God! My dog doesn't get this much petting.
Best, Kerry
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