CUCKOO Commotion

You may have heard that the author of recent "debut" private eye novel The Cuckoo's Calling was actually beloved children's author J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. As a P.I. fiction fan, I've been hesitant to jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon but am intrigued to compare Rowling's work in the different genres.

Pseudonyms are a time-honored way for authors to branch out. I wouldn't hesitate to use one, but I'll always be grateful to have broken into print under my own name, indeed Gerald So.

Noir Riot Journal

Friends of The Lineup and The 5-2 Lou Boxer and Cullen Gallagher, along with Gutter Books publisher Matthew Louis, announce Noir Riot—a biennial journal of noir fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to be published in conjunction with Philadelphia's NoirCon:

Our goal is to create a high quality journal that reflects emerging trends and showcases the best current writing in noir and, more generally, crime fiction (and nonfiction). We want to explore the relationship between classic crime fiction and the issues that affect all of us today. All noir/crime-related submissions are welcome, but we will give special consideration to work that is contemporary and/or socially relevant.

Here are the full guidelines.

WE MIGHT HAVE News

My ebook of twenty-four poems on love and chance, WE MIGHT HAVE, has hit #2 on the Kindle Store's bestseller list of Paid Asian American Poetry ebooks. Pick up a copy for Kindle or Nook and commiserate Valentine's Day with me.

Coming in October: The 5-2 Volume One Ebook

Fifty-two poems by fourty-four poets, $3.99 for Kindle and Nook.

Featuring poems by Nyla Alisia, R.A. Allen, Margaret Anderson, Michael A. Arnzen, Randall Avilez, Jack Bates, Alec Cizak, Robert Cooperman, Ray Daniel, Michael Chacko Daniels, Cassandra de Alba, C.J. Edwards, John M. Floyd, Kent Gowran, Bruce Harris, Clarinda Harriss, Chad Haskins, Kathleen Hellen, Kyle Hemmings, Paul Hostovsky, Peter Ivey, Dorothy James, Tonia Kalouria, Susan Kelley, Ian Khadan, Rauan Klassnik, Lola Koundakjian, Dennis Mahagin, Catfish McDaris, Trevor Nelson, Brett Peruzzi, Thomas Pluck, David S. Pointer, Kimberly Poitevin, William Dylan Powell, Charles Rammelkamp, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Nancy Scott, Jackie Sheeler, Hal Sirowitz, Duane Spurlock, Jay Stringer, Ray Succre.