Crime Expert BURL BARER. Edgar Award Winner and NYT Bestselling Author

TRUE CRIME, HOT SEX, SEWER RATS AND HOW TO GET RICH QUICK

A review of one of my books stated: "The author of this true crime book needs more sex."  The reviewer may be correct, but my vast knowledge of language tells me that English is not the reviewer's native tongue.

I mention sewer rats because anytime I put "Sewer Rats" in the title of a blog post, it gets massie hits.

Oh, and if you want to get rich quick, don't bother becoming a writer.  If it were not for the fact that I love writing, reading and reading about writing, I would do something sane, senisble and rational.  Too late.

I think it is time to clone me.  I have too much that I want to do, and not enough time or mental energy to do it.  There is a novel that I should have finished ages ago, a couple true crime projects that deserve the Burl Barer re-telling, and a self-image that suffers if I am not being productive.

What can you do to be of service in this chaotic time in my "golden years?"   Simple. Buy my books..NEW not USED.  

I'll make you a promise. If you buy my books, and you don't find one that you enjoy, I'll write some more for you to buy until you find one you really like.  How's that for a deal?

True crime? Sure!  How about......BODY COUNT

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SO, YOU WANT TO WRITE A BOOK....

As a professional writer, folks are always telling me that they want to write a book. I  encourage them to do so.  Most never follow through. They stop after the first 50 pages when the first rush of enthusiasm passes, and they realize that writing a book is much like writing a really long term paper.

I had lunch with Shonna Counter a couple years ago, and she said she wanted to write a book -- maybe more than one -- and was beginning the project.   Okay. That's good. Go for it.  

Much to my delgiht, and yours, she did it -- and it is damn good!

After two failed long-term relationships, then meeting what seemed to be the man of her dreams, Shonna was certain she had found Eden on Earth. One unsuspecting day the blissful pending marriage came to a screeching halt. That’s when she set out on an epic dating adventure. Instead of focusing on finding and marrying the next dream guy (ice cream) she sets out to find what she really wants in a mate. Along the way she discovers herself and all the fabulous things she brings to relationships with friends and lovers. How did she go from being a romantic, monogamous person to finding herself in the bizarre world of being a courtesan? It was a tricky and unpredictable maneuver. A Renaissance woman, of many careers, this is one more step into a world most could not imagine. Now, she is not looking to marry the next ice cream that comes along... she is going to taste all the flavors first.

Shonna's book is available from Amazon, and other online booksellers. I'm proud of her because she followed through 100%, and we all get to enjoy the result.

Another woman who followed through is Sharon Schiller, author of Goodbye Strong Heart.  She is now working on her second novel, and is building a following.

The best advice I ever heard for those who want to write a book is simply this: finish it.  Start it AND finish it.  

As for me, my book isn't finished until it is in the hands of a reader who derives pleasure from it.

 

Two New Books Coming Soon from Burl Barer !

While Manling Williams' Deadly Sins cotinues selling briskly, and folks are still enjoy the serial killer opus, BODY COUNT,  I'm gearing up for two releases that have each been twenty years in the making! 

 My true crime classic, MAN OVERBOARD,returns in an expanded 20th anniversary edition with plenty of bonus material.  Check out the hot new cover!

 

As if that weren't exciting enough, at long last, LOVE AT THE COST OF LIFE, an oral history of the persecution of Iran's religious minority following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, is coming soon!  Mrs Payan Rahimi spent more than two decades preparing this authorative and authentic series of in-person interviews with the families of those who died at the hands of the Khomeini Regime.

 The book was published in Farsi last year, and now the English language version is coming out any week now. I had the honor of "translating" the literal English tranlation into conversational English. Fully illustrated, this book will outlive us all. 

Meanwhile, back at my desk, I'm still wrestling THE SAINT STRIKES BACK (working title) two out of three falls. The publisher wanted a UK based novel, but my first hand knowledge of UK geography, landing strips and harbours is not up to my USA knowledge. I'd bug Ian Dickerson but he's busy on a Saint novel of his own, and he just arranged for the re-release of Leslie Charteris' original Saint novels both in the UK and in USA via Amazon!