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What's on your sked March 20-23, 2014? Nothing? Good. Go to Left Coast Crime: bit.ly/JXMMKX. I'll be Toastmaster. @carablack is GoH! 8:39 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
Way to unleash the Beast, @bryonq. 6:52 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
Double trouble: @junglereds and @jenforbus team to dream up some great character mashups. Love this!: bit.ly/K9rKgR 6:50 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
ITW's new anthology, with stories by @Allison_Brennan, @thrillerchick and all the best people, now on sale: bit.ly/K9rcaN 6:45 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
BTW, @JustBethanne, don't think it escaped my attention that someone who was cringing at "calendar" as a verb came up with "amazeballs." 5:07 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
@MillerMadeline Yeah, I say you put "Amazeballs Author" ahead of the Orange Prize on your resume. @JustBethanne 5:05 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
@BrendanPrunty There's also what Mary Higgins Clark once told me about the secret to avoiding writers' block: "Think of the royalty check." 6:24 AM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to BrendanPrunty
@dabujaber You ought to go up to Raven and say, "Hey, can I quoth you?" and see if anyone gets the reference... 6:21 AM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to dabujaber
@JustBethanne You should see @MillerMadeline in front of a crowd. She's a captivating and eloquent speaker. It's a rare gift. 6:16 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
Try not to believe in writer's block. If you work hard enough, it won't believe in you. RT @BrendanPrunty: #writersblock #theWORST 6:12 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
@JustBethanne Oh, oh! Do you have a crush on @MillerMadeline too? Let's embarrass her by talking about how great she is, shall we? 6:10 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
All I ask for is a spectacular and valiant death. RT @tommysalami: I just named a news van driver after you. Let's see if he survives edits. 6:07 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
My #FridayReads is an oldie but a goodie: PRESUMED INNOCENT by Scott Turow. 5:54 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
@JustBethanne Now you're just trying to make me blush. 5:51 AM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to JustBethanne
@JustBethanne Now, now, Ms. Patrick. You need not shudder. The evolution of language is part of what makes it great. @RonCharles 5:40 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
Megan Abbott, you rock! RT @popculturenerd: Congrats to @meganeabbott for making @EW's list of best new summer reads with DARE ME! 5:38 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
@MillerMadeline You have to start writing crime fiction so you can hang out with me and all my disreputable friends at mystery conferences. 4:58 PM May 20th via TweetDeck in reply to MillerMadeline
Agreed. RT @AllisonLeotta: DEFENDING JACOB by @Bill_Landay is the best book I've read this year. Beautiful, wise, haunting, unputdownable. 10:49 AM May 20th via TweetDeck
@AllisonLeotta Ah, the great meltdown. Know it well... Uh, I mean, I'm a perfect parent, so my kids never do that. But I've heard of it. 10:47 AM May 20th via TweetDeck in reply to AllisonLeotta
Nice to meet @propjen at @GburgBookFest. Not sure if we inspired the high schoolers about writing or scared them. Both = appropriate. 7:04 AM May 20th via TweetDeck

Name Brad Parks
Location Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Web http://www.bradpa...
Bio Author of crime fiction. Winner of the Nero and Shamus Awards. Leader of the dubious. User of prepositional phrases. Noted sex symbol.