Archive - Sam Wiebe

Kurosawa's Procedural

Jul 2 •

June 2025

King's Ransom by Ed McBain

The 87th Precinct and the greatness of quotidian crime fiction

Jun 18 •

Revision and Submission

getting your work ready for agents and publishers

Jun 4 •

May 2025

Publishing Questions

On getting an agent or finding a publisher

May 28 •

The Jimmy Stewart and Anthony Mann westerns

May 14 •

plus A Lonesome Place for Murder

May 7 •

April 2025

Christa Faust and The Get Off

Hard Case Crime, pulp writers, underrated film noirs and more

Apr 30 •

How it feels to be an artist in 2025

Apr 16 •

Tony Rome and Lady in Cement

Two Late SixtiesPI films

Apr 2 •

March 2025

"Shot in Vancouver"

Plus an excerpt from The Last Exile

Mar 25 •

On Gene Hackman

"Haven't you seen enough blood for one night?"

Mar 11 •

Nolan Chase and Me

Pen Names and A Lonesome Place for Murder

Mar 4 •

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