The Long Shadow of Raymond Chandler...

The Long Shadow of Raymond Chandler…

   The Long Shadow of Raymond Chandler… Raymond Chandler changed my life. I was assigned to read The Long Goodbye for class, and although only five chapters were assigned, I devoured the whole book in one night. As a young writer, I wasn’t sure what sort of stories I wanted to write, but Chandler’s prose, […]

Ten Things to Learn from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett

Ten Things to Learn from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett   If you can’t learn from the best, then you’re not reading carefully enough. Here are ten writing tips I learned from the books of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who together pretty much invented the modern detective story. A detective always has a code. […]