<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A. D. Price]]></title><description><![CDATA[AtBBR ]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:41:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.adpricebooks.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Boris Morros: Composer by Day, Spy by Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boris Morros In 1946, fueled by the diplomatic embers of World War II, J. Edgar Hoover’s anti-communist crusade kicked into high gear in America. In short order, Russia went from valued ally to treacherous adversary.   In Los Angeles, movie studios fell in line with Hoover’s anti-Red crusade, producing films that either preached against communism or promoted American democracy or “the American way.” To stay on Hoover’s good side, the Hollywood censors examined scripts for hidden political...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/boris-morros-composer-by-day-spy-by-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697e7448afd4a3da351010fe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_e7964041a10c453cb25ba02e8e083bcb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_644,h_889,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[literary AI redux]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two years after my first foray into AI literary help, I try again—this time with an entire book.]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/literary-ai-redux</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6855bd58420332a4a3c06380</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:04:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_6c74f959ffed41119425da7723d9b7d2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great American AI mystery?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the screenwriters' strike goes on, with AI-produced scripts a bone of contention in the negotiations, I've been thinking a lot about...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/the-great-american-ai-mystery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64c69803885fa279b92e6bdd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_947d0eef3c6e473d879780200d95566e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chat with Spy Novelist S. Lee Manning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[After being declared all but dead in the 1990s by venerated spy novelist John le Carré, the sub-genre seems to be enjoying a literary...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/a-chat-with-spy-novelist-s-lee-manning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646947205103ac139e5817f7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 22:24:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_65a83d85cc27482ab2c2e2bc19caea08~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_150,h_232,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narrator Elizabeth Schmidt and I Talk Audiobooks  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In February, the audiobook version of my book After the Blue, Blue Rain, narrated by Elizabeth Schmidt, was released on Audible/ACX. As...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/narrator-elizabeth-schmidt-and-i-talk-audiobooks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641a0b546ccebe3b171bc2e0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:08:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_e46c89fefff548e78781cbfdeee8aba8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_616,h_462,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions and Quizzes: Take the Survey, Play the Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, mystery readers! Lately, I've been wondering about everyone's reading preferences and habits, so I devised a quick survey to find...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/questions-and-quizzes-take-the-survey-play-the-game</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641b64fb71325a13dfbd6eb9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_6835b44d12d242adae2f437821858d59~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Cats vs. Dogs, Round I]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't know how common it is for writers to picture movie stars when devising their characters (perhaps casting them in anticipation of...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/literary-cats-vs-dogs-round-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6327545976f3092cfc6d166b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:41:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_f87856c10f924ce1bb5d1eef32a524bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A. 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Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Technology!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before setting pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, mystery writers have likely settled on a few basics of their story: When the story...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/oh-technology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c82a8b3500adcc95b291b9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_1a7e0d27a7f04fc9b04e3ad197485f9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_206,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>AD Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Makes Creative Writing Creative?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started writing educational texts after beginning my career as a screenwriter, I struggled with the idea that I was no longer a...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/what-makes-creative-writing-creative</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6340b54056c2d411f190b8de</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2022 02:03:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_6329accd8c9642fcbbb18e88d22f5e7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A. D. Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Acknowledgment: Let There Be Light and In a Lonely Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although I drew on many works for information and inspiration while writing After the Blue, Blue Rain, two historical sources were...]]></description><link>https://www.adpricebooks.com/post/in-acknowledgment-let-there-be-light-and-in-a-lonely-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6320fae256a4ca529ff83df9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 23:53:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ccc1fb_15f8bd71de7e47ccb755e4f3728ceb47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_992,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A. D. Price</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nancy Drew and the Secret of Her Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nancy Drew mysteries will be celebrating their centennial in 2030. 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