

HOW TO: Throw A Murder Mystery Party
Book readings are not my favorite. As a novel writer, I'm most comfortable when the fiction flows from my fingers rather than my mouth....
The Reviews Are Coming In!
Noir Journal just gave The Widower's Wife a great review. Here's the pull quote. "The contrasting perspectives give the reader an...


Michelle Obama's "Show Don't Tell" Master Class
Whatever your politics, it's kind of impossible to argue that Michelle Obama didn't give a fantastic speech at Monday night's Democratic...


The Importance of Reviewers
I would like to shout out Dr. Cathy Goodwin, Trudie Barreras, Sharon Beverly, Sharon Walker, and "Amazon Customer," Linda O'Donnell,...


The Widower's Wife Book Trailer
Here's the book trailer for The Widower's Wife. To set it apart from a indie movie trailer, this trailer has WORDS! After all, you're...


Breaking the Rules
In grade school, my English teachers insisted upon three things: two spaces after a period, all sentences must have a subject, verb and...


Writing in Stolen Moments
Sunday morning. The sky outside my car window is straight out of a Monet painting. Waves of cicada songs swell from the wooded lawn...


Continuing a series after the big reveal. Case Study: Mr. Robot.
Mr. Robot is my favorite television show. About mid-way through the first season, writer Sam Esmail reveals--SPOILER ALERT--that the main...


Writer's Best Friend
Writing is a lonely job. Your only friends are the voices in your head and, if you're a mystery writer, at least half of those voices are...


What Makes A Good Villain
I hate serial killers, and not just because they murder people indiscriminately--though that's bad. I hate them because I don't find them...
























