Book Review – Joe R. Lansdale’s The Thicket
An Ocean of Books, But . . . Last book review I posted was more than two years ago. You may well wonder, did he quit writing book [...]
End of an Era, and It’s About Damn Time –
It happened in the music business, it’s in full swing in the publishing business, and it’s building a head of steam in the entertainment industry of movies and TV. The [...]
Broken –
An American Dream by Michael Allan Scott WARNING This short story contains potentially disturbing content. If the violence of war upsets you, please don’t read it. Behind the wind’s [...]
Writing—Everybody’s Doing it! So Can You
Everybody’s Doing It – I saw a statistic in a recent blog – “85% of readers dream of publishing their own book.” This may or may not be accurate, [...]
A Rose By Any Other Name . . . The Zeitgeist Of Writing Style
A Rose is a Rose – Or so the story goes. As mystery writers, our craft involves more far than mystery. There’s that all-elusive element of style—highly subjective, to [...]
Self-Published Writers and the Shiny Object Syndrome
DISCLAIMER: At one time or another I’ve been guilty of all the things I deride below. Every now and then something hits me like a bolt from the blue and [...]
Drone Takes Down ChinaAir Flight 5026
ChinaAir Flight 5026 - Cflow darts across the intersection, squinty eyes scanning for anything unusual or out of place, his scrawny arms awkwardly laden with a large cardboard [...]
One More Grey Daze Excerpt
Pounding on the Publisher’s Door – Grey Daze, the third book in the Lance Underphal Mystery series, spins a murder into new realms of gritty realism, paranormal mystery, and [...]
Lance Underphal Mystery Books: Research Notes
Making It Real – In one of my early forays into manuscript submission I happened upon an article by bestselling author, L. Ron Hubbard entitled Search for Research. Hubbard [...]
The Next Excerpt From Grey Daze
Peering Into the Chasm – The third book in the Lance Underphal mystery series, Grey Daze, is another hardcore paranormal mystery novel. While still a murder mystery, it’s a [...]