10 Songs Dedicated to the Mystery of Love
10 Songs Dedicated to the Mystery of Love For most, love remains a mystery. And on this Valentine's Day I am reminded what a powerful force love is, in [...]
The Top 5 Mystery Writers?
The Top 5 Mystery Writers? In the process of preparing for the release of the first in my series of mystery novels, I commissioned a market survey of book [...]
What Do Poe, Charlie Parker and Van Gogh Have In Common?
They are all considered artistic geniuses in their respective fields. And all three died in poverty. Why? Why, indeed. All three produced art that would become well known and highly [...]
Hot Babes On Ghostly Planes
If you faced the survival odds of WWII bombing raids, you'd use everything at your disposal to increase those odds. Painting a pin-up beauty on the nose of your [...]
5 Tips to Avoid eBook Burn
With the onslaught of digital reading devices and the subsequent flood of eBooks, readers are faced with a big dilemma. How to keep from getting burned [...]
Murder Victim’s Last Trip to Saguaro City
Excerpt from my first murder mystery novel – "The landmarks of Saguaro City came into view on his right, the tall saguaros rising fifty/sixty feet off the desert floor. [...]
Stephen King – Revisited
Like most mystery writers, I first learned to read. The writing of others can not only be enjoyable, but downright inspiring. We authors, whether writing mystery stories, literary dramas or [...]
What Inspires You?
If you are anything like me, most facets of life provide inspiration of one sort or another. True, life is not always a bowl of cherries. [...]
What’s Halloween Without Edgar Allan Poe?
For many Baby Boomers, the first brush with Poe comes from Roger Corman and a series of horror movies from the 1960s: The Pit and the Pendulum The Fall [...]
Killing Categories – What Kind Of Mystery Novel Is This, Anyway?
When I sat down to write the first book in the Lance Underphal Mystery series, I had only a vague concept of the genre—specifically, Mystery/Thriller. Now that Dark Side of [...]