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Sep.03.2012 MWA #6 - The Writing Life For those of you with today off, I hope you take some time to enjoy it. And, I’d like to thank all who entered my character naming contest through my Summer newsletter. The winner was Marta Chausée, and she’s named a character in my upcoming...	Aug.30.2012 MWA # 5- Writing as Re-Writing Continuing my series of recaps of MWA-University in Denver, July 11, 2012. The next presentation was given by Reed Farrel Coleman, an author and adjunct professor of English at Hofstra University. Coleman began by...
Aug.27.2012 MWA #4 - Character Continuing my recaps of the Mystery Writers of America University sessions, I’ll talk about character. This session was presented by Laura DiSilverio, who writes the Mall Cop mystery series and the Swift...	Aug.23.2012 MWA #3 - Setting and Description Continuing with recaps from the Mystery Writers of America University presentations, I’m sharing Rex Burns’ lesson on Setting and Description. In his opening remarks, he told us “Story is number one. It’s how you...
Aug.25.2011 On my way to Killer Nashville Tomorrow morning, I'm on my way to Killer Nashville, a mystery writers' conference iin Tennessee, where I'll be sitting on a couple of panels. I have to tell you, I've worked my fanny off so that I might appear to be someting of an expert on these subjects. The first panel is on Cutting...	Aug.04.2010 The Writing Disease I am a believer in writers networking. We are solitary people, sitting often for hours, if not days and weeks, alone with our thoughts, sometimes a blank screen, and an idea. We play God to a world we create and bleed to bring our creation to life. Could God be as lonely as a writer trying to pound...
Mar.11.2009 This Mister's a Sister You know I’m a believer in writer’s organization. I pay my dues to Mystery Writers of America , Private Eye Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, American Independent Writers, the Virginia Writers Club and even the Maryland Writers Association in the next state over. But why would an...	Aug.15.2008 Forgotten Book Friday (When Patti Abbott asked me to write a blog about a book I thought had been forgotten, it didn’t take me but a nanosecond to know what book it would be about. When I pulled it off the bookshelf, I realized I couldn’t explain it without going into explanation of the author, because the book affected...
Jan.21.2008 Edgar Nomination for Blood of Paradise Blood of Paradise, my recent novel about corruption and betrayal in present-day El Salvador, has been nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. The Edgars are given each year in a variety of categories to the best in crime/mystery/thriller fiction. I'm in superb company in my...