I have something very interesting for you Dear Readers today. Last night I did an internet radio interview with fellow mystery author and Type M blogmate Vicki Delany (In the Shadow of the Glacier, and Scare the Light Away are two of her titles.) Vicki interviewed me about my books and my writing life for [...]

…not me. As I suspected when I didn’t get an e-mail right after the awards banquet. The winner of the 2008 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction is Harpsong, by Rilla Askew. I just posted an entry over on www.typem4murder.blogspot.com that goes into more detail about the winner and a little about my lovely weekend, (even [...]

Yesterday, Saturday, I conducted a mystery-writing workshop at a book fair in Fountain Hills, which went very well, thanks for asking. I presented a technique for using good mystery novels as templates for learning to write a mystery of ones own, and among the many things we discussed were ways to create suspense. Today has [...]

I’ll be conducting a workshop on how to learn to write a mystery novel this weekend, March 8, at the Fountain Hills Book Fair. So all of you aspiring mystery writers who are in the vicinity of Fountain Hills, Arizona, on Saturday at 1:00 p.m., be sure and join me in the conference room at [...]