Degrees of fear

Sep 27, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

One respondent to my blog reminded me that I often mention the “fear factor” in my posts about the murder of Stacey Burns. It is important to understand that there are levels of fear, not all of the same intensity. Here is my take on those levels as they...

Wolfeboro-Up in arms?

Sep 24, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

Here is another question regarding the Stacey Burns murder raised by an attendee at my “Murder in  a Small Town” program in August. Remember, most of the forty or so people attending knew nothing about this murder case, although a few recalled a...

Question for Mr. Ed Burns, The Ex-husband

Sep 22, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

As promised, here is another question posed by a gentleman at my last program on the Stacey Burns book project. (paraphrased) Why wouldn’t Mr. Ed Burns, Stacey’s ex-husband, or at least almost ex-husband, want to have his side of the story told in your...

Someone Screwed Up!

Sep 20, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

On August 30th, I posted a paraphrased list of questions posed by my audience at “Murder in a Small Town,” a program about my work on a book project about the murder of Stacey Burns in 2009. It may be worth mentioning these questions again, one at a time,...

Writing Critique Groups

Sep 18, 2015 | The Writing Process

This is a change of pace post. The Stacey Burns project has taken up most of my posts over the last couple of years and I’ve heard from some folks that maybe I should throw in a change of pace once in a while. Yesterday, while on an extended East Coast trip for...