Trip to Albuquerque
Thanks to all my “fans” regarding my trip to the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards! Bad news (sort of) I did not win the grand prize in my division! )-: Good news (sort of) The book that won in my division also won the best book in all categories for New...As Promised- Another “Fact”
As promised in the last blog, here is another fact which was mentioned by more than one person within such a close time proximity that the chances of compared notes were slim. The fact: (I was so certain that this was true that it is included in Chapter Three)...Motive and Integrity-Expect questions!
For my “Adventures of a True Crime Neophyte” program in New Hampshire, I added a slide entitled Personal Hard Lessons Learned. There are four lesson listed but this blog is about the third item in the list. It concerns what a writer may expect when he or...Stacey Burns-A Cold Case?
A frequent visitor to my blogs has commented that the Stacey Burns murder has gone into what appears to be an abyss of cold case files. I have trouble believing this because of the constant reassurances of the authorities that it remains an ongoing, active...A Fun Exercise for Writers
It really not a new idea but I just tried it with Murder in a Small Town: The Tragic Death of Stacey Burns. I extracted a section of the book, which, as you know, is non-fiction, and rewrote it using dialogue. Of course, making up dialogue changes everything as far as...
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