Sometimes good stuff just falls into one's lap. There is a whole world of mystery conventions, gatherings where mystery fans and my...

A reader commented on my previous "Moving To Tahoe" blog post. He asked a great question about how to meet people when he and wif...

I'll give you the essence right up front. I'm pretty sure I'm the first person on the planet to go on a mountain hike carrying t...

It doesn't matter if the subject is action, or science, or art, or description, or road map details, or emotion, or sentimentality, or t...

I believe one of the best preparations for a writing career is getting a wide variety of social experiences. This especially applies to jobs...

Hi Everybody! My new book, TAHOE DARK, is about to launch! My initial signing schedule is below.  TAHOE DARK is the 14th book in t...

I've written about this before... One year, I decided to try growing some veggies. It turned out that the last freeze of "spring...

Category - Moderate (although a no-nonsense trail - As with all hiking, No Flip Flops!) View Rating - 4 out of 10 Distance - Approximately...

Coming in one month... TAHOE DARK! In TAHOE DARK, Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna fights to save a young woman who appears to hav...

Here's the last part of my writers' conference talk on creating suspense. Here is a list of some of the main things that lead to ...

More from my writers' conference talk on how to create suspense. Aside from suspenseful story bones, there are other storytelling te...