I learned about this "hardest part of writing" back when I wrote my first novel, which is still in a drawer along with three other...

It's not yet on my website... It hasn't even been printed... But it's done. Edited. And the cover is finished. (Thank you, ed...

Women racers circling Tahoe in Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California. Too bad they couldn't find a scenic place to hold the race! ...

Yes, we've had some nice spring weather in the last couple of weeks. But we don't let that fool us. Six times in the past, I'v...

I didn't like high school. I got through it by focusing on music and skiing and riding my bicycle. I never had a broad outlook on educat...

In the world of fiction, it sometimes seems that the only kind of Bad Guy that doesn't get a writer in trouble is a white, male lawyer o...

Writers always hear the advice, Write What You Know. It's a great idea. We are more likely to "get it correct" if we know wher...

Wanna be a writer? As writers, we learn to avoid clichés  at all cost. (Oops, there's a  cliché) But there is one  cliché we should ne...

During the Left Coast Crime 2017 convention in Hawaii, there were several dozens of notable moments, many of them worth remembering for writ...

Last week, my wife and I attended the Left Coast Crime 2017 convention in Hawaii. Four days of great panels and talks. Just shy of 500 p...

I got out of snow country for a little bit and found myself sitting on a bench on the American River in Sacramento, computer on my lap, work...

Yes, there are a few other places in the world that get as much snow as Tahoe. Not a lot of them. But they're out there. (As of this wri...