10 Winning Rituals to Bust the Broken Resolution Cycle
We make resolutions, fight the good fight for a while, and then lose track and lose heart. Sigh....
Read the first chapter of 43 MISSING
For most authors, the final draft of a mystery novel is markedly different than the first. In...
A Tale of Two Murders, courtesy of the John Feit trial
A few days ago I got an email from Josh Gaynor, a producer for the CBS show 48 Hours. He had run...
The real story behind 43 MISSING
43 MISSING, the latest Detective Emilia Cruz novel, is fiction but is based on a true,...
Desert Island Folllies
There used to be a British radio show called Desert Island Disks. Guest DJs shared the...
Gripping Audible Mystery Series Flies You to Acapulco
The first four books in the Detective Emilia Cruz series set in Acapulco...
On the Rocks with Thriller Author Tim Tigner
This week I went behind the writing scenes with with thriller author Tim Tigner, who...
Living With a Thief
"Comparison is the thief of joy." -- Teddy Roosevelt I mentioned to someone recently...
Sailing the Mystery Sea with Author Penn Wallace
Pendleton C. Wallace writes two gripping mystery series, lives on a boat, and has had...
What is Happening to Priests in Mexico?
Priests in Mexico appear to be wearing targets as well as their vestments....
The Great Madonna Mistake
It took me five years to realize the mistake. The Madonna mistake. In THE HIDDEN LIGHT...
Chatting with Police Procedural Author Linda Berry
Linda Berry's PRETTY CORPSE was one of the best police procedural novels I'd read in a...
New Travel Book! The Insider’s Guide to the Best of Mexico
THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE BEST OF MEXICO was released this week on Amazon, Nook, Scribid,...
Author to Author with Susan Spann
I’m thrilled to host Susan Spann, author of the Hiro Hattori mystery series. Even if you don't...
It’s time to bring back The High Chaparral
I have a suggestion or two how to fix Hollywood's Latino diversity problem. Well, maybe not fix....
Playing Big as an Author
I was on Facebook recently (who among us can’t start a sentence that way?) and someone in a...
Author to Author with Brian Stoddart
I’m thrilled to host mystery author Brian Stoddart, creator of the Superintendent Le Fanu...
Open Letter to Readers About Sex
My first novel, THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY, contains two sex scenes. The first catches Luz de...
5 Lessons Learned in 5 Years as an Indie Author
It is hard to believe but I’ve been a published independent author for 5 years. In May 2012, after...
Chatting with Nordic Noir Author Torquil MacLeod
I’m thrilled to chat with Torquil MacLeod, author of the Malmö mystery series featuring Detective...
New Release! PACIFIC REAPER, the New Detective Emilia Cruz Novel
New release! Detective Emilia Cruz goes up against the cult of Santa Muerte, Mexico's forbidden...
When Detective Emilia Cruz Meets Santa Muerte
Every Detective Emilia Cruz novel uses unique aspects of Mexican culture to create crimes and...
Author to Author with British Mystery Writer M.A. Comley
British author M.A. Comley is here to talk about her multiple mystery series. Her latest book IN...
Taxes and the Mystery Author: Winners and Losers
In May I will celebrate my fifth year as a published author. For most of that time I was what the...