Month: November 2015

I’ll never forget the day I got the call. I was sitting in the hairdresser’s in Hollywood, my head half wrapped in foils, when my agent rang and asked me how I’d feel about writing […]

Every criminal trial is about the past.  When individuals stand before judge and jury, they are on trial not only for a crime they may or may not have committed; they are also being held to […]

The mystery genre has been my favorite for as long as I can remember and I always have a stack or two (or three or four) mystery novels lying around my house (my shelves have […]

As odd as it sounds, the first “grown-up” work I read as a boy was the play The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. It took me a long time to complete, the ending came from left field, and […]

Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley No other character in fiction has creeped me out as much as Tom Ripley. Patricia Highsmith is the master of suspense in my book, and she created a character that […]

The 10 Best Writing Tips I’ve LearnedAs practically all authors will tell you, writing isn’t easy, and yet I firmly believe that over time it can become a far less excruciating experience and sometimes even—dare […]

“Never a dull moment” should be the mantra of every modern fiction writer. Savvy critics preach it from literary pulpits. Eager readers crave it like cokeheads. Yet, in spite of all that, many writers don’t […]