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Black Cat Weekly Magazine and Me!

BLACK CAT WEEKLY has published my short story HAITIAN DIVORCE (which is inspired by the lyrics of the Steely Dan song) in their latest issue. The story previously appeared in the anthology, DIE BEHIND THE WHEEL. Thanks to Barb Goffman for requesting […]

WE WON!!!!

WE WON!! PROMOPHOBIA won best nonfiction at this year’s Agatha (Christie) Awards. I’m one of the many contributors to this book. The award is a teapot and I believe each of us will get about 5-days with the award before passing it […]

Lock Picking Hero

One of those weird things I do as part of my writer’s life is to learn how to do the things I put in my books. One such skill was lock picking.  Mrs. Simon and I took a locking picking workshop for […]

Book Hunting!

This is the Hungarian version of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. I had to pull a “J. R. Hartley” & buy the book from a bookstore in Romania but that’s par for the course when it comes to foreign editions. It’s usually […]

Lifesaver

This is my crash helmet from my motor racing days. It was years before I realized that I owed my life to this helmet. During a race, a car spun in front of me and it propelled my car into the air. […]

KILLER SUSPENSE Workshop Starts Next Month

My ever-popular online workshop on KILLER SUSPENSE writing starts on March 6th. This workshop blossomed out of a piece I wrote for Writers’ Digest and there’s now interest for me to develop into a book. So if you want to learn how […]

PLOT THICKENERS Workshop Starts Next Week!

My ever-popular online workshop on PLOT THICKENERS writing starts on July 11th. This workshop blossomed out of a piece I wrote for Writers’ Digest and there’s now interest for me to develop into a book. So if you want to learn how to […]