One of my favorite writers, Richard Matheson, died a couple of years ago. For me, he’s the godfather of modern speculative fiction. His stories have molded so many writers. Just ask Stephen King. Now you may not recognize the name, but […]
A little while ago, I had a nice little surprise recently while watching Top Gear. They examined what to do if you crashed your car in a body of water. My ears pricked up at the mention of this because I […]
I’m a bit of a frustrated disc jockey at heart. I love coming up with playlists—and I’ve come up with a killer playlist…for fiction’s most notorious killers. I hope you enjoy and slay away! 😆 Freddy Krueger—”Dream weaver” by Gary Wright Norman […]
Just seeing someone wearing a little, red, plastic raincoat gives me goose bumps. Now this doesn’t apply to blue or green ones or adult-sized ones or ones made from natural fibers–just the ones made from plastic that are red and sized to […]
The new Bond Movie SPECTRE is out this month and I do like me a Bond movie. As with every new Bond movie, they are inevitably ranked by various organizations and publications so I wanted to share with the definitive Bond movie […]
I don’t do tough guys. Not when it comes to writing leading characters. I tend to write about people who are totally ill equipped to deal with the conflicts in their lives. Usually an unsuspecting person, an average Joe by every definition, […]
I suppose I’m a little different to most writers when it comes to experiencing their own work. While most, I’m sure, want to see their book in print, I want to hear it. I prefer to listen to a book being read […]
I saw my author-friend, Tony Broadbent, not too long ago. We hail from the same hometown back in the old country. We got to chatting and he gave me a pat on the head and told me I was an anarchist. “You’re […]
It’s the gathering of the year for the mystery/crime fiction community this week. It’s the World Mystery Convention aka Bouchercon. This year, it’s in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you live in the area, you can still attend. For those who are going, […]
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY continues its global journey. Newton Compton Editori has picked up the Italian language rights for TOTGA. I don’t have a release date but I’ll share as soon as I do.