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On my first day at Bouchercon, the huge conference for mystery writers and readers, I was taken by the fact that everyone was talking about books, which I thought was strange. By “book” we now mean a codex rather than a scroll or an oral tradition. Since medieval times, reading silently to oneself has become . . . → Read More: Mystery conference: things learned
Named after mystery writer and critic Anthony Boucher, Bouchercon is the a huge convention of mystery writers and readers. This was my first time, and it was fantastic. Mystery folks are the friendliest and nicest people. Why? I think it’s because all our . . . → Read More: Grousable Books Newsletter: September 15 It begins, as these things often do, with a search for a source. Wellsians, as we style ourselves, are familiar with this picture of H.G. hanging with a gorilla skeleton,
What I didn’t realize was how far back Wells was dealing with gorillas. In his . . . → Read More: Mr. Wells and the gorilla
Whether book readers have been awaiting it or not, I certainly have. My literary novel Before the Time Machine (2021) is finally available in hardcover.
Sensing autumn in the air the sap wonders whether it’s time to pull back. It hesitates, leaving some leaves green and others brown. A striped hawk comes looking for an errant mouse, an inattentive lizard. Each season was once anticipatory spring the prelude to glorious summer winter . . . → Read More: Rest: a poem 
First, a special welcome to those who downloaded a copy of “The Dancing Colonel” through Find Your Next Favorite Author on BookFunnel. The short story features the characters from my Tommy Jones Mystery books, and ties in to some . . . → Read More: Grousable Books Newletter: 15 August
“I don’t understand,” says Hephaestus, snuggling his large orange body onto my belly. “Am I the protagonist?” “No, honey. You’re not. The protagonist is Rosie McMahon, your . . . → Read More: Conversation with a feline character
Big news this fortnight is that I’m on a panel for Bouchercon, one of the biggest mystery writer conferences anywhere.
I’ve always wanted my books to travel. When I was writing Murder at Old St. Thomas’s, I imagined leaving copies on trains and in bus stations, particularly in England. When I got there with books in hand, I wasn’t sure how . . . → Read More: Grousable Newsletter 15 July |
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Having never done it, I was nervous about writing a romance. So before I began, I did some reading about how to write romance fiction, and concluded that there are some