What happens after
As a crime writer I often have to deal with death — fictionally. But as most of us have, I also have experienced the loss of a loved one. John Haddaway McClendon, my father, would have been 91 today. I...
View ArticleThe tattered remains of Summer
Or Why Writers Cook Like Mad People Summer is almost over in the northern hemisphere. (Florida, stay tuned.) Crazy fall weather has commenced. Colorado is getting more than it deserves, again, and...
View ArticleSex in Mysteries: too much or not enough?
It’s always a hot potato, that sex question. In the crime novel, the mystery, thriller, suspense story, there is often a secondary narrative thrust besides whodunit, ‘when will the bomb blow up,’ or...
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