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Monthly Archives: May 2013
The Marijuana Chronicles Launch at St. Mark’s Bookstore

The launch for THE MARIJUANA CHRONICLES is just around the corner. (Why does that sound like you’re meeting your dealer?) How about… The launch is in the bag? Or… The launch will be a mellow affair. OK, I’ll stop. But come. Details are in the Read more…
Posted in Events, Featured News
Tagged marijuana, public events, readings, St. Mark's Bookstore
The Plight of Crime Fiction Or Why Crime Fiction Writers Always Feel Bad

People often ask me why I choose to write crime fiction and I say it’s because it encompasses all the big human emotions – love, hate, greed, revenge, fear — as well as the basic moral questions of good and evil, and that’s more than Read more…
Posted in Writing About Writing
Tagged Dostoyevsky, Hardy Boys, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Richard Ford's Canada, Yaddo
The Kiss Print Series – A New Edition of Artwork

I have a 8 piece series of prints titled “Kiss”. They have been produced in editions of 40 each. Contact me if you are interested in purchasing a set. You can view the prints here: “Marilyn and Elvis” “Picasso/Brancusi” “Superman/Lichtenstein “Times Square Rodin” “Couples” “Courbet/Eternity” Read more…
Posted in Events
Tagged kiss, lithographs, pop art, print series
Let’s Lunch “The Munchies”

The wonderful writer and cook Cheryl Tan invited me to contribute a recipe to her “Let’s Lunch” group in honor of The Marijuana Chronicles. So here goes, a recipe with a little commentary… With the publication of THE MARIJUANA CHRONICLES I think I’m getting a Read more…
Posted in Events
Tagged food, The Marijuana Chronicles
I’m Back! The Marijuana Chronicles, Inherit the Dead and more…

I’m back. Not that I was ever away, not from my life that is. (Though I sometimes dream of escaping, buying some secluded island like Marlon Brando did, but would I have to ruin my career and gain 200 pounds? First, I’d have to get Read more…
Posted in Featured News, News
Tagged contests, drawings, Ellery Queen, new books and anthologies, prints
Celebrity Crime Files Intro

Check this out! It’s a combination of computer generated animation and my art. I made the drawings that were used in this sequence for the television show Celebrity Crime Files on TV One network. If you watch the sequence all the way through you will Read more…
Val McDermid Interviewed by Jonathan Santlofer at the Center for Fiction

The Scottish writer, Val McDermid is a dream interview, fast, funny, and filled with great stories. Frankly, I could listen to her beautiful lilting accent for hours and her advice about writing is just as beautiful. Like all of the terrific writers who come to Read more…
Posted in Interviews, Videos
Tagged Crime Fiction Academy, Scottish writers, The Center for Fiction