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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Book Q&A’s with Deborah Kalb

This is an excerpt of my interview with Deborah Kalb on her great blog Book Q&A’s. Q: How did The Marijuana Chronicles come about, and how did you determine which authors to include in the collection? A: That’s a two-part question, Deborah. The first part Read more…
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Contest, Deborah Kalb, The Marijuana Chronicles
Book Talk Interview with Kory French – Break Thru Radio

Here is a recent interview I did on Break Thru Radio with Kory French. The 1st half is about “me” and the 2nd half about THE MARIJUANA CHRONICLES. I thought is was going to be all about the book so I was a little unprepared Read more…
Posted in Interviews, Podcasts
Tagged Book Talk, Break Thru Radio, Kory French, The Marijuana Chronicles
City Mouse Versus Country Mouse

I have always been a city mouse. Well, not always, but mostly. I was born on East 57th Street in Manhattan though my parents deserted the city for Queens and then LI when I was a preteen, but I couldn’t wait to get back. And Read more…
Posted in Essays
Tagged Catherine Murphy, Harry Roseman, Restrike, S.J. Rozan, Skowhegan, Spotify
Why Crime Fiction Academy Matters

About a year and a half ago Noreen Tomassi, the Director of Manhattan’s Center For Fiction, came to me with the idea of creating a place for crime fiction. A place where unpublished writers could come to finish the crime novel they’d started but stalled, Read more…
Posted in Writing About Writing
Tagged classes, crime, Crime Fiction Academy, learning how to write