10Qs for Paul LaRosa. Paul is an award-winning journalist who has worked in print and television journalism for more than 30 years. We met on Twitter discussing the case of Catherine Woods. Paul wrote a book about that case. Paul Cortez, convicted for Catherine’s murder, claimed that his former defense team mishandled forensic evidence used to convict […]
Unsolved
Roanoke Regional Writers Conference 2014
Roanoke Regional Writers Conference 2014. On Jan 24-25, 2014 I will be at this conference at Hollins University, Roanoke. The Roanoke Regional Writers Conference enters its seventh year in 2014. The event opens Friday night with a wine reception and keynote address. Saturday’s workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and run through 5:30 p.m. The schedule is here. […]
10Qs for Ken Lang
10Qs for Ken Lang. Ken is a 24-year Maryland law enforcement veteran and now an accomplished author. He served the last 15 years as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Section where Sex Crimes, Robbery, and Homicide investigations have become his forte. No matter how busy he is, Ken always finds time for my […]
Sum it Up! #42
This Sum it Up was about great blog posts. Paul Cutler‘s “A Barrister’s Blog” got voted most favourite Australian legal blog on the blog from the Separovic Injury Lawyers. Congrats to Paul! Suzie Ivie had an interesting MJ weekend and I do not mean that’s she was moonwalking her thriller beat. No, she was at […]
10Qs for Kathryn Johnson
10Qs for Kathryn Johnson. This is one busy lady! She is the founder of WriteByYou.com, an author’s mentoring service based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Kathryn writes under her own name and as Mary Hart Perry. She also has served as judge on the Edgar Awards Committee for the Mystery Writers of America and is Vice President of the […]
10Qs for McVladie
10Qs for McVladie. Is it McVladie or, is it Carlota? And who is Vilhelm? This author is as mysterious as her avatar. Her website is in the making so the only things we have now are bits and pieces that I found around the blogosphere. Carlota L McNally-McDougall was born November 16, 1962 in Dallas, Texas. […]
The Crewe Murders: review or re-investigation?
The Crewe Murders: review or re-investigation? The New Zealand Herald reports about the latest efforts made to solve the 1970 Crewe Murders however, what they report worries me. “Arthur Allan Thomas has been re-interviewed by police investigating the 1970 murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe, one of New Zealand’s best-known unsolved crimes. Mr Thomas spent nine years […]
10Qs for Jill Paterson
10Qs for Jill Paterson. I met Jill during our Blog Tour de Troops in November 2011. During the Memorial Weekend, authors made free ebooks available to our service men and women. The Tour was a collaboration between authors and bloggers. The bloggers posted book reviews and the authors donated their works. All readers benefited from […]
Recap #CrimeChat Aug 26, 2013 with David Swinson
Recap #CrimeChat Aug 26, 2013 with David Swinson. This hour combined being a cop with promoting rock punk while jotting down ideas for books. We found out that all along David wanted to be a writer. Thinking he’d get a couple of good stories working for a while as a cop … well, he became […]
10Qs for David Swinson
David Swinson kicks off a new interview series geared towards authors and explores their work and vision. David’s career has taken him from promoting punk rock to stakeouts in law enforcement. Now he writes. His first book was “A Detailed Man” and coming soon is part II in the Ezra Simeon series “A Confidential Life.” So before […]