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  • WHO SWIPED BOBBY BUCCO BEAR

    WHO SWIPED BOBBY BUCCO BEAR? “Pap-pap, he’s gone! Somebody swiped Bobby Bucco Bear.” I looked at Anna, who was pointing toward the park bench we had just vacated. Her eyes were wide, mouth open as if preparing to scream. “I can’t believe it! Someone took him. We have to find Bobby Bucco!” I grabbed her READ MORE

  • Don’t Play Small

    What is your deepest fear as a writer? Are we afraid to expose our writing to anxious readers? Does the fear of criticism hold us back? Our necks are on the line every time we put our written words out in the world. As soon as we start writing, the self-doubt begins. Hunched over a READ MORE

  • What A Character

    What a character! When using this phrase, we know what that means to us. Character is an umbrella for the temperament, morality, personality, and so much more of an individual. These are the tools writers use to craft a story. In a murder mystery, believable characters are essential to move the plot. Every possible plot READ MORE

  • Taking Second Base

    Writing is hard! We struggle over the keyboard searching for the right words, the perfect combinations, coherent sentences. When the story is finished, we realize it’s not perfect. There is editing and revisions to slog through. Once it is completed what happens next. All too often the beginning writer closes the file allowing it to READ MORE

  • The Mystery of Writing a Mystery Novel

    All stories are mysteries.  Will star-crossed lovers live happily ever after or not?  Will the Empire survive or be conquered?  Will the hero hit the game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth or strikeout?  All are unknown to the reader. The reader is induced to finish the book to find the answer. I READ MORE

  • My First Review

    This is the first review of my new novel DEAD AIR Full Text: 4 and 1 / 2 stars      Investigator and owner of Blue Water Security Glenn “Beck” Beckert finds his friend Richie Zito dead at his radio station Z-Rock. One of his operatives was there at the time. Glenn feels that his READ MORE