As the screenwriters' strike goes on, with AI-produced scripts a bone of contention in the negotiations, I've been thinking a lot about...

After being declared all but dead in the 1990s by venerated spy novelist John le Carré, the sub-genre seems to be enjoying a literary...

In February, the audiobook version of my book After the Blue, Blue Rain, narrated by Elizabeth Schmidt, was released on Audible/ACX. As...

Hello, mystery readers! Lately, I've been wondering about everyone's reading preferences and habits, so I devised a quick survey to find...

I don't know how common it is for writers to picture movie stars when devising their characters (perhaps casting them in anticipation of...

Before setting pen to page, or fingers to keyboard, mystery writers have likely settled on a few basics of their story: When the story...

When I started writing educational texts after beginning my career as a screenwriter, I struggled with the idea that I was no longer a...

Although I drew on many works for information and inspiration while writing After the Blue, Blue Rain, two historical sources were...

The Nancy Drew mysteries will be celebrating their centennial in 2030. The first entry in the series, The Secret of the Old Clock, was...