In 1980, I moved from Los Angeles to Denver and took my second job in journalism, working for The Rocky Mountain News. A friend worked there. He was someone I knew from my youth in the suburbs of Boston. My friend, Phil Reed, turned me on to mysteries. And I started reading them with abandon….
This is a blog about The Rocky Mountain Writer podcast. Yeah, your podcast. I’m looking to put together podcast episodes based on a theme—with a couple or three total guests—kind of like a good panel at Colorado Gold. There are 1. 5 zillion ways to approach this, and I’m open to your input. The episodes…
Ten Things This sticker. Is it perfect or what? Courtesy of Erin Flanagan. Erin won Best First Novel at the Edgar Awards (Mystery Writers of America) this year. Her novel, Deer Season, is unique. Yes, it’s a mystery. But it’s not written as a mystery. Proof that the “rules” are bendable, malleable, there to be…
I’ve been writing fiction for 39 years. It took me 23 years to get published. I thought I would always write crime fiction. Now, after five novels out in one mystery series, I have a regular old novel coming out on January 1 from Lake Union. It’s called The Fireballer. Of course I have no…
After playing with the Atlanta Braves for 12 years, Freddie Freeman signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last month, he returned to Atlanta for the first time to play a game in his new uniform. And, according to almost every single account of the experience, he “got emotional.” Okay, now, one of your jobs as…