Listening to our critics
Could the New Hampshire State Police and State Attorney General’s Office learn from this? On November 20, 2016, I will be speaking to the Society of Southwestern Authors monthly forum on the subject of “Listening To Our Inner (and Outer) Critics.” ...My Tom Brokaw letter
This is a part of a letter I wrote to Tom Brokaw in January, 1999. Its subject was his book on the “greatest generation.” However, perhaps it is as applicable today as it was then. The idealism mentioned is that of the members of that incredible World War...Embarrassed and Ashamed
Our good Canadian friends often ask how the Stacey Burns murder case is coming as they are well aware of the long time I’ve been working on Murder in a Small Town: The Tragic Death of Stacey Burns. Lately, they have been asking an additional rhetorical question...Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut never gave the MIT graduation speech for which he often receives the credit: the so-called “sunscreen speech.” He did comment that he would have been proud if the words had indeed been his. I have always loved Kurt Vonnegut and I loved to...Announcement
4th year in a row-a finalist in the NM/AZ Book Awards, this time in two fiction categories. November 18- winners announced-Will the fourth time be a charm? 2013-a Favor Returned, 2014-Agent for Justice, 2015-Live Free or Die- now,2016, Cracks in the Wall. My fingers...Intense effort?
I will repeat here my answer to one correspondent who asked about the duffle bag found in the yard of a neighbor of Stacey Burns quite a while back. “Much like everything else in this case, there is no clear explanation nor description of the duffle bag other...On Loss and Credibility . . .
“The loss of such a worthwhile person in a world that cries out for compassionate people remains a question that I hope and pray I’ll have answered some day. Until then, memories will have to suffice . . .” This quote is taken from my book, The Week...What’s fair is fair. . .
One of my correspondents asked me to release the name of a woman named to me in interviews as a possible suspect in the Stacey Burns murder case. After all, Jim Vittum’s name, along with others, has been bandied about in this blog so what’s fair is fair....One Winner and Another Finalist
Despite evidence to the contrary, I really do have trouble with self-promotion. However, since I have a blog post coming up on the subject of personal and writer’s credibility, I have to let my readers know of these latest two developments in my writing career....
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