Wolfeboro-Up in arms?
Here is another question regarding the Stacey Burns murder raised by an attendee at my “Murder in a Small Town” program in August. Remember, most of the forty or so people attending knew nothing about this murder case, although a few recalled a...Question for Mr. Ed Burns, The Ex-husband
As promised, here is another question posed by a gentleman at my last program on the Stacey Burns book project. (paraphrased) Why wouldn’t Mr. Ed Burns, Stacey’s ex-husband, or at least almost ex-husband, want to have his side of the story told in your...Someone Screwed Up!
On August 30th, I posted a paraphrased list of questions posed by my audience at “Murder in a Small Town,” a program about my work on a book project about the murder of Stacey Burns in 2009. It may be worth mentioning these questions again, one at a time,...Writing Critique Groups
This is a change of pace post. The Stacey Burns project has taken up most of my posts over the last couple of years and I’ve heard from some folks that maybe I should throw in a change of pace once in a while. Yesterday, while on an extended East Coast trip for...Percentages-Evil vs. Good
Are people basically good? In my most recent novel, Live Free or Die, a major character, Henry Bouchard, raises the possibility that this question really doesn’t matter. Evil versus good makes for a wonderful philosophical argument, but, Bouchard theorizes, it...Evil? Mental illness?
Here’s a conundrum: Does a killer kill because he/she is mentally ill or is that killer an evil person? Do you believe in evil? Was the killer in Sandy Hook evil? Was the Aurora killer evil? My favorite inspector asks this question in Jo Nesbo’s book,...Am I kidding myself?
Will the killer of Stacey Burns ever don the orange prison garb and be subjected to the humiliation of his or her day in court? Based on what I have learned over the last five years (plus) I’d have to say no. Will any of my books ever approach even that special...Unbiased observations on Murder in a Small Town
“Murder in a Small Town” is the title of a program I presented to our Men’s Breakfast group at Desert Hills Lutheran Church last Thursday. Obviously, the subject was the work I’ve done on the book about the Stacey Burns murder case. There were...Publish or perish?
One of my regular readers takes me to task for dragging my feet on publishing what I have written on the Stacey Burns murder book. Her argument is sound. I asked for opinions and received many differing ones, as I expected. She and others suggested that publication...
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