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Crime Writing: Exceptions to Search Warrants
As crime writers, it’s crucial we get our facts right. Recently, I was approached by a police officer who loves the work I’m doing here, on the blog. To say I was honored…
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Cabin 28 Murders – Victim & Killer Speak From The Dead
We continue with the Cabin 28 Murders series. If you missed the previous posts, you can find them here: Murder at Cabin 28 and The Suspects I and The Suspects II & Profilers Findings and…
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Cabin 28 Murders – Witness or Dream?
JUSTIN’S DREAM Now that we’ve heard from the two main suspects and the profiler, how about we hear from Justin, the boy who spent the night at Cabin 28, and whose step-father, Martin Smartt,…
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Murder at Cabin 28 – The Suspects & Profiler’s Initial Findings
If you’re just joining us, you can find the previous Murder at Cabin 28 posts here: Murder at Cabin 28, The Suspects Part I. Boubede states, “There were several cars parked right here…
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Murder at Cabin 28 – The Suspects, Part I
If you are just joining us we’ve been discussing a gruesome quadruple murder that occurred on April 12, 1982 in Keddie, California. Before reading this analysis you may want to first read the story Murder…
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Murder at Cabin 28
Who wouldn’t like a cozy log cabin in the woods? You may want to reconsider your answer in a moment. The following is a true account of a quadruple homicide. 1979 Glenna “Sue” Sharp,…
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Do You Really Know How To Show, Don’t Tell?
Let me preface this post by saying, I found this generator that rates post titles. Which is why this title seems a bit cocky. It rated high and I’m using it as a test.…
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Rhythmic Beats… Fiction Writing
You may have noticed I’ve been absent lately. To meet my deadline I’ve had to pull away from social media while I work on my first rounds of edits for Marred, design my cover…
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Storyboards and Living Documents
Things are crazy right now for me, working with my editor and setting up a new computer — all these foreign keys make me feel like I’ve never used a computer before —…
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How To Use Emotion Memory
Brandilyn Collins’ has a fantastic craft book entitled Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets A Novelist Can Learn From Actors. I contacted Brandilyn to ask if I could share a ‘secret’ from her book,…
