Category: Novels
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Review: Author makes good on promise in Peter Pan Must Die
At the end of chapter 2 of Peter Pan Must Die, the new Novel by John Verdon, one of the characters makes a bold statement as he tries to convince his friend, former NYPD Detective Dave Gurney, to take on one more investigation: “The Spalter case has everything — horror,…
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REVIEW: The Good Suicides more mediocre mystery than thriller
If the book cover for The Good Suicides hadn’t billed the novel as a thriller, it might have left a better impression with me. The book, the second to feature author Antonio Hill’s inspector Hector Salgado, features a snarling dog on the cover and the words A THRILLER in the bottom…
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When the pieces fall into place…
I’m getting a late start today (I slept late). But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Last night was a wildly productive night. I used up one ballpoint pen and another is nearly spent of all its ink. I have page after page of hastily scrawled notes relating to my…
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Childhood dream comes closer to fruition
Today’s Daily Post asks: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close or far are you from that vision? As you might suspect from the title of this blogsite, writing is my passion. I was an avid reader as a child (still am)…
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Twisted questions can peel back deepest layer of characters
The Daily Post here on WordPress posted this writing prompt today: A Pulitzer-winning reporter is writing an in-depth piece – about you. What are the three questions you really hope she doesn’t ask you? Whenever I’ve gone on a job interview, the typical “where do you want to be five years from now”…
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Library holds adventures waiting to be discovered
I’m addicted to the written word. Always have been. But oddly enough, I haven’t checked out a book from my local library in at least a couple of decades. I don’t have to, you see. I’m very fortunate to have collected a lifetime of books to read (actually more than…
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Today’s adventure in writing begins …
I thought I might chronicle my day today to see just how I spend my time. I’m hoping to finish editing a short story today so that I can submit it to L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. So, here goes: Monday, March 31: 9:50 a.m. Woke up…
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Finding treasure in the trunk…
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of hearing author Christie Golden speak about her writing career at the Nashville Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writers Meetup. Christie is the author of several Star Trek and Star Wars novels, as well as books set in the Worlds of Warcraft and Ravenloft series. But before…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 