One of my favorite authors (who I consider a mentor though I never met him in person) was Louis L’Amour. That may seem strange, as most of my writing is in the horror/thriller genres. But my first attempts at writing fiction were weak emulations of L’Amour westerns. I once read an interview he did where […]

Writers are always uncovering nuggets of neat info when researching a story or novel. Thought I’d share a few of mine in this ongoing series. I stumbled upon this one while researching Seed, my upcoming historical thriller. Part of the book takes place on a plantation outside Savannah, Georgia in the early 1800’s. Two slaves,

I’m a thriller writer. Well, I do other things, too, like suspense and even (gasp) romance. But sometimes I dwell in the dark dungeons of things that go bump in the night – the horror genre. My latest short story, Communion, is set in 1846 and features a family (John Nye, his pregnant wife Anna,