By Chester Campbell Writing mysteries is a bag full of challenges. First, you need a situation that can lead to dire consequences. Or, to...

by Ben Small Maybe it's just me, but life seems more aggravating these days. I've been working on a book, really hot with langua-l...

By Pat Browning Watching the Olympics Winter Games I rooted for the Dutch ice skaters. My admiration for the Dutch goes back a long way. ...

A guest blog by Nancy Means Wright Eighteenth century Mary Wollstonecraft, writer and feminist ( A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792...

By Mark W. Danielson Like many people, I spent the last two weeks glued to the Olympic television broadcasts. Every athlete competed to the ...

By Chester Campbell You won't get any argument that characterization is one of the key elements of a mystery novel. But how far shoul...

by Ben Small A good friend called me last weekend, fresh from the range. He'd been shooting skeet with a twelve gauge, and said he...