Paris Hilton’s Stuff
I’ve read that Paris Hilton wears a T-shirt once, has it dry cleaned, and after the second time she wears it she gives it away. I wonder where it goes. Her staff? Her cleaning ladies? Charity? Ah,...
The Faint Reek of Cat Piss
Just returned from a road trip with my brother Dan who lives in Canada. Some trepidation at spending a long time in a car and a tent with him. It would be the longest time we have ever been alone...
You Can’t Possibly Think I Meant You?
I thought the story about readers identifying with characters in your work was apocryphal. When it happened to me with unpleasant results it surprised me. In my first book, NO DICE, a character...
Interview with Mystery Author Mar Preston
Interview with Mystery Author Mar Preston Posted by Nicole Weaver on June 27, 2012 at 8:47amView Blog Mystery author See...
How Much Background is Enough
My Dave Mason police procedural series is about the Santa Monica Police Department and the city itself, a tourist destination with a colorful background, present, and future. I love Santa Monica,...
Murder: Knowing Why
My second murder mystery has been published, titled Rip-Off. People ask why you write one kind of book and not another. Why whodunit murder mysteries in my case? Why not literary family fiction? I...
In the Nick of Time: Our Left Coast Crime Conference Panel
Authors are assigned to panels at these conferences and we looked at one another when we met trying to find the commonality between us. Is it that we all struggle with the problem of getting our...
What’s a Crime Writer’s Conference Like?
The Left Coast Crime Conference held in Sacramento, California brought together fewer agents and editors that I had noticed in last year's conference. A quick scan of the program revealed only five...
The Author as Expert
Today I am to do a radio interview on an internet radio station with author John Byk. The subject will be my novel No Dice. Find John Byk’s radio blog interviews at...
