One reason I enjoy the Arizona Mystery Writers’ monthly meeting is the variety of expert speakers who help us write imaginative and realistic stories. See (www.arizonamysterywriters.com). This week, a captain from the county sheriff’s department will give a talk on … Continue reading
Why would anyone want to be a public defender? The pay is terrible, most of the clients are poor, uneducated and probably guilty; there’s no time to prepare, the caseload is overwhelming, and failure is the most likely outcome. Who chooses … Continue reading
Cold Case and True Crime I’ll be congealing out of writerly fog for the next Arizona Mystery Writers’ meeting in three weeks. We’ll have a police crime scene investigator tell us about a cold case he recently solved. In 1987 … Continue reading
May 9th, 2015 meeting – Financial Crimes AND the Writer-Editor Relationship I’ll be there for the monthly Arizona Mystery Writers meeting, because it’s interesting, and because I’m the emcee. A representative from the TPD Financial Crimes Unit walks the … Continue reading