Currentl job: a crime mystery novelist. In my earlier life, I was in law enforcement for twenty-six years and a newspaper reporter for six years. Survived that and Vietnam and still sane.
"The Sun Also Rises" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway "Try Darkness" series and all his fiction & non-fiction books by James Scott Bell "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers "The Painted House" by John Grisham "The Great Divide" by T. Davis Bunn "In High Places" by Tom Morrisey "The Novelist" and others by Angela Hunt "The Cure" by Athol Dickson "Wish You Well" by David Baldacci Brandilyn Collins' Kanner Lake Series novels and others "City of Bones" and the whole series by Michael Connelly "Betrayal" and others by John Lescroart Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" and "Farewell my Lovely" and others "The Thin Man" and "The Maltese Falcom" by Dashiell Hammett Robert Crais' Joe Pike novels "Piercing the Darkness" by Frank E. Peretti "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hossein "Odd Thomas" and other books by Dean Koontz "First the Dead" by Tim Downs "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski "The Bone Garden" by Tess Gerritsen "The Onion Field" by Joseph Wambaugh "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote "Up In Honey's Room" and others by Elmore Leonard any of Jeff Shaara's fictional history novels "Just As I Am" by Bill Graham (Jerry Jenkins) "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller and The Bible--the book that compares to no other.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Movies: Casablanca, Fugitive, 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, all the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies, all the Dirty Harry movies,Untouchables with Kevin Costner, and Heat.
TV: 24, Fringe, Closer, Law & Order, Burn, Leverage, and The Good Wife.
Thanks, John. I like Walnut Creek, but I'd take Monterey any day. With law enforcement, journalism and Vietnam in your background, I'm guessing you have some material for a few books. Best, Reece
Mark, really enjoyed the first part of your blog. I'm sure all of that life xperience has informed your writing, too. I used to work as a Probation Officer and spent some time in prisons, it certainly influenced how I approach my writing.
Hi, Mark. Yes, I am an aspiring fiction writer: http://www.marymcfarlandauthor.com, a technical writer by profession. Just finished my second novel and am in the query process with it (mystery) and my first (romantic suspense). I'm launching a content-rich blog http://www.buzzardbone.blogspot.com and would love to get to know more about you. I'm working to connect writers with ex-law enforcement persons like yourself to provide the kind of technical edits many manuscripts need.
Reece Hirsch
Feb 14, 2010
Kathryn Lilley
Oct 21, 2010
Cathryn Grant
Nov 8, 2010
Mark Porter
Feb 5, 2011
Mary McFarland
May 22, 2011
Mary McFarland
And yours, Mark. Thanks. Look forward to seeing you here.
May 22, 2011
Sullivan Lee
Glad to meet you, Mark!
-Sully
Jun 3, 2011