I have been hinting about something exciting in development for days, and can finally spread the news and make it official. Today marks the evolution of In For Questioning, from industry blog to radio show and podcast, thanks to the efforts of Spinetingler editor and writer Angie Johnson-Schmit.

Angie marks the show's debut with an…

Okay so I've spent the last couple of weeks like a chocolate bar on the dashboard. And remember it's still summerr. I'd been stressing over not making the finals of the first manuscript contest I'd ever entered. I didn't final in the Chick Lit Writer's Stiletto contest. And I hadn't gotten my results back, so I figured I was was world's worst fiction writer. Non-fiction was never this hard (how soon we forget).

But the results came via email, last night. Averaging the two scoresheets…

One of the advantages of writing true crime/biography is that there are real people and places you can point to as being part of your book. Much of Master Detective takes place in Mt Holly, New Jersey, the stomping grounds of the "American Sherlock Holmes", Ellis Parker. Many of the sites involved in those events survive, including Parker's house, the courthouse, the old jail, the Elks Club where he hung out when off duty, and even the house where his wake was held (attended by several…

Today I was writing at my new haunt--the Denny's on 50th St and 25th Ave. My usual writing place--the Cappuccino Affair--may be sold soon and the owner has kind of lost interest, which means that the menu has dwindled to next to nothing and sometimes he isn't even open. Since I like to write for 6+ hours, I need a place where I have a few things to choose from for lunch or supper.

A few weeks ago, I went into Denny's Restaurant and spoke with the…

KC, tell me a bit about yourself?

My name is KC Oliver and I am the author of …

SILENT COUNSEL Tour - September 8

Mendham Books

Mendham, NJ

A little closer to home, Mendham Books is a pleasant independent bookstore in Morris County. Sylvia and I have visited there numerous times when Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark have been there signing, so it was a bit of a rush to be sitting behind the table I’ve…

The perfect writers tools: A season's worth of running shoes (note the holes in the toes), Nordic poles to get the left hemisphere of the brain talking to the right, a good sweat and a wooden bench in the sun overlooking the lake and the ski hills -- all converging to provide the perfect AHA! solution to a plot problem that had been…

This week brought about a sea change in my approach to personal fitness.…

Posted by guest blogger Julie E. Czerneda

What a wonderful place you have here! Thanks for inviting me to drop by.

It wasn't difficult to find a topic for my guest appearance. All I had to do was look around my office. Under normal conditions, my workplace is, shall we say, enriched? (My tidy spouse thinks I don't see him shudder when he walks through.) But I need stuff around me. Whenever I glance away from my screen, I want to see something. Not out a window (although…

If man were meant to fly....

I think the Flat-Earth society has taken over commercial air transportation. I am willing to stipulate that I am one of the way-too-impatient, way-too-intollerant, gnat-on-crack-attention-span-blessed common folk. That being said, it seems to be a sad state of affairs when the best thing you can say for flying coach is that you survived.

The airline employees are not to blame. They work hard, with little support. They face a frustrated…

Madeline L'Engle passed away Sept. 6 at the age of 88. She had been ill and ultimately died in a hospice.

I've never been lucky enough to meet her, but she influenced me in ways she'll never know. "A Wrinkle In Time" was the first fantasy book I

ever read. It opened my eyes to another world — literally and

figuratively. I understood Meg in a way I don't think I'd ever

understood another character. Imagine my delight when I found out

there were MORE books I could…

SILENT COUNSEL Tour - September 7

Sherlock’s Tomes

Bridgeton, NJ

www.SherlocksTomes.com

Sherlock’s Tomes is the name, and Bridgeton, NJ is the place. What a wonderful little mystery bookstore, tucked away in a town I’d admittedly never heard of…

I've been a ghost for a few weeks while I finished the new book. I had a heck of a time with the title. In my previous post I called it "Speak for the Dead" but boy did I not like that one. After kicking a few other options around, I finally settled on "The Open Contract" because it has a thriller-esque feel to it and refers to the plot. I'm happy with that one. I rolled the last page out of the Royal yesterday in time for my birthday party (I'm 32 now), and stuck it in a drawer. It's going…