Despite the fact that I post on blogs, I’m kind of a Luddite, but I have to say I love what technology is doing for our local writing communities.

            It used to be that if someone without a lot of money put out a small magazine, the result they would have terrible production (which was kind of charming) and not a lot of people would know about them. I loved small magazines. It was fun to be one of the few people who read The Chiron Review or The Small…

To say that the James Bond franchise hasn’t influenced me or my writing would be…

From award winning writer R. Barri Flowers and the bestselling author of the Hawaii thriller novels, Murder in Maui and Murder in Honolulu, comes a tropical island novel of psychological and erotic suspense and financial intrigue, SEDUCED TO KILL IN KAUAI.

Pushing forty, Jack Burke was living the good life as an advertising…

Today I discuss the first sponsors for the C3 conference - and the hunt for more - on my blog, Another Writer’s Life http://ascamacho.blogspot.com/

Remember the Maine, the Alamo, Pearl Harbor. But, for years the Pueblo Incident, as it was dubbed, has been buried under the carpet and consciousness of the American public.

I am a member of Post 3 of the American Legion, Hanford, CA. In our post is a diminutive man with a gray flowing beard and the Legion Motorcycle Riders nickname “Critter.” At every meeting there is a chair that is draped with a black cover reminding us of the POW's who remain…

Oak Tree Press is actively looking for mysteries featuring law enforcement or other public safety workers as protagonists. We like to do a book launch at the annual PSWA conference in Vegas in July.

We are looking for finished manuscripts, polished, ready to go. We are also requiring authors to be strong marketers and have a platform in place. We have no problem with previously published works or self-published. Contact Sunny Frazier at…

Where in the World is H.P. Lovecraft?

Dorchester Publishing, which recently sold it's list of book titles to Amazon.com, has a problem. They're trying to contact some of their authors so they can return the publishing rights. They've enlisted you, the reading public, to assist. So check out this link and review the list to see if anyone you know is on it. Among the authors who are missing in action are Robert Louis Stevenson and H. P. Lovecraft. I wish them luck in their…

Hank Phillippi Ryan is an  award winning investigative reporter for a television station for Boston, Massachusetts. She has also turned her talents to fiction writing and has won numerous accolades for her four books. After all,…

Julz64 posted this review on Amazon: “I enjoyed Collateral Damage. Unlike some other books I've read, this one jumped right in to the story and had me wanting to get to the next chapter immediately. I would certainly read other books in the Hannibal Jones Mysteries series! …

What started as a short crime humor e-book is now making a real-world impact.

Last month, I published…

Kick off your holiday shopping at the Northern VA Christmas Market where I will be signing my mystery novels and thrillers for your more literate friends and family to find under their trees. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 300 fine artisans from more than 25 states will gather in the South Hall of the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, VA. The result: a very diverse selection of fine arts, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, wood, photography, fiber arts, and thousands of one-of-a-kind Christmas…

               Last year, I opened for Officer Problem, a punk band at Pizza Supreme on Nogales in West Covina. I’m a poet, and I’m used to a certain kind of audience, which isn’t exactly refined or entirely quiet, but I’m not running punk shows, after all. And the audiences for punk bands don’t exactly expect poets. They’re all sensitive people, I’m sure, but no one goes to a punk show expecting a large, middle-aged, bearded poet. Too bad. They got me.

               But it was a…

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Crime scenes aren’t as cut and dry as one might think.  There are many variables and each one should be carefully identified, searched, documented, and processed correctly.  The process doesn’t flow like the…

Earl Aldridge posted this review of Collateral Damage on Amazon: "Hannibal Jones larger than life" detective and a world traveler. He is a hard-hitting troubleshooter. Finds himself tangled in a web of murder and treachery. An interwoven tale where everything is not as it seems. Hannibal, nearly super type hero, takes the lead in this tale of a missing person. A must read for the detective inside of you.” …

Earl Aldridge posted this review of Collateral Damage on Amazon: "Hannibal Jones larger than life" detective and a world traveler. He is a hard-hitting troubleshooter. Finds himself tangled in a web of murder and treachery. An interwoven tale where everything is not as it seems. Hannibal, nearly super type hero, takes the lead in this tale of a missing person. A must read for the detective inside of you.” …

Crime authors Stephen Booth, Ann Cleeves, Matt Hilton and Pauline Rowson, and crime experts from Hampshire Police, the University of Portsmouth and the University of Surrey kept a packed audience enthralled at CSI Portsmouth on Saturday 3…

Susan Leeds stumbled across my Hannibal Jones mysteries and sent me an email telling me how much she enjoyed them. Because she named me as one of her 2 favorite mystery writers, and the other is one of MY favorites, her words are the featured review on my web site. Check it out! http://www.ascamacho

Randy Wayne White created his Florida marine biologist character Doc Ford back in 1990. Twenty some years and nineteen books later, Doc and his pal Tomlinson are recognized as iconic additions to the mystery genre. (The…

My Halloween book signing at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus bookstore was not as successful as expected because Superstorm Sandy prevented my books from arriving in time. We will try again later in the month, so you get a second chance to find the store and visit me.

Meanwhile, my review of Secrets of the Lynx is in The Big Thrill, the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers. Romantic suspense isn’t enough to describe Aimee Thurlo’s latest novel.…