While I am looking forward to the May 27 live podcast at 8 a.m., I drunkenly crashed the G-Zone showyesterday evening. (OK, that's a lie, I was invited to an authors roundup by the host, but "crashed" sounds more exciting, doesn't it?)

I felt like an ant next to a herd of elephants amongst the other authors. Vincent Zandri. Big Daddy…

The Danes Murders I've written a review of The Danes Murders, a true crime novel by Patrick Haley.  Want to learn a little more about how you write, what tropes and writing schemes you rely on?  I'm looking for more true crime, mystery, and suspense novels to review.  My reviews are not cursory, topical, or based on what I like or dislike.  They're put together based on an in-depth analysis of how you actually write. The…

From the author of bestselling thrillers MURDER IN MAUI and STATE'S EVIDENCE comes the new psychological thriller, KILLER IN THE WOODS, now in Nook and Kindle. Killer dubbed "The Woods Strangler" targets beautiful women in an affluent community called The Woods. A neighborhood watch group is formed with everyone a…

THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS: The True Story of Serial Killers Gerald and Charlene Gallego, my bestselling true crime book, reaches #8 on Kindle's Top 100 Bestsellers in Serial Killers True Accounts. Book was the inspiration for crime documentaries on the Biography Channel and Investigation…

The price of travel is relative, for me I'd give up a lot to travel, with the exception of coffee and dark chocolate. In that order.

That being said, don't automatically assume that going to Europe or taking a cruise is impossible. A twelve day cruise from Rome going to Greek and Turkish Islands and Israel is expensive. As I said it's relative, but it can be had for $800 plus gratuities and tax, that will run about $1,000 total per person. Remember that it includes all the…

What’s in a Genre?

            Search around the Internet and you’ll find the popular opinion in the publishing industry that a writer should choose a genre and stick with it.  If they want to dabble in other genres, they may want to consider a pseudonym.  This is sometimes referred to as “branding” yourself and is particularly championed by agents and large publishing house as a means of establishing a loyal fan base who will avidly follow your…

Recently my contract with a publisher was coming to term and I decided not to renew it. Sales were non-existent, and aside from that, I just wasn't happy with certain aspects of my novel (my fault). The cover didn't appeal to me either. I explained this to my publisher.

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How to STOP writer burn-out.

Follow my #7 Pro-active steps.

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This friend is way too much fun! I have gotten a chance thus far to be a part of some very serious brain storming, incredible writing, and deadly execution by some really nice, talented authors. The latest release “Who Whacked the Blogger” just made me take a step back and gasp in awe as Benjamin Sobieck just gave birth to a new, intensely funny character that I hope to get to read for a long time: Maynard Soloman. I can’t do justice to the man’s riffs. His prose in this is just amazing,…

One of the most interesting aspects of studying criminal behavior and criminology is finding out why and how criminals commit a specific crime.  It’s really the complicated task of finding out what makes an individual tick and hopefully learning more about their…

In what book does it relate the events surrounding Qwill's inheritance of the Klingenshoen fortune ? How was he selected ? What was his relationship to Fanny Klingenshoen ?

In "The Cat Who Played Post Office" we learn of the events after the inheritance, but not the circumstances leading up to it.  

I'm Sylvia Ramsey's guest today at http://wwwthouhtfulreflections.blogspot.com/2011/05/chatting-with-john-r-lindermuth-about.html

We're talking about Fallen From Grace, my latest novel, my other books, the naming of characters and places in novels and other aspects of writing.

There are literally tons of books written about serial killers.  You can get somewhat of a hideous picture in your mind of these dark, disturbed individuals written about in books (fiction/nonfiction) and in the movies.  We shudder to think about a serial killer that is out there right now stalking, hunting for their next victim.  Make no mistake, they are out there…

I’ve been ecstatic about the “thumbs up” I’ve been receiving from dog handlers and K9 officers about Silent Partner.  Thank you!  It means a lot to me because I wanted to do the K9 units justice by portraying them in a one of my stories. 

 Here are some comments by readers…

John Walker

5 out of 5…

Lucas Davenport just knows how to find his guy and solve a mystery doesn’t he? I really love this novel for so many reasons, let me count the ways. But first, let’s just jump into the synopsis:

“A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long.

In 1985, Davenport was a young cop with a reputation for recklessness, and the girls'…