You Say Tomato, I Say Writing
Of late I have been keeping a low profile on this page. Moving from one house to another did me in for a time. I had to have a desk custom made (I’ll have to ...
Author: Alan
POE TALK for Carlsbad Library’s Write Out Loud’s Big Read
On April 17, 2012 I had the pleasure of seeing my short story “Married to a Murderer” produced on stage at the Carlsbad Library. That same night I was asked to...
Letters from the Dead
Three years ago I had the good fortune to interview Hugh Martin for the column I used to write for the late and lamented North County Times (a daily newspaper p...
Death of a Deliveryman
Recently on this Facebook page I posted about the “signboard” in our neck of town that alerts people to events. Several days ago a poster caught my eye. It sh...
True Confessions of St. Nick
Most writers go to great lengths to try and get the details of their books right. I’ve worked with homicide teams and private investigators so as to allow me t...
And the Edgar goes to…
Do you remember the scene in Fantasia where Mickey Mouse is the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and those brooms keep coming and coming with the pails of water? That is ...