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Florida Writers Conference

FWA’s 15th Annual Writers Conference
October 20 – 23
Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs
Presenting two workshops

Mystery Convention

Bouchercon 2016 World Mystery Convention
September 15 – 18
New Orleans, LA, Marriott Hotel on Canal Street
Billed as the world’s largest mystery convention for fans of crime fiction and published authors.
Special guests include Harlan Coben, R. L. Stine, David Morrell and more.

FWA Multi-Genre Book Signing

50 authors – Brunch with the authors
Saturday, May 1, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs
350 Northlake Blvd.
Altamonte Springs, FL
More info here

New horror anthology

When my friend and award-winning author Ken Pelham, told me he wanted to assemble a collection of short stories for a modern horror anthology, I told him to count me in. Of course, I don’t regularly write horror stories (and don’t let me hear any cracks about my “horrible” stories), but I had read more…

Alvarium Co-Creator Tells All

From time to time I’ve turned this blog over to a guest in order to introduce you to some of my favorite writers. Today’s guest post is an interview with Ken Pelham, one of the award-winning authors you’ll find in “The Prometheus Saga,” an anthology of short stories examining a single premise read more…

WJXT Channel 4 Interview

Jennifer Waugh was the perfect host, interviewing me on the WJXT Morning Show about the upcoming Novel in a Day Workshop. Click here to watch it.

The In-Tent-tion was Good

I recall fondly my years as a Boy Scout growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. One of the highlights was a special camping trip to Lake Okeechobee, the second largest freshwater lake in the U.S. We set up our tents in a clearing shaded by towering trees bearded with Spanish read more…

The Suspense is Killing Me

The following first appeared in The Florida Writer, the official member magazine of the Florida Writers Association, in my column, The First Million Words.

“I had to force myself to finish it.”

The speaker was a woman I met at a party recently, and she was telling me of a book she’d read that hadn’t read more…