What I Liked about The Fall
(And Why It's a Good Show for Writers) If you don’t know what The Fall is, it’s a BBC/RTE (Irish) series available on Netflix. It’s basically the classic cat-mouse game…
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September 17, 2018
Dissecting Iago’s Villainy
Iago, it is commonly held, is Shakespeare's most evil character, the portrait of evil itself. He also happens to be one of my favorite characters. When looking at why Iago…
September 4, 2018
Historical Storytelling
In preparing to write my new book Fortune's Flame, I listened to and read several historical books, mostly nonfiction, and not all of them taking place in the era of…
August 12, 2018
Why Men Commit More Crimes
In all societies, men commit the overwhelming majority of crime and acts of violence. Why is that? When I approach questions like these, my first thought is always Well, let’s…
August 2, 2018
A Brief History of Noir
What is noir? That depends. To me, noir is the world-hardened detective who falls in love with the bad girls, who toes the line between the legal and the illegal.…
June 12, 2018