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• Robotic Surgery: More Problematic Than Helpful?

  

  Robotic surgery is cool. Even the name is cool. Can’t you just see Robby the Robot standing beside the operating table performing some miraculous feat? Great... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Crime and Science Radio: The Science of Sherlock Holmes

  

  Tomorrow, Saturday, 9-21-13, at 10 a.m. Crime and Science Radio presents:The Science of Sherlock Holmes: Jan Burke and Leslie KlingerLeslie Klinger is a Holmes... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Breathprints? As Good as Fingerprints?

  

  When we breathe, we take in air which is rich in oxygen (02) and expel air which is richer in carbon dioxide (CO2). The oxygen in the inhaled air is removed by... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Can My 1920’s Linguist Effect A Permanent Change in Another...

  

  Q: In my story, set in a time analogous to the 1920s, an errant linguist captures a young male prostitute. She hopes to recreate him into her lost daughter,... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Big-Picture Problems to Look for Before You Pitch O...

  

  Here are some typical “big-picture” problems to watch out for in your thriller or other suspense novel, then, if necessary, revise before pitching it to an agen... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Drowning In Space: When Your Space Suit Is Your Enemy

  

  Gemini 4 Spacewalk You would think that the last thing that an astronaut would fear while performing a spacewalk would be drowning. How on earth does that... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 SCIENCE

• Crime and Science Radio Begins September 7th

  

  Jan Burke and I are launching a new internet radio venture: CRIME SCIENCE RADIO. It will be aired bimonthly on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. Pacific on John an... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Writer’s Digest U: Boot Camp With My Wonderful Agent Kimberley Cameron and...

  

  AUGUST 26-29 BOOT CAMP: HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK. AGENTS AT KIMBERLEY CAMERON LITERARY CRITIQUE QUERIES, SYNOPSES, MANUSCRIPTS MORE When your submission... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Elmore and Me

  

  Today is a sad day. Elmore Leonard left us. A true icon in the western and crime genres. I learned something, usually many somethings, from each of his books—an... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Facial Expressions and Emotions

  

  Ekman Facial Expressions Can you tell when your spouse or child or friend is angry? Or scared? Or worried? Can you simply look at their face and determine what... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Joseph Rivera: The New Andrew Luster?

  

  Joseph Rivera In a case that seems to echo that of Andrew Luster, Joseph Rivera has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual assaults involving the use... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• DP Lyle “In Conversation” with Isabel Allende

  

  At the recent Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference I had the great honor of being “In Conversation” with the remarkable Isabel Allende. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author Event at The Ledges

  

  For all of you in the Huntsville, AL area try to make it to The Ledges Author Event on Friday, August 16th. It should be fun. Here are the details: Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Eleanor Sullivan: Herbalism: Scientific Or Sorcery?

  

  Ever wonder what people used to cure old-fashioned ills? Before penicillin?Plants, that’s what.  Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a practicing herbalist... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Albert Did It

  

  For years, controversy has surrounded the famous Boston Strangler case. Albert DeSalvo, who was killed in prison in 1973, confessed to around a dozen murders,... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Organ Creation and Harvesting: Reality Imitating Art

  

  Back in 1998, Robin Cook released CHROMOSOME 6, a medical thriller that touched on organ creation and harvesting. A very interesting concept at the time. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 BOOKS

• ThrillerFest/CraftFest, Thriller Award Winners, and FACE OFF

  Just back from another great ThrillerFest/CraftFest–seems to get better every year. Congratulations to all the Thriller Award winners:BEST HARDCOVER NOVELBrian... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• MORE FORENSICS AND FICTION Free Until July 15

  

  My Edgar, Agatha, and Anthony Award-nominated book MORE FORENSICS AND FICTION is available in the various e-formats for FREE until July 15th.  Grab a copy.... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Can a Blow to the Head Render My Character Blind?

  

  Q: My male character hits his head on a wall, rendering him blind. How long would he be blinded for, once the swelling that caused it goes down? Any long term... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Are Bite Marks Junk Science?

  

  The forensic examination of bite marks left on victims, both alive and deceased, is being brought into question. If someone has an unusual tooth pattern and... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE