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• Forensic Dentistry: Bite Marks

  

  You probably first heard of forensic dentistry back in January 1978. Ted Bundy went to the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University where he sexuall... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2012 SCIENCE

• Don’t Miss The Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference: The Best Little...

  Every July the Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, CA puts on their Mystery Writers Conference. This year it will be July 19-22. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 BOOKS, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Could My Time-traveling Physician Save the Life of My 15th Century Heroine...

  Q: I am writing a time travel where one of the characters is a modern doctor who is sent back in time (15th century) with his family. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jaclyn Nicholson: Modern Crime Scene Science

  There are many parts of an investigation that work together to solve crimes. From forensic specialists, CSIs, coroners, to detectives and the police, it is a... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• World’s Smallest Artificial Heart

  

  Denton Cooley tried to implant one in the 1960s, an act that led to the great feud between him and Dr. Michael DeBakey. The war is chronicled in Tommy Thompson’... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Drew Hendricks: Athletics and Brain Injuries

  How Clinical Psychology Schools Can Help Former Athletes Go Amateur AgainJunior Seau’s recent suicide is one of several that have occurred over the past few... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Forensic Firsts Begins June 17th on the Smithsonian Channel

  

  A new series titled “Forensic Firsts” will begin on June 17th on the Smithsonian Channel. I worked on and was interviewed for the episode on fingerprints but... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• ThrillerFest and CraftFest Are Just Around the Corner

  With just over a month until ThrillerFest, everyone is getting excited about the incredible workshops, panels, and cocktail parties lined up for this year. We’v... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Me and Mr. Bradbury: A Brief Brush With An Icon

  

  Every author has signing stories. Some fun, some less so. Some well attended and others very lonely. For me, my first signing was memorable and then some. It wa... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Q and A: Do Tight Corsets Cause Medical Problems?

  

  Q: In my story, set in 1908 in Toronto, a 35 year-old women who has been using corsets strenuously for many years (perhaps for 20) suffers the ill effects of th... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 BOOKS, MEDICINE

• New Murder Cam Can Map a Crime Scene in 10 Minutes

  

  One of the most important tasks investigators must perform at a crime scene is documenting it in an accurate manner. Sketches, notes, voice recordings, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 BOOKS

• THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER Release Day

  

  International Thriller Writers’ next anthology, THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER, edited by Sandra Brown, hits the streets today. It includes my short story “Even... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 BOOKS

• The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers 2012 Scribe Award Nominees

  

  The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (www.iamtw.org) co-founders Lee Goldberg & Max Allan Collins are pleased to announce the 2012... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: POV 103: Deep Point of View Or Close Third

  

  As I discussed in POV 101, in order to draw the reader in and grab her emotionally, every story needs to have a clearly dominant viewpoint character. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: POV 102: How to Avoid Head-Hopping

  

  In POV 101, I discussed the effectiveness of starting out your story in your protagonist’s point of view and staying there for most of the story.But what if... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: POV 101: Get into Your Protagonist’s Head and Stay...

  

  Today we begin a new three-part series on Point of View from Jodie Renner. Welcome back, Jodie. I’ve been editing fiction for years, and the most difficult... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 BOOKS

• Jacqueline The Ripper?

  

  Was Jack the Ripper a woman? Did she kill out of rage over her own inability to have children or perhaps because one of the victims was having an affair with he... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Blogger: Forensic Dentist Stanley Woods-Frankel

  

  Forensic Dentistry Forensic dentistry is not a new science, since it has been around since the civil war and refined during the late 1800s. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• My How Autopsy Facilities Have Changed

  

  Autopsy rooms aren’t what they used to be. Not even close. Centuries ago, the autopsy room was often a dark and dank place in the basement of a hospital, some... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 CULTURE, MEDICINE

• Hyperthymesia and Marilu Henner’s Brain

  

  How well do you remember the happenings in your life? We all tell stories about past events—funny, tragic, interesting, odd. But how much detail do you... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY