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• Agentfest at Thrillerfest—don’t Miss It!

  AgentFest is shaping up to be yet another memorable event. Our AgentFest team, Boyd Morrison and Terry Rodgers, have confirmed over 50 top-level agents and... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 BOOKS

• Q and A: Can My Sci-fi Soldiers Possess a Weapon That Releases Destructive...

  

  I LOVE THIS QUESTION–DP LyleQ: In my sci-fi world, I have a team of elite soldiers who have a special line of weapons. The way I am imagining it, the weapons... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 BOOKS, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Kyle Mills: Life, Death, and Progeria

  

  Don’t ever want to die? Thinking about your mortality is like wrinkles and the propensity to start sentences with “these kids today”—just another unavoidable... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Will Antibody Profiling Help My Investigator Distinguish Between Two...

  Q: My suspect had a bone marrow transplant a few years ago. DNA from blood at several crime scenes shows a mixture that is eventually resolved, with both the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Blogger: Elaine Hirsch: Five Great Medical Mystery Novels

  

  Five Great Medical Mystery Novels Genre-specific writing, such as with medical mysteries, requires an author who can deliver enough excitement and yet provide... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 BOOKS, MEDICINE

• Q and A: What Poison Could Be Placed on an Envelope and Cause a Quick Death?

  Q: I have a character who needs to die after licking an envelope. I would prefer a fairly quick demise. What sort of poison could the murderer use? Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Just Got the Cover for LOVE IS MURDER

  

  Here is the cover for the next short story anthology from ITW and MIRA. The collection is titled LOVE IS MURDER and is edited by the wonderful Sandra Brown. I a... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Black Death Bug Identified–Again

  

  Ring around the rosies, A pocket full of posies, Achoo! Achoo! We all fall down. This innocent sounding nursery rhyme dates to the Black Death and underscores... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 HEALTH, HISTORY, MEDICINE

• Q and A: If a Corpse Has Undergone Adipocere Formation, Can My ME Accurately...

  

  Q: In your blog you have talked about the formation of adipocere and explained the process. But what about how to estimate the time of death after a corpse has... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 BOOKS, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Lori Andrews Talks About Social Networks and Thriller Plots

  

  As cops and criminals use social networks, potential thriller plots abound Murder. Mayhem. Betrayal. Sounds like your typical thriller, right? But it’s just an... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 BOOKS

• Really? This Is a Legitimate Lawsuit?

  “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” From Shakespeare’s Henry The Sixth Old William was on to something there. Read more

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

• Q and A: Can My Character, Who Has Been in a Prolonged Coma, Awaken, Fake His...

  Q: I plan to have someone awaken from a coma to commit a murder. My current thinking is that the subject will have been in a genuine coma but awakens and, with... Read more

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

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Tension on Every Page. Part III

  

  Tension on Every Page, Part III In parts I and II of this series, we discussed the importance of showing tension on every page of your novel; specifically,... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Tension on Every Page, Part II

  

  Tension on Every Page, Part II In Part I, we talked about the importance of including conflict and tension of some sort on every page of your novel. Why? Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 BOOKS

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Tension on Every Page, Part I

  

  To kick off your 2012 writing, Jodie has kindly written and new 3-Part series on adding TENSION to your writing. Here is Part 1. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 BOOKS

• Footprints as Accurate as Fingerprints?

  

  I don’t mean the friction ridge patterns on the soles of our feet. We know these are as individual as the ridge patterns on our fingertips. But what about the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 SCIENCE

• Guest Blogger: Elaine Hirsch: Top Five Thriller/Mysteries Based on Real Events

  Thrillers and mysteries are exciting novels, but most of the time they are just stories. Readers can digest them and discard them without thinking twice about... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Today is ROYAL PAINS: SICK RICH Release Day

  

  The second book in my Royal Pains tie-in novel series is available today. Once again, Hank, Evan, Divya, and Jill must solve a medical mystery, this time a new... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 BOOKS

• Don’t Worry, the Skeleton in the Chimney Isn’t Santa

  

  It seems that Joseph Schexnider went missing in 1984. This wasn’t unusual since Joseph had a history of taking off, once apparently joining a traveling circus. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Writing a Killer Thriller, Part III

  Jodie is back with the final post of her three-part series on writing killer thrillers. Writing a Killer Thriller, Part III by Jodie Renner More techniques for... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE