Writing 
For thoughts on writing and the creative process.
Hosting a Murder Mystery
In less than 30 days, I’ll be hosting my 12th murder mystery evening at the library where I work. These fun events allow mystery lovers to play suspects or innocent bystanders as they attempt to solve an unique mystery designed by yours truly. Generally, I host about four of these mystery events a year. In… Read More ›
Meet Rick Gray
Jonah Richard Gray II is the eldest of Thaddeus Alcott’s grandsons. Better known as Rick, this handsome twenty-two year old is passionate about photography, classic cinema, and martinis. He has thick brown hair and blue-green eyes and has a lean, athletic build. Rick first appears in Murder at the Gardens, the third novel in my Mysteries… Read More ›
Meet Thaddeus Alcott
He is a lion of a man with a shock of white hair and piercing blue eyes. Thaddeus Alcott, 64, is a lawyer and businessman originally from Rutland, Vermont. A partner in the law firm of Alcott, Simms & Wilcox, Thaddeus is thinking of retirement, but he frets about his legacy. A year ago, his… Read More ›
It’s a Sim World
Authors create characters, settings, worlds…but sometimes a visual tool helps bring our ideas to life. Enter The Sims. Back in 2000, this addictive game started off with with a cul-de-sac of ten lots. I moved a single guy into a bachelor pad and started controlling his life. Just like writing characters! There wasn’t a lot… Read More ›
1987
What’s so special about 1987? I first began writing stories and skits in the fourth grade. I mostly wrote based on the people and places I knew. By the seventh grade, my stories began to take on aspects of continuing characters and mystery elements. I believe Death on Stoneridge, in its first form, was drafted… Read More ›
Syracuse Mysteries – A First Look
Here’s a teaser for the first three novels in my Syracuse Mysteries series. In Death on Stoneridge, a series of burglaries and a suicide have plagued the residents of Stoneridge Drive. Then, late one night, Edith Baxter is reading in bed with her window open. She is starting to drift off when she suddenly hears someone… Read More ›
The Poisoned Martini 