Crime writer, Joe Gannon, talks with me today about his time as a journalist in South America and how it taught him all about research. He also discusses writing series characters who last.

This week’s guest is Phil Temples, author of Uncontacted Frontier and several other books. He talks about writing in the “lab lit” genre of scientific murder mysteries among other subjects.

Bonnar Spring’s international thriller, Toward the Light, was released recently and she visited with me to talk about that, how to find an agent, and how publishing short stories is VERY different from publishing novels.

Ray Anderson writes about hiking, something he’s passionate about. His three thrillers all take place along major hiking trails and his most recent book, The Divide, chronicles a collision course between the story’s protagonist and two home grown terrorists who are intent upon sending a catastrophe message.

Leigh Perry is the author of the Family Skeleton paranormal cozy mystery series featuring Dr. Georgia Thackery and her family skeleton, Sid. Leigh talks about how she came up with the premise for her series and about some of the challenges of writing series novels.

In this episode, guest Nicole Asselin talks about her muse, baseball, and the challenges of writing fiction while also working at a fulltime job … writing.

Dick’s latest release is Sweetie Bogan’s Sorrow and during today’s episode he chats about setting a crime series in an urban setting (e.g., Boston). He also talks about other aspects of plotting, characterization, and the writer’s life.

Agatha award winning Edith Maxwell, who also writes as Maddie Day, chats with me about writing under two names, writing three books a year, and her two latest releases: Taken Too Soon and Candy Slain Murder.

Today’s guest is award-winning writer and reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan. In addition to telling us about her latest release, The First to Lie, Hank talks about being an introverted writer, how we behave differently based upon what we want and need, and how–as writers–we’re adept at portraying ourselves as other people.