Thank you for the chance to guest post here at Novels Alive. I’m excited about the release of my latest novel, Dead Drop in the next week. Dead Drop is the first...
When conducting research for The Overlook Murder, I joined a hike sponsored by the Nature Foundation at Wintergreen to learn more about local flora. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide...
The weird thing about my life is that there is seldom a straightforward, typical day. As much as I would like to spend my entire day pounding out my next work in...
With each Zodiac Mystery, I try to find a unique section of the city in which to place a story, or search for historic or unusual buildings. No problem there, because San...
There’s a popular TV show called “Finding Your Roots” where the host traces the lineage of well-known figures (mainly stars of stage and screen). As a result, after watching four or five...
Planet Earth, the blue-green jewel of our galaxy, is a living being that provides the air, water, and soil that sustains all life forms. Although often taken for granted or believed to...
Both of my novels, Hide in Place and Behind the Lie, feature people from Russia doing stuff that’s not quite legal. Not quite moral. One of my married couples is a Ukrainian/Russian...
“Don’t Write That Book!”
Random Notes on Writing
Slay the Dragon: An Adam Weldon Thriller
by William McGinnis
“Don’t write that book! Don’t do it! Something might happen to you!”
My Chinese friend knew whereof he spoke....
There is something about a treasure that fastens upon a man’s mind. He will pray and blaspheme and still persevere and will curse the day he heard of it, and will let...
I’ve been asked who my influences are for my writing. Recently, this question is associated with my new novel, Death Warrant, a slightly dystopian (but funny) thriller. Probably my greatest influence is...
Sometimes I feel that Bianca St. Denis is my best friend. She understands me, she handles her problems the same way I do, she has similar vulnerabilities and strengths. If I could...
Do you ever wish you could take a horrifying job experience and turn it into something positive? My latest fictional character, Andi Anna Jones, is my way of coming to terms with...