I feel happy and honored to be a part of the Writespace anthology, Our Space: Shorts & Poetry from the Houston Community. The anthology, curated by Holly Walrath, features a wide rage of poetry, memoir and flash fiction. It includes my flash fiction story, “Pillion 2006,” which won an honorable mention in the Carolyn A. Clark Flash […]

I’ve always been a writer, but I never considered becoming an indie publisher. Then I fell in love with a group of flash fiction pieces too vivid and evocative to be ignored. Those stories demanded to be published, and if no one else could do it, then I would have to step up and do […]

   It’s easier to find the words that you need when you can clear the din from your head. Getting out of the city helps me do that. You can’t escape the heat in Texas, but you can escape the same, persistent writing challenges and author’s insecurities. How? Enlist the help of an inspiring […]

    Join The Women of Mystery at our informative and entertaining panel at the Brazos Writers of Bryan/College Station Women and Crime workshop on September 5, 2015! Along with Texan talents Rebecca Nolen, Gay Yellen, and Kay Kendall, I will share my thoughts on creating strong female protagonists in mystery fiction. September 5, 2015: […]

  I am fortunate to have the talented and ambitious speculative fiction author and editor K.J. Russell here today writing about the narrator in fiction. Between Russell’s risk-taking prose, his comprehensive world-building, his teaching at Writespace, and his daily commitment to creating new work, Russell may be the hardest-working writer in Houston! Explore his interesting ideas about the use […]

Even when you know that you could fail, failure can really sting. Recently, a smart agent whom I respect requested the first chapter of the mystery novel that I wrote in my challenging MFA program. I have rewritten it three times since I earned my degree. Send chapter one, and then chapter two, the agent […]

This week, I managed to corral the whirlwind of energy that is Pamela Fagan Hutchins for a minute or two. Between moving house and bringing out engaging, well-plotted mysteries with impressive speed, she found time to write about her respect for Kathy Reich and her popular heroine. Who is your favorite female detective? Kathy Reichs’ […]

As the summer heat descends, we’re talking with mystery writers about which female sleuths burn through crime. Today we are honored to host the gracious Kay Kendall, author of Rain Day Women, the next installment in her Austin Starr Mystery series. Ms. Kendall discusses her favorite she-ro, V.I. Warshawski. 1. Who is your favorite female […]

How do you spend your hours? Me, I read a lot. Between my job as an editor, mutual critique with my writing group, colleague’s work, and my own exciting (ever growing) stack of mysteries and thrillers, I am often awash in words. Sitting seductively in a pile of things I need to read for work […]

Today I am pleased to present a guest blog post by the talented writer Kate Spitzmiller. She’s learned from experience not to believe the naysayers, whoever and wherever they may be. Dear Roger Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a high school senior who was in an honors English […]