Congrats to the awesome @hilarydavidson.bsky.social on the release of her new thriller, EVERY LIE I TOLD!! Can't wait to read it!

I got my email inbox down to...one email!!

History lesson: Suitcases didn’t always have wheels!

What's your favorite movie monster? (This question was posed at my StokerCon panel.)

Once a year, I like to go to IHOP and eat pancakes until syrup oozes from my pores. I. Am. Overdue.

If you REALLY thought my business was important, you wouldn’t torture me with your phone menu system, EVEN IF THE OPTIONS HAVE CHANGED!

Note to self: Eat more popcorn.

Back from StokerCon. Had a lot of fun and met some really nice people!

Scored some bonus legroom!

Congrats to all the contributors of WISH UPON A CRIME on this week's publication! So many friends, so many great writers! Edited by the dynamic duo of @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social and Stacy Woodson! From Level Best Books! Turn your wish into a reality and get your copy today!

Congrats to my friend @catrionamcp.bsky.social on the recent release of THE DEAD ROOM! It's getting such AMAZING BUZZ! Like all of her fantastic books!

Going to Pittsburgh this week to attend my very first StokerCon horror writing convention. Gonna be a spooky, terrifying time! The convention should be fun, too!

Thanks to Sharon Marchisello and Lorie Lewis Ham for the nice review of THE FAMILY BIZ and the fun interview at Kings River Life! Check it all out and enter for a chance to win a copy of the ebook!

Sent the latest manuscript to my agent (the fab Michelle Richter). Now what?

Cool birds!

Just joined the Horror Writers Association!

Want to know what scares me? I'm on Tara Laskowski's cool blog today, spilling my guts. Also, you may not want to travel with me.

Check out this awesome new cover for the re-release of the Anthony Award-nominated SCATTERED, SMOTHERED, COVERED AND CHUNKED, available July 1! Edited by @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social and Stacy Woodson! From Audecyn Books!

Less Eddie Haskell. More June Cleaver.

Registered for Bouchercon. Booked hotel for Bouchercon. Booked flights for Bouchercon. I guess I'm going to Bouchercon! Look out, Calgary!

Congrats to my buddy Al Pessin on the recent release of his latest thriller, BODY MAN! Way to go, dude!

Does everybody close their eyes when they brush their teeth?

I'll be at the Pompano Beach Branch Library this Saturday, May 9 at 1 pm, along with the fab Oline Cogdill! Come on by!

Saw Project Hail Mary last night! Loved the book and really liked the movie, too! Thumbs down!

Congrats to my buddy Matt Witten on the recent release of his new thriller, 51%! It’s getting great buzz, and I can’t wait to read it! Get your copy today! From Level Best Books!

At last week’s Malice Domestic mystery convention, I had the great fortune to be included in The Bookish Hour, a video podcast co-hosted by Sarah E. Burr and @jckenney.bsky.social. I appeared with @donnaandrews.bsky.social and @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social (. We had a lot of fun!

After I swim, I put a few drops of a vinegar-rubbing alcohol solution in my ears to get rid of any water. But now I need something to get rid of that solution! I know, I know, I should use a few drops of water.

WOW! The anthology I co-edited with Adam Meyer, HOLLYWOOD KILLS, won the Derringer Award for Best Anthology in a TIE (with the awesome anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by my buddy, Curtis Ippolito)! Congrats/thanks to the publisher, Level Best Books, and to all the amazing contributors!

My boy's got new headshots! Spiffy!

Thanks to ace book reviewer @olinecog.bsky.social for her lovely review of THE FAMILY BIZ in the South Florida SunSentinel! (Reminder: come see our in-person discussion on May 9 at the Pompano Beach Branch Library at 1:00 pm) From Level Best Books.

Tomorrow night! I’ll be interviewing fab author @courtneypsak.bsky.social at the Wellington Branch Library (FL, 6:00 pm) as part of their Writers LIVE! series! Come on by! Should be a fun time talking about her books and her secrets! FREE, but please register!

Some authors work on their manuscripts while they’re at a convention. The only writing I do is signing someone else’s name and room number to a hotel restaurant check. (Thanks for the fancy dinner, @arttaylorwriter.bsky.social!)

I was in my driveway applying sunscreen before swimming when one of those road-mapping cars with the cameras drove by. So, for the next five (ten?) years, when you’re using a navigation app in my neighborhood, that pasty guy in swim trunks in his driveway is me!

Heading to Malice Domestic tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones!

In three weeks, the wonderful Oline Cogdill will be interviewing me at Pompano Beach Branch Library (Sat. May 9, 1:00 pm). We'll discuss THE FAMILY BIZ and HOLLYWOOD KILLS and all things writing-wise! FREE, but please register if you think you might attend. We would love to see you there!

Spouse: OMG, are you okay? Me: Yeah. Why? Spouse: Your clothes match.

Alan is a creature of habit. Alan likes his routine. If people call Alan boring, Alan considers it a compliment!

Two weeks from today, I’ll be interviewing author Courtney Psak at the Wellington (FL) Branch Library, 6 – 7 pm as part of the Writers LIVE! interview series! We’ll be talking about her book, THE HOSTESS, in addition to a whole bunch of other writerly things! FREE, but plz click thru to register.

Another baby pineapple! I can now look forward to having a delicious three-bite treat in six or seven months!

It's April 13 and I'm still eating sardines.

I didn't know the Vlasic stork played pickleball!

Friday neighborhood bird pic.

I don’t usually put a timeline in my manuscripts until a second or third draft. This is when I find out that my characters eat three dinners in one day or don’t sleep for two days or talk to someone at a bank on a Sunday.

HOT SHOTS: CELEBRATING THIRTY YEARS OF THE SHORT MYSTERY FICTION SOCIETY. Includes 28 Derringer Award-winning stories, from each year of the awards. I'm honored to represent 2019 with my story, "Dying in Dokesville." Edited by short story ace @joshpachter.bsky.social! From Level Best Books.

Thanks for reposting! @suzjay11.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social @hoganwrites.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social

RELEASE DAY for THE FAMILY BIZ! Conning people is in their genes! Click through for all the details! From Level Best Books.

(Easter) Monday bird vid. A cardinal, of course!

I go to the gym, but I’ll never be “muscular.” Probably won’t attain “wiry.” Will settle for “not decrepit.”

It's GREAT that this TERRIFIC book by my GOOD buddy @arttaylorwriter.bsky.social is available again. If you haven't read it, give yourself a WONDERFUL treat and pick it up!! From Level Best Books!