Holiday Frenzy

The holidays are approaching and along with them comes the frenzy of gift buying, writing greeting cards, shopping online, planning family d...

Cutting the Cord

Do you feel jittery if you’re away from your cell phone or computer more than an hour? Get withdrawal symptoms if you haven’t checked your e...

Keeping a Dirt File

By Nancy J. Cohen For mystery writers, having a dirt file is akin to keeping a gold mine in your house. What is it? I’m referring to a folde...

Joining the Revolution

I’ve joined the electronic revolution and purchased an iPhone. Having been resistant for some time, I could no longer avoid the temptation o...

The Male Perspective

I’m hosting a panel at an upcoming conference on Romantic Elements in F&SF: The Male Perspective. What does this mean? The conference co...

A Silent Society

Few people seem to make personal phone calls anymore just to say hello. In the old days, I would call my girlfriends and we’d spend hours ch...

Tips For Using Facebook

I’m preparing a workshop on Social Networking that I am giving on Sept. 8 and so I thought I’d share some of my tips with you. Let me know w...

6 Tips for File Management

This weekend, we helped our daughter move into our condo. She put her furniture in storage and transferred the rest of her belongings to our...

RAILS Critique

RAILS: First Page Critique Enoch grumbled through his mustache. His head jerked left and right, looking for a parking spot around Canaan Hei...

Show Me The Body

This question came up on one of my writer loops: how long do you wait for the body to appear in a mystery? Assume we’re talking about a trad...