Creating Lori Bishop — Kelly Reed’s Partner in Crime
Source: Journalist Shannon Bream photo courtesy FOX News. Model Sara X photo courtesy Skin & Ink Magazine, January 2016 (Issue …
Source: Journalist Shannon Bream photo courtesy FOX News. Model Sara X photo courtesy Skin & Ink Magazine, January 2016 (Issue …
My protagonist, Kelly Reed, has an incredible backstory that spans all the way back to her adolescent years. Intriguing little …
After finishing Tainted Justice (Book 4, Kelly Reed Series) I gave Kelly a rest while I penned a new series …
Over the years, I have filled several journals with excerpts and quotes that have inspired me, made me laugh, and …
This website is my platform. This is it. No Facebook. No Twitter. No Instagram.
But if you want to know what …
When I write a first draft, I’m thinking of nothing but getting the story out of my head and onto …
Where are you from?
I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. I also spent time in Boonville, Missouri, where …
The Wayside Readers want crime-fiction fans to know who I am, and why my books are worth reading. The Wayside …
You would think after getting caught up in a high-school brawl, racing to keep a city from burning down, keeping …
Hate, Mistrust, and Division
It’s been a crazy and insane past few years filled with intense emotions on both sides of …
Some of my early readers blasted me for introducing a new character so late in Tainted Justice. A cardinal sin …
I am writing two crime series. One, a series of full-length novels, bounces all over the Midwest before settling in …
After finishing Whispers That Kill with a cliff-hanging last line, early readers were left wondering what is Kelly about to do? …
After The Samogon Affair, the question was what happened to Kelly Reed, which I answered in Playing for Blood. After …
My first draft of The Samogon Affair was over 156,000 words. After several revisions, it came in at around 106,000 …
I’m not a cover designer, not by a long shot. And yet, like any DIY author, I tend to believe …
After writing The Samogon Affair, my betas and early readers bombarded me with the same question: What happened to DEA …
The Wayside Readers is a small support group of friends who act as my betas. One of my friends, Jerry, …
Love her or hate her, I do, but don’t ignore Rochelle Donovan. This girl doesn’t just stay in conflict, she …
It’s been several years since I first penned The Samogon Affair, a megaloscript of 156,000 words—a bit long for a …
When I first wrote The Samogon Affair as a standalone, I was fortunate to have received great feedback from early …
This week I submitted a short story to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery magazine. Justice for Thee is a compilation of scenes …
When I first wrote The Samogon Affair, my friend Jerry was my only beta reader. When I told him I …
It’s been a long time plotting, writing, and revising four novels and three novellas. My editor and I have suffered …
Chapter 4
“Jack Delacroix’s will is in probate. It’s being challenged by an illegitimate daughter no one knew he had.”
I stalk …
Chapter 6
The courthouse lobby resounded with the raw tongue of a teenager motivating the mob through a bullhorn. Near a …
CHAPTER 5
Bourbon doesn’t cure insomnia. That’s what Detective Virgil Tibbs told Chief Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night. …
CHAPTER 3
“Hound from Hell,” Kelly grumbled as she struggled to pull her leg out from under Bull, the hundred-pound Mastiff …
CHAPTER 2
Kelly was racing the sun to the west side of the mountains. From out her window, she could still …
CHAPTER 5
Excruciating pain coursed through Agent Garner’s body, causing flashes of white behind his eyes each time he tried to …
CHAPTER 16
Pedestrians sauntered along the main drag, tussling for the right-of-way as they weaved in and out of watering holes …
