There seems to be an impression out there that writing a novel organically takes longer than writing one using an outline. Some people outline their books and go through dozens of drafts; some people write organically and hardly have to edit the manuscript at all. Some of it is skill, artistry, intuition.   Writing great […]

Question: What did you edit out of EVERY DEADLY KISS? Man, that’s a good question. Because of my approach to writing, I tend to rewrite quite a bit, taking scenes out and reinserting them or discarding them based on the context of the story and how it develops. I had this interesting scene with Tessa […]

Question: What’s the craziest thing you learned about Detroit when researching for this book? Perhaps two of the craziest things that I found in Detroit involved graffiti and an old envelope. While I was investigating an abandoned middle school, I found some graffiti near the attic with a name: Marshall Mathers. Thinking back through the […]

In continuing the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of THE PAWN, here’s the last interview transcript from Crime View TV, featuring Patrick Bowers and a comment from Jake Vanderveld, FBI Profiler. TRANSCRIPT OF: Crime View Primetime EPISODE 465, Partition 2 of 3 TITLE: A Killer Apprehended  Air Date June 16, 2007—20:00 ET  (BEGIN VIDEO […]

In continuing the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of THE PAWN, as promised, here’s another interview transcript from Crime View TV—this time, featuring Patrick Bowers. TRANSCRIPT OF: Crime View Primetime EPISODE 414, Partition 1 of 3 TITLE: The Glen Carbon Killings—Tracking a Serial Killer Air Date April 4, 2007—20:00 ET SLATE GRAIN, GUEST HOST: […]