by Vinnie | Oct 24, 2021 | News
One of my favorite events is coming right up. On November 6, from 1-3 p.m. (Pacific Time) the NorCal Sisters in Crime chapter will be presenting its Fall Showcase. This is a great opportunity to hear a variety of crime writers talk about and read from their new works,...
by Vinnie | Sep 19, 2021 | News
My latest publication, a short story titled “Try Again,” is an illustration of the aphorism. The story was written to submit to the Bouchercon 2021 anthology, This Time For Sure, which had second chances as a theme. There were hundreds of submissions and...
by Vinnie | Jun 12, 2021 | News
I feel totally hip and cool to be in Gabba Gabba Hey: An Anthology of Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Ramones. The cover is original art from the editor! My story, “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” was one of 24 chosen from hundreds of submissions!...
by Vinnie | May 16, 2021 | News
I previously wrote a blog about how where we read a book impacts our perception of it. For example, reading Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank while staying on the Left Bank definitely heightened my pleasure. While the book remains the same, our surroundings can...
by Vinnie | Apr 11, 2021 | Blog, Events, News
On March 28th my second Covid shot finished marinating. To top off the day, I signed a contract with Mystery Weekly Magazine to publish my story “Try Again.” What a great experience. I submitted. A few weeks later, they accepted and that same day sent me...
by Vinnie | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Events, News
Motives for murder have not changed over the millennium, the three common ones being the pursuit of money, sex or power. Methods, however, are a different matter. The modern crime writer has at his/her disposal a trove of new ways to kill off characters. The first...