I am occasionally asked to contribute to collections and works that don’t fall into the category of short story anthology, so we’ve collected them all together for you here. Some are snippets in works on how to write fiction, sharing tips about the craft itself, while others are essays on famous novels or writers who have inspired me.
Oceanview Publishing (July 2010)
978-1-9335-1556-4 (Hardcover)
I contributed an essay on The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins.
Nominated for a 2011 Edgar Award (Best Critical Biography), presented by Mystery Writers of America.
Nominated for a 2011 Benjamin Franklin Award (Poetry/Literary Criticism), presented by the (US) Independent Book Publishers Association.
Nominated for a 2011 Anthony Award (Best Critical/Non-Fiction), the winners being announced at Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in St Louis in September.
Nominated for a 2011 Macavity Award (Best Mystery-related Nonfiction), the winners also being announced at Bouchercon in September.
Mystery Readers Journal
Vol 24, No 2, Summer 2008 (Irish Mysteries)
I contributed an article: 'Balancing the Book'
Vol 19, No 3, Fall 2003 (Music and Mysteries)
I contributed an article:
'Music to Put You in the Mood − for Murder'
How I Got Published:
Famous Authors Tell You in Their Own Words
Ray White
Compiled by Duane Lindsay
Writers Digest Books (September 2007)
978-1-5829-7510-8 (Paperback)
I contributed a chapter:
'Writing in the Cracks of the Day Job'
Writing Crime Fiction: Making Crime Pay
Janet Laurence
Edited by Dr Graham Lawler
Studymates Ltd (July 2007)
978-1-8428-5088-6 (Paperback)
Wannabe a Writer?
Jane Wenham-Jones
Foreword by Katie Fforde
Accent Press Ltd (May 2007)
978-1-9051-7081-4 (Paperback)
Mystery Muses: 100 Classics
that Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
Edited by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar
Crum Creek Press (November 2006)
978-0-9625-8049-9 (Paperback)
I contributed an essay on
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth.