Tag: true crime

What are those creepy plants on your book cover?!

It surprises a lot of people to learn that writers generally don’t have much, if any, say in their book covers. If a publisher takes on your manuscript, they’re in charge of the book cover. Sometimes you get to voice an opinion on a few options, sometimes you don’t even get that. The publishers are…

February 6, 2023
Podcasts to see you through

As you know, giant sea monsters have attacked our cities. While it’s not clear how many people they’re eating, it is clear that the safest thing to do is stay inside. While you’re inside for the foreseeable future, you might as well listen to some high quality podcasts. Lately I’ve been trying lots of new…

March 22, 2020
It’s Christmas, so let’s talk assassination

I know, I know, it’s the week before Christmas. The carols are playing, the shops are bustling, and the tinsel is glittering (which makes me wonder if scientists are including tinsel in their call for a worldwide ban on glitter). But it was on 17 December 1980 that Australia’s first geopolitically motivated assassination took place…

December 19, 2019