Category: Border Field Blues
Guitar Players and Private Dicks: 10 Traits in Common
I write mystery novels that feature a private investigator named Rolly Waters. He’s also a guitar player – a very good guitar player, but not a particularly successful one. That’s why he has a day job as a …
Free Sample – Border Field Blues Extras Edition
Just out today, a three-chapter sample of the Extras Edition of Border Field Blues for iPad. It’s like a book and an app all rolled into one! This is something I’ve been working on for awhile, starting with …
The Border Field Blues Companion – Original First Chapter
The first chapter is important to any book, but especially a mystery novel, right? It needs to be a royal tingler. This first chapter didn’t exist until several drafts of Border Field Blues had been completed. My original …
Charros near the Old Bullring in Tijuana (?)
Update: Thank you to reader Joe C., who recognized this photograph and provided me with the following information. Your photo of TJ charros, was not taken at the bullring by the sea. The charro on the far right …
Jungle Love (a writer’s recycling story)
One of the central plot points in Border Field Blues revolves around a song titled “Jungle Love”. My protagonist, Rolly Waters, finds a discarded CD case at the crime scene. It has the title “Jungle Love” on the …