My guest post today on Lilac Reviews discusses a key element in fiction writing: setting. Of possible interest not only to writers but also readers of fiction....
For my St. Louis-area colleagues and friends: I'll be doing a couple book signings of my new St. Louis-based mystery FAIL this week. First, 7 pm this...
This week marks the launch by Blank Slate Press of my new St. Louis-based mystery Fail, whose events coincidentally mirror those taking place there recently--the shooting of...
I recently interviewed a couple Washington University Engineering grads who are partnering to deliver remedial math skills to Hispanic kids, largely, in a demanding summer program in...
“St. Louis noir…The slick prose readily entertains…Well-executed.”--Kirkus Reviews
“Rick Skwiot proves himself a master weaver who deftly knits the threads of this suspense tale into a compelling—and surprising—conclusion....
Anyone wanting to understand the psychology, motivations and goals of fanatics—and we seem to have so many these days, whether of the religious, political, social, cultural or...
For the past few years I've been tracking St. Louis Public Schools issues as I conducted research for and wrote my forthcoming mystery novel, Fail. Today Vashon...
Over the past couple years, while kayaking in the Florida Keys, I've come across three or four crude, makeshift boats washed up at mangrove islands, presumably built...