I recently had the great fortune to discover the work of Stephen Mack Jones, the man behind the fantastic August Snow crime fiction series. Poet, playwright, author and a lifelong fan of Detroit-made muscle cars – a man after my own heart! The new Open Mic is...
Aspiring writers have all at one time or another been told to “write what you know.” Well, there aren’t many people around who know more about cybersecurity and data privacy than thriller author Reece Hirsch, who co-heads the cybersecurity division...
In publishing industry terms, novelist Timothy Jay Smith writes thrillers. While he’s fine with the moniker, Tim would be the first to tell you that he is far more focused on telling a certain kind of story than with the box the industry wants it to fit into. We spoke...
If I had a list of my favorite people that I have never actually met in person, Virginia-based thriller author David Simms would be near the top. When he’s not writing, Dave expresses his creativity as a musician and a teacher. I checked in with him for Day 33...
For the Open Mic’s Creativity and COVID-19 Special Project, Day 26 I check in with Chicago-based mystery maven Tracy Clark. Tracy is a testament to persistence and belief in yourself, and now her Cass Raines series is one of the best of its kind out there. She...
