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PBS' "House" series of history documentaries take modern people back to live in earlier eras. These shows are a terrific study of human behavior and radical displacement in time and space. They might even be the next best thing to time travel. [Continue]

Forget the English version of this flick: Noomi Rapace in the original is the bomb, and a double for Reva, my assassin protagonist in Mainline. [Continue]

Writing in a different time period? Here are resources to help make sure you're using the right slang and old language for the setting. [Continue]

Debate sites online: a growing trend? These are welcome baby steps in the direction of public dialog around real issues, especially if they can get us away from the snarly, pointless free-for-all of mudslinging that passes for discussion all over [Continue]

What is the relationship between author, artist, publisher and book cover? Getting the right look for a book is not all that straightforward. This post explains how some of this stuff works, sometimes. [Continue]

If you're writing and publishing ebook fiction, here are some quirks to avoid if you want to succeed. [Continue]

Some people mistakenly think you need to register a manuscript to copyright it. Not so. Read about the two factors that ensure your copyright. [Continue]

The Black Dahlia (2006) is an attempt to invent a solution to the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. It falls short on several counts. [Continue]