Writers are numerically confused and quantitatively torn—or maybe just hypocritical.  We decry the unwillingness of people to read novels along with their affinity for Tweets.  On the other hand, writers love to craft aphorisms, microessays, haikus, six-word memoirs an...

People have been enjoying the notion of the micro-mystery that I introduced in my last blog posting, so I’m announcing a contest for anyone to email their six-word mysteries to me (lockwood@uwyo.edu).  A panel of disting...

        As I conduct research for my next mystery book, I’ve been delving into the events that shaped America in 1981.  Exploring how life looked at that time helps to contextualize the current state of the world.  Today, we’re convinced that international politics are...

One of the challenges of being a writer is having too many interesting projects and not enough time.  This is hardly the grounds for pity.  Nobody feels sorry for the kid in a candy shop with a five dollar bill.  And while I have a non-fiction project in the works (Beh...