How to Create a Believable Police Procedural Feeling daunted about writing a police procedural because you’ve never worked in law enforcement? Don’t be. With a few notable exceptions (Joseph Wambaugh comes to mind), the vast majority of authors writing police procedurals have never worn a gun or badge. Ed McBain did it for over […]
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I, Antihero
I, Antihero “I often looked at myself with furious discontent, which verged on loathing, and so I inwardly attributed the same feeling to everyone.” ―Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground In college, I signed up for a literature course entitled “Dostoevsky and Existentialism.” The class was memorable for two reasons. First, the room was small […]
Most Important Spies in US History
Most Important Spies in US History A few years back during a university lecture, I asked the students to name the US traitor whose espionage had done the most damage to our country; one the most important spies in US History. I was expecting them to name Edward Snowden. After a bit of thought one […]