Next month, Thomas & Mercer are due to publish Two Truths and a Lie by Mark Stevens, the second novel in the author’s Flynn Martin series of thrillers. To mark the occasion, and give read…

"No Lie Lasts Forever" author saw it as a one-off. His editor had other ideas, and "Two Truths and a Lie" became the middle installment.

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Mike Trout hit his 400th home run. Remember when he was the best player in #MLB? We started the show talking about Ep. 628 where we talked with author Jane Leavy about her new book - Make Me Commissio...

Near the end of Child of Earth and Starry Heaven, L. Annette Binder draws solace from a poem that’s 3,000 years old. The Epic of Gilgamesh. It’s Binder’s husband who thinks there might be something…

Near the end of Child of Earth and Starry Heaven, L. Annette Binder draws solace from a poem that’s 3,000 years old. The Epic of Gilgamesh. It’s Binder’s husband who thinks there might be something…

We're so excited to have had the chance to talk with former Washington Post baseball writer and best-selling author Jane Leavy join the podcast.  Her new book "Make Me Commissioner - I Know What'...

A team with a rich pitching history offers some interesting candidates

Another way to promote your book is through a public appearance at a writing conference. Writing organizations, colleges and other groups offer a wide variety of such programs. Typically, they…

Consumer advocates say the phase-out could create headaches for seniors and other beneficiaries who don’t move to direct deposit or other options by Sept. 30.

• Passive voice• Telling not showing• Weak verbs• Starting sentences with “it”• Adverbs everywhere

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Catcher’s interference is an epidemic

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are having historic seasons

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Longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver career was a “pivot point in baseball history”? He “saw straight into baseball’s future?” And Earl Weaver (wait for it) quoted Shakespeare? John Mille…

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Which teams will have a September to remember? Will it be #Reds? #Mariners? #Royals? The playoff push is on and we rate the teams' chances. We had a 3rd 4-home run game last week for 1st time in #MLB ...

Josh Naylor is the only player 6-foot-or-under, and weighing at least 235 pounds, to ever steal 20-plus bases in a season.

Once you’ve written your novel or short story, the question arises of where to you send it. If following the traditional publishing route, the answer depends on what type of work you’ve writte…

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43rd in WPA for pitchers but never pitched for a WS winner

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Post-war can be as messy and complicated as war itself. It can create a dense fog of confusion that creates the perfect atmosphere for bad guys. Identities can be shed like old snakeskins, crimes c…

While the Milwaukee Braves never had a losing one!

Living out of a suitcase for a couple of months is overrated

My wife and I moved from the Big City to a rural town six years ago. Mesa Verde National Park, a few miles from where we live now, is also one of the certified 100-plus Dark Sky Parks in the United…

A daring blend of memoir and mild novelization, The Fact Of A Body—A Murder and a Memoir is a riveting piece of work. I’ve read the minor criticisms and I’m rejecting them outright. First, the idea…

It's summertime, and the reading is easy.

This coming Saturday evening in Bristol, TN the most fans ever to attend an MLB game are predicted to watch the Reds and Braves. HOF inductions took place Sunday in Cooperstown where it was as hot as ...

• Improve your writing by dumping fuzzy words • Avoid using weak pushbutton words in story • Coax readers to eat your story’s veggies • What’s the dif…

Poe Webb, who keeps a doozy of a secret to herself, hosts a podcast featuring the confessions of others. “The show where I invite you, the public, to come on and confess your crimes,” says Poe in h…

Classic for a reason. I re-read this recently after a couple of decades. And as soon as the story started unspooling, scenes came back to me, particularly Will Graham’s methodical, late-night walk-…

Great fun for an exhibition game but not for a real one

Did you love the home run derby that ended this year's actual All-Star game?  The players sure did. But not having real pitchers makes it an entertainment product and not a real baseball thing. I...