by MarktheAuthor | Oct 20, 2019 | Fiction, Process, Writing
Welcome to Amateur Hour. Amateur sleuths. Amateur author. This is not to self-deprecate. My ego remains intact. It’s my acknowledgement of skill deficiency that illuminates the challenge. When I first started working out details for the next Connor Pierce novel,...
by MarktheAuthor | Oct 13, 2019 | Ideas, Life, Writing
It was one of those bright, sunny days, the kind that keep the outsiders out and the insiders in tears. Nobody should live in this artificial gloom. It’s the kind of fluorescent or LED pretension meant to fool occupants into false security that they’re getting a...
by MarktheAuthor | Sep 22, 2019 | Amateur Sleuth, Fiction, Novels, Writing
This blog post shares, briefly, what inspired Connor Pierce’s initial story. Mark Wm Smith Author of Mystery and Suspense Fiction The Beginning... After my brief 5 ½ year tour in the US Air Force, I accompanied my military wife and children to Okinawa Japan. I spent...
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 21, 2015 | Life, Writing
A conversation with a friend made me think of my children. Rather, children, in general. Or maybe I mean the parents of children. “Do I really want to know the damage I’ve caused them?” My children love me. I know that, because they tell me on a regular basis. And it...
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 21, 2015 | Fiction, Ideas, Life, Writing
The Grand Canyon. The first time I saw this amazing natural wonder, I found it hard to believe. My first thought was, This is a painting. Our minds struggle to process a phenomenon so vast. Up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep, the Grand Canyon challenges our reality....
