Listen on your favorite platforms at anchor.fm/burl-barer/ True Crime Uncensored is the best true crime radio program on the air. Hosted by Burl Barer and Mark Boyer, it is the Internet's FIRST true crime podcast and is now in its second decade of live broadcasts every Saturday at 2 p.m. PT. Barer, who is an Edgar Award-winning author, and Boyer, who specializes in fact-checking and is an expert on financial crimes, bring a unique and … [Read more...]
Reader’s Guide For Ron Franscell’s DEAF ROW
Visit ronfranscell.com for the latest from the author including a download of this guide for book clubbers! … [Read more...]
Audie Winning Voice Actor Jennifer Jill Araya Narrates ESCAPE FROM MARIUPOL: A Survivor’s True Story
The groundbreaking true story of Adoriana Marik's journey from Ukraine as told to Anne K. Howard is now available in audiobook format! Infusing Marik's harrowing story with vitality through voice and storytelling, Jennifer Jill Araya breathes life into ESCAPE FROM MARIUPOL. She is an Audie Award Winner, Earphones Award Recipient, American Library Association YALSA Amazing Audiobooks Award Winner, SOVAS Award Finalist, and three-time Independent … [Read more...]
SAVING SANDOVAL Author Craig Drummond Recieves Local Salute Our Troops Recognition
Craig W. Drummond is celebrated in the local news! The SAVING SANDOVAL author recieves the January award for Salute Our Troops. Check out the full story in the video below. Saving Sandoval is the true account of the defense of U.S. Army Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval, Jr. Sandoval, a 22-year old infantry paratrooper deployed to the forward operating base of Iskan during the enemy uprisings of 2007 in Iraq. Iskan was located in the "Triangle of … [Read more...]
Crime Fiction Author S.L. Ditmars Answers: “Why are your bad guys so bad?”
If you have read my blog posts before, you know I spend a lot of time making my stories feel real and accurate. It is why I have such a large beta reader team. I don't want my books to be full of technical errors or too much jargon to be an enjoyable read. A friend asked me once, why do you have your antagonists kill the way they do? Do you really need that much violence, blood, or sex crimes? The simple answer is, no, I don't have to do that. … [Read more...]
Author Tiddy Smith Tells Why He Wrote About The Kathleen Peterson Case
I have always been intrigued by claims of the strange and unusual: Things like ghosts, extraterrestrials, sea monsters and sinister conspiracies. ghosts, extraterrestrials, conspiracy, Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil For this reason, perhaps, my favourite fiction writer was always Ira Levin. I remember reading Rosemary's Baby for the first time, and having to put it down for a week to allow my frayed nerves to settle. A … [Read more...]
Ron Franscell Answers “Which is harder to write: true crime or crime fiction?’
DEAF ROW will be available in hardback, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats on February 14, 2023! … [Read more...]
Author S.L. Ditmars On Writing Book Two In The ‘Big Dogs Series’
We're back! It seems like forever ago that I wrote about my first book, Big Dogs-Book One of the 'Big Dogs Series'. But, in reality, it was only a couple of months ago. The holidays are a blur, but we did manage to have some great times with friends and family. Gasping for Air-Book Two of the Big Dogs Series comes out on January 31, 2023. I am happy to see this book finally published. My fans have been asking about it … [Read more...]
Superstar Narrator, Jim Meskimen, Voices DEAF ROW Audiobook
Read the author's blog post profiling Jim Meskimen and get the audiobook now! On the author's blog at ronfranscell.com, narrator Jim Meskimen discusses the challenges of bringing the characters in the upcoming audiobook DEAF ROW to life with unique and identifiable voices. Meskimen, a veteran narrator with over 300 audiobooks under his belt, explains how he approaches narrating and how he works to add to the author's storytelling. DEAF ROW is a … [Read more...]
Author Robert Dodge Shares Five Things You Didn’t Know About Homesteaders in the Upper Great Plains
FILEDS OF FORTUNE: 'Viking' Farmers In America by author Robert Dodge details the trials and tragedies of a family of Norwegian settlers on the Great Plains, spanning Norway, immigration, adaptation to the New World. Below, the author shares five things you might not know about the homesteaders of the time. 1 Extreme Temperatures Homesteaders in the upper Great Plains experienced extreme and rapid temperature changes that were caused by what … [Read more...]
