I Brive a Dus

What do you remember about the first time you read your crime fiction work in progress or finished novel/short story to an audience?

From Jim



I was nervous. And why not? My Ellie Stone mysteries are written in the first person. How does a man of a certain age pull off reading in the voice of a twenty-something female reporter without sounding ridiculous? It kind of breaks the spell you’re trying to cast, with the audience wondering what fresh hell is this.

I don’t do many rea...