A New Blog Direction

“Mike, what is your opinion about ….?” It’s a question I’m often asked about current occurrences involving police or the criminal justice system. After all, I do have more than 40 years experience as a police officer and as a criminal justice instructor.

True, my life these days is focused on being a mystery writer. But I also incorporate actual case events within my novels, which means I’m always on the lookout for interesting cases. And it comes with the territory that I have opinions about some of those events.

That said, I must say that I will only comment from the perspective of one who has lived with events of this type. While there is also a political element in policing, it is not my intent to enter into a discussion of whether a particular politician or political group should have or have not done something regarding an event. There are plenty of blogs for that type of discussion.

Rather, my intent is merely to allow a dialog of the events I choose from the perspective of my own experience.

So that will become the primary focus of my blog. I will continue to post two other topics on the blog from time to time. Those topics are 1) recommendations of books of other authors I know which I think might be of interest to my followers, and 2) background information regarding my stories. In the latter topic, I get questions such as “Why do you base your books in Santa Rosa, California, a place you have never lived?” or “Is Angela Masters based on a real detective?” (Both of these questions are answered in blog posts which remain on the blog page.)

I recognize that there is also an interest from my followers in my current book. For the most part, information regarding progress on my writing will be covered in a new page on my website called Author’s Notebook. Posts there will not be sent out to subscribers automatically, as blog posts are. However, I will still send out notifications of significant events such as book releases.

I appreciate the support of all my friends and followers. I hope this change will make my blog a more interesting place for discussion of the events of our time.

Mike

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