behind the character Archives

Writing a Woman

Written by glenn on November 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

For many years I avoided writing from the female point of view. I had female characters, of course, with dialogue and motivations and back stories of their own, but I never consciously tried to put myself in the woman’s place. I didn’t feel that I knew how women thought and […]

Stella and Maxine – Ongoing Characters For Sure

Written by glenn on November 5, 2012 · 1 Comment

Granted, there are probably too many cats on the Internet—anecdotes about cats, photos of cats, cartoons featuring cats, photos of cats, encomiums to cats, photos of cats…. (And yet another one right here.) But there aren’t that many detective thriller series with ongoing feline characters. Really, there aren’t. A few, […]

The Real Reuben Keys

Written by glenn on October 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In the McCall-Malone Mystery series, Reuben Keys is a flamboyant black pimp who, even though he’s also a drug dealer, insists that his prostitutes not use drugs. The tough guy pimp with a good heart. Kind of a cliché, yes? Yes, but then again I knew the real Reuben Keys. […]

Am I Clint McCall?

Written by glenn on September 26, 2012 · 1 Comment

The short answer is, “No.” I’m not a private detective in Portland, Oregon, or anywhere else. I never taught journalism at Portland State, nor have I been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. I’m not a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo. On the other hand, I was an investigative journalist […]