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Free Songs From my Vaults – Music from the Rolly Waters Mystery Series
As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, one of the things I get to do when working on my Rolly Waters books is raid my songwriting closet for material that I can use as lyrics for Rolly to sing. In...
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Guitar Players and Private Dicks: 10 Traits in Common
I write mystery novels that feature a private investigator named Rolly Waters. He’s also a guitar player – a very good guitar player, but not a particularly successful one. That’s why he has a day job...
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Confessions of a Dot Com Boomer
There’s an old axiom for folks working on their first novel – write what you know. It was something I took to heart when working on Black’s Beach Shuffle, the first Rolly Waters mystery. A lot of...
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The Hidden Fortress
In an earlier post I talked about my time working at a company called MP3.com and how it inspired the writing of my first Rolly Waters mystery, Black’s Beach Shuffle. One of the early chapters is...
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I’m drifting higher and higher above the cloudsI may never come downMaybe it’s too lateMaybe it’s too lateMaybe it’s too late to save myself The P-15s. John-lead guitar, Corey-lead vocals and guitar,...
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Here’s another song of mine I used in my first book, Black’s Beach Shuffle. In the books, of course, I give Rolly Waters the songwriting credit. One of the songs he sings in BBS is called Hercules....
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Clear the Shelves II
Take one of these books off my hands and I’ll give $10 to the San Diego Food Bank. The first round of the Clear the Shelves giveaway came about during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when...
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A Mooging
Drumsticks can take a beating, drummers not so much Moogus the drummer is a recurring character in all the Rolly Waters mysteries. He’s a longtime musical partner and personal foil to the main...
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Camp Callan
In my first Rolly Waters mystery, Black’s Beach Shuffle, much of the action takes place in the Torrey Pines Mesa/Black’s Beach area. If you’ve visited Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, you may have...
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The Pixelon Con
I’m always up for a good story about con men and/or con women. It’s fascinating to see how people get away with the lies and fabrications that keep their con going. It’s equally fascinating to see how...
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