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Join Me for Library After Hours this Friday!

Posted on February 26, 2018 by David Healey

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WAS RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 9! Hello friends, the Cecil County Public Library in Maryland asked me to host its first After Hours at the Library event, to celebrate the Winter Reading program. They also sent … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 17, 2018 by David Healey

Man of Honor by Chris Malburg By David Healey Chris Malburg is a writer who wants to get things right. Sure, it’s not unusual for a good thriller writer to head to the local library, spend some time with Professor … Continue reading →

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Winter Reading begins at the library!

Posted on February 1, 2018 by David Healey

I have signed up and will be tracking my reading in February. There’s a whole stack of books and in my Kindle, waiting for me: James Rollins, Linwood Barclay, Preston & Child, Sheila Lowe, William Myers, John Sandford. Can you … Continue reading →

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Short stories that model how to write short stories

Posted on January 25, 2018 by David Healey

Winter. Outside my office window, rafts of ice cover the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The crew of a dredge crew climbs aboard a tug, headed to work on the icy water. In the distance, hunters are setting up decoys around … Continue reading →

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Reflections on running and writing

Posted on January 18, 2018 by David Healey

  NOVEL RUN: REFLECTIONS ON WRITING AND RUNNING (This piece appeared in Running Times magazine. These days I really prefer walking, but this is a good time of year to think about getting outside and exercising, no matter what form … Continue reading →

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REBEL FEVER gets new ebook and print edition

Posted on January 11, 2018 by David Healey

  Click here for the link to the PDF sample of REBEL FEVER.

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Meet handwriting expert and writer Sheila Lowe

Posted on January 3, 2018 by David Healey

0 (The following article appears in the January issue of The Big Thrill, published by the International Thriller Writers.) By David Healey Be warned. At one glance, author Sheila Lowe can almost instantly know your deepest secrets and take the measure … Continue reading →

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Book 3 in Robert Bidinotto’s Hunter series arrives

Posted on December 19, 2017 by David Healey

Robert Bidinotto is an accomplished thriller writer from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, but it’s his own story of success with independent publishing that many writers find thrilling. The author has shared his success story at the Bay to Ocean Writers’ Conference … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Choice: William Styron, white wine and the power of imagination

Posted on December 12, 2017 by David Healey

Tall, white-haired, and with a Virginia gentleman’s accent, William Styron looked and sounded like a Southern writer. But what really impressed me was that we had the same taste in alcoholic beverages. This was in 1986. I was nineteen and … Continue reading →

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A WWII detective solves murders on the homefront

Posted on November 2, 2017 by David Healey

By David Healey Writing in a comfortable studio surrounded by books, the scenes playing in the mind of Mark Ellis are not nearly as peaceful: German dive bombers machine gunning troops on the run, war-torn London, a woman’s bloody body in … Continue reading →

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