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I've been very fortunate (and rather proud) to have been invited to contribute regular on-going columns on a subject I have a real fondness for -- crime and detective fiction -- for two very fine publications, Blue Murder, and Mystery Scene,arguably the mystery reader and writers bible.

Blue Murder, of course, is now sadly defunct, but fortunately I've also been invited to occasionally ramble on about music AND crime fiction for Crime Spree.

Lately, I've also been able to indulge in another passion of mine: bicycling. I served as the bicyclist columnist for the short-lived Valley Sports and, more recently, I've inked a contract to continue "The Bike Beat" column in the North County Sports, a quarterly San Diego Magazine.

The Blue Murder Years (1998-2001)
My column, which we never quite got around to giving a title, appeared in every issue of Blue Murder, the late, lamented web-based mystery magazine, starting with Number 2. When editor David Firks invited me to contribute a column, after reading my posts on Rara-Avis and DorothyL, I was flabbergasted. Me? Write a column? But you know what? We had a ball, and it was great while it lasted.

Mystery Scene (2003 --)

When Mystery Scene's new editor Kate Stine first invited me to contribute a regular column to Mystery Scene, I jumped at the chance. I'd been reading Mystery Scene off and on for years, and I'd come to regard it as the premier magazine for those who read and write crime fiction, a sort of bible for the biz.

My first "Eyewitness" column appeared in the Winter 2003 issue, and it made its debut at the 2003 Left Coast Crime convention, which was D.L. and my first "official" crime con.Since then, I've also been asked to write several feature articles and reviews for them.

Crime Spree (2005-06)

When I first met the 'Spree editorial staff at the Toronto Bouchercon, it soon became apparent we all shared two equally strong passions: crime fiction AND music. And then inspiration struck. “Hey, how about a regular column that combined the two?” I asked.

“Yeah, how about it?” they answered back.

And so, this column was born. Each issue, I'll be prowling my record collection (and yours, hopefully) for songs from the world of pop, folk, country, rhythm, blues, soul, rock and who-knows-where, that somehow deal with our favorite subject: crime.

Valley Sports News & Review (2004)

A monthly tabloid that celebrated amateur sports here in California's Antelope Valley, with a heavy slant towards youth. As founder and editor-in-chief Ed Cox says, "it's all about the kids."

I did a column, The Bike Beat, about bicycling, covering recreational activities and occasional sporting events, and all sorts of other good stuff.

North County Sports (2007)

North County Sports is a new quarterly published by The Boys and Girls Club of San Diegeito and edited by Bradley Cox that will celebrate amateur sports in the San Diego area.

I'll be reviving The Bike Beat there, and maybe tossing in a few other articles.

Care to drop me a line? Go ahead, punk. Make my day.

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