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Off to North Carolina on Friday. Giving a talk about writing and my life, in general, to the Sociology Department of the University of North Carolina. Looking forward to it. Attending an event, Book Em, the next day. Giving a talk there too. New cover for the audio edition of one of my short stories. Arrived. Really powerful.

I am thinking of writing stories based on my relatives, one of whom was born in 1506. George Buchanan. Renowned scholar, adventurer, Erasmus was busy so he got the gig to go to Portugal to teach at the University. Whilst there he thought it a good idea to question basic tenets of the dominant religious faith of the time-this, not surprisingly, brought him to the attention of the Spanish Inquisition who got their hands on him and worked him over. The King asked him to apologise which he did and then when he got out, he, quite wisely, did a runner. There is more.

HEAD SHOT -- New Updated Edition Coming April 2012

Sorry for any confusion, we missed 8 and went directly to 9 last time. Happy New Year - Heywood.
 
*For Introduction with submission guidelines go to heywoodgould.com

My book Deadly Pleasures, a mystery/thriller, was released in November and is available at Amazon.com, B&N.com, and Kindle. Reviews by Kirkus, Blueink, and Clarion were extremely flattering.  You can see partial reviews on my personal blog: http://maryfirmin.blogspot.com or my website at maryfirmin.com. I have rejoined Mystery Writers of America recently but was a long time member in Los Angeles before moving to Rancho Mirage in the Desert.

Getting into a great writing rhythm now. I realise I can't do it without a steady supply of sandwiches as big as door stops!

SERIAL KILLER COUPLES: Bonded by Sexual Depravity, Abduction, and Murder, the new true crime book by bestselling crime writer R. Barri Flowers, chronicles nine pairs of infamous killer intimates.  Now in Kindle and Nook.
 

DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL (A Jack the Ripper Mystery), bestselling historical thriller by R. Barri Flowers, now in audio and eBook. NYC detective pursues deranged serial killer across the Atlantic to London in 1888.
 
"It gets no better than this! R. Barri Flowers has written another thriller guaranteed to hold onto its readers! It was so gripping that I forgot to breathe a couple of times!" -- Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews
 

MURDER IN MAUI: A Leila Kahana Mystery, a medical thriller and police procedural by bestselling author R. Barri Flowers, now in audio, as well as eBook.
 

*For Introduction with submission guidelines go to heywoodgould.com

*Heywood Gould is the author of 9 screenplays including "Rolling Thunder,"Fort Apache, The Bronx,"Boys From Brazil"and "Cocktail."