Greg Stone
@gregstoneauthor.bsky.social
Media consultant and mystery novelist (Dangerous Inspiration and Deadline on Arrival). My detective has synesthesia, commingling his senses. Have also published 3 business books. Posts on art, literature, etc. — whatever I'm thinking. See gregstone.com.
So-called police procedural mysteries are often unsatisfying. With notable exceptions, the authors concentrate on turf wars between departments and agencies, the niceties of DNA testing, ad nauseam descriptions of autopsy processes, etc.
All this “stuff” can get in the way of the story.
All this “stuff” can get in the way of the story.
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
So-called police procedural mysteries are often unsatisfying. With notable exceptions, the authors concentrate on turf wars between departments and agencies, the niceties of DNA testing, ad nauseam descriptions of autopsy processes, etc.
All this “stuff” can get in the way of the story.
All this “stuff” can get in the way of the story.
I tend to alternate between mystery books and more “serious literature,” for want of a better phrase.
I’m tackling these two next.
#booksky
I’m tackling these two next.
#booksky
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I tend to alternate between mystery books and more “serious literature,” for want of a better phrase.
I’m tackling these two next.
#booksky
I’m tackling these two next.
#booksky
This little guy makes his home in a tree outside my window. (You'll see him just under the patch of snow. I couldn't zoom in farther on my iPhone.)
To me, he's the very essence of survival. He always cheers me up.
To me, he's the very essence of survival. He always cheers me up.
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This little guy makes his home in a tree outside my window. (You'll see him just under the patch of snow. I couldn't zoom in farther on my iPhone.)
To me, he's the very essence of survival. He always cheers me up.
To me, he's the very essence of survival. He always cheers me up.
Andrew Campbell
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December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Andrew Campbell
Follow Andy Campbell. He is an honest, eloquent, and righteous man.
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Follow Andy Campbell. He is an honest, eloquent, and righteous man.
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Just read another fine thriller, Don't Look Back, by Karin Fossum, AKA "The Norwegian Queen of Crime."
Some fine writing, as always:
His grandmother would toss out her latest worry, and he would pick it up, swiftly and easily, as if it were a faulty paper airplane that needed to be refolded.
Some fine writing, as always:
His grandmother would toss out her latest worry, and he would pick it up, swiftly and easily, as if it were a faulty paper airplane that needed to be refolded.
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Just read another fine thriller, Don't Look Back, by Karin Fossum, AKA "The Norwegian Queen of Crime."
Some fine writing, as always:
His grandmother would toss out her latest worry, and he would pick it up, swiftly and easily, as if it were a faulty paper airplane that needed to be refolded.
Some fine writing, as always:
His grandmother would toss out her latest worry, and he would pick it up, swiftly and easily, as if it were a faulty paper airplane that needed to be refolded.
You've probably heard the myth that Jack Kerouac typed out On the Road in a single burst on a 120-foot-long scroll.
Not exacly, as a new article from The American Scholar shows.
File this under the heading "Spontaneous Composition" rarely exists.
See: theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-th...
Not exacly, as a new article from The American Scholar shows.
File this under the heading "Spontaneous Composition" rarely exists.
See: theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-th...
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You've probably heard the myth that Jack Kerouac typed out On the Road in a single burst on a 120-foot-long scroll.
Not exacly, as a new article from The American Scholar shows.
File this under the heading "Spontaneous Composition" rarely exists.
See: theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-th...
Not exacly, as a new article from The American Scholar shows.
File this under the heading "Spontaneous Composition" rarely exists.
See: theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-th...
To all writers:
James Baldwin said it best, no?
"Working on a novel, you get bugged by one or two people. You don’t know where they come from ... But suddenly a girl or a boy comes along and claims your attention ... There’s a story ... how are you going to tell it?"
James Baldwin said it best, no?
"Working on a novel, you get bugged by one or two people. You don’t know where they come from ... But suddenly a girl or a boy comes along and claims your attention ... There’s a story ... how are you going to tell it?"
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
To all writers:
James Baldwin said it best, no?
"Working on a novel, you get bugged by one or two people. You don’t know where they come from ... But suddenly a girl or a boy comes along and claims your attention ... There’s a story ... how are you going to tell it?"
James Baldwin said it best, no?
"Working on a novel, you get bugged by one or two people. You don’t know where they come from ... But suddenly a girl or a boy comes along and claims your attention ... There’s a story ... how are you going to tell it?"
Down the road I'll be telling my grandchildren that I voted against Trump three times and that he was a vile, criminal, crude, clueless, and ignorant president who did his best to destroy our constitution.
Someday, the politicians who have spoken out against him will be remembered as heroes.
Someday, the politicians who have spoken out against him will be remembered as heroes.
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Down the road I'll be telling my grandchildren that I voted against Trump three times and that he was a vile, criminal, crude, clueless, and ignorant president who did his best to destroy our constitution.
Someday, the politicians who have spoken out against him will be remembered as heroes.
Someday, the politicians who have spoken out against him will be remembered as heroes.
Here is my latest newsletter with tips on rhetoric — the art of speaking and writing persuasively. See what Yoda, JFK, Churchill, and, yes, 007 have to say.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here is my latest newsletter with tips on rhetoric — the art of speaking and writing persuasively. See what Yoda, JFK, Churchill, and, yes, 007 have to say.
createsend.com/t/t-54E1B4E8...
createsend.com/t/t-54E1B4E8...
How times have changed.
In this April 14, 1947 file photo, a long line winds toward the entrance to Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx, where doctors were offering smallpox shots. (AP Photo/File)
In this April 14, 1947 file photo, a long line winds toward the entrance to Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx, where doctors were offering smallpox shots. (AP Photo/File)
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How times have changed.
In this April 14, 1947 file photo, a long line winds toward the entrance to Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx, where doctors were offering smallpox shots. (AP Photo/File)
In this April 14, 1947 file photo, a long line winds toward the entrance to Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx, where doctors were offering smallpox shots. (AP Photo/File)
A tree in Belmont, MA.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A tree in Belmont, MA.
I just finished the superb novel Bel Canto.
The New York Times rated it #98 on a recent list of the 100 best books of this century. IMHO, it should have been in the top 10.
The New York Times rated it #98 on a recent list of the 100 best books of this century. IMHO, it should have been in the top 10.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I just finished the superb novel Bel Canto.
The New York Times rated it #98 on a recent list of the 100 best books of this century. IMHO, it should have been in the top 10.
The New York Times rated it #98 on a recent list of the 100 best books of this century. IMHO, it should have been in the top 10.
This is idiotic. Your call in the order it was received? How can a one-item series have an order? What if your mom said you were born in the order that I delivered you?
NO: Companies should say, "Calls [plural] will be answered in the order they were received."
NO: Companies should say, "Calls [plural] will be answered in the order they were received."
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is idiotic. Your call in the order it was received? How can a one-item series have an order? What if your mom said you were born in the order that I delivered you?
NO: Companies should say, "Calls [plural] will be answered in the order they were received."
NO: Companies should say, "Calls [plural] will be answered in the order they were received."
Attended the No Kings rally today in Lexington, MA. Peaceful protest is as American as apple pie.
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Attended the No Kings rally today in Lexington, MA. Peaceful protest is as American as apple pie.
Lines and lines.
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Lines and lines.
My latest newsletter, with tips on managing stage fright, an all-too-common concern. See createsend.com/t/t-FE9B5DE3...
September 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My latest newsletter, with tips on managing stage fright, an all-too-common concern. See createsend.com/t/t-FE9B5DE3...
I recommend this whodunit, set in a rural area in Ghana. It's a murder mystery/family story. #booksky #mysteries
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I recommend this whodunit, set in a rural area in Ghana. It's a murder mystery/family story. #booksky #mysteries
Make of this what you will.
August 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Make of this what you will.
Fresh garlic from our garden, thanks to my wife Mary’s genius green thumb.
August 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Fresh garlic from our garden, thanks to my wife Mary’s genius green thumb.