by JHowatt | Sep 24, 2020 | Crime Writing
A few months ago, our writing group leader asked, “How many of you can pinpoint the moment you realized you had to tell your story?” One of the many pivotal moments I had while writing my book wasn’t the morning I read a newspaper article about a... 
by JHowatt | Sep 15, 2020 | Crime Writing
Hat Squad Camarillo, California. Summer,1990. John St. John and I had been working on a chapter for way too long. I suggested we have an iced tea break, but first, I had a question. “I looked through some of the photographs you gave me and wondered – what was... 
by JHowatt | Sep 4, 2020 | Crime Writing
Chapter Six of my manuscript titled “Jailbreak” tells the story of the deadly attack on young jailer, John St. John, by a savage prisoner that almost cost the future detective his life. February 27, 1947. John St. John was twenty-seven, single, living with his...