by JHowatt | Sep 29, 2023 | Crime Writing
Dining with a Serial Killer? Murder’s on the Menu. In my last blog post, I intentionally put tables as the story’s focus. Why would an author decide to put tables as the centerpiece of a post about which must be the most unappetizing genre: true crime? The... 
by JHowatt | Aug 25, 2023 | Crime Writing
Bill Bonin: “An Arch Evil Person” or Just an Ordinary- Guy? August 22, 2023. An article in Wikipedia written by a prosecutor at his first trial described Bill Bonin as “The most arch-evil person who ever existed.” (Freeway Killer’s Story: Ghastly Tale of Horror. The... 
by JHowatt | Aug 4, 2023 | Crime Writing
William George Bonin: Just an Ordinary Guy July 27, 2023. A casual dinner party for my tennis friends seemed an unlikely place to begin my true crime series, “The Scariest Thing About Serial Killers.” But that’s how it happened. All of my guests had left but one – a... 
by JHowatt | Jun 30, 2023 | Life Style
Chef Laura, Morning Champagne and A Pinch of Salt Day One. Meeting Chef Laura was like shaking hands with the CEO of a large, multinational company. She managed to exude all at once an in-charge personality (even if the business was culinary), a pleasant Italian... 
by JHowatt | Jun 20, 2023 | Life Style
My Florentine Vacation: A White Apron, Recipes Galore, and Cooking School with Chef Laura May 7, 2016. Two months before my husband Jim and I planned our departure for Florence, we decided to extend our vacation from two weeks to three. When I asked what he’d like to...