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    Tabloid truth can be stranger than fiction

    4/29/2015

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    Blog post I wrote for the Killer Nashville thriller, suspense and mystery website - about the differences between covering real news as a journalist and being a mystery novelist..

    I’ve covered a lot of big crime stories during my time as a tabloid journalist. O.J. Son of Sam. Amy Fischer. JonBenet Ramsey. I was even a part of creating the most famous tabloid crime headline ever: Headless Body in Topless Bar.

    So what’s the biggest difference I’ve found between true-life crime and writing mystery novels?

    Well, as a mystery author, I get to break the one rule a journalist always has to follow – I don’t have to stick to the facts.


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