New York City at Sunset, May, 2019By Jamie FrevelettiIsn't that a beautiful image of New York at sunset? This city is the one that artists, actors, writers and musicians write about, sing about, and dream about. From New York New York by Sinatra to On Broadway by The Drifters, this...
Quintessential Rogues
. . . by Karna Small BodmanWe Rogues write novels about plots, spies, and danger among other things. And we are often inspired by "real life" experts in spy craft, who we could call "Quintessential Rogues" in their own right. I'd like to share two brand new stories with you about some...
S.O.S—SAVE OUR SANITY, from the digital world
by K.J. HoweThe personal computer and smart phone promised to set us free from meaningless, repetitive tasks and generate free time to be our best, creative selves—oh yeah, and offer a paperless office. Sadly, the latest research in this domain demonstrates this promise was hollow. Our technology...
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH
S. Lee Manning: So when was the last time you tried something completely different? Something a little scary?Me and my cat Xiao contemplating something scary.You’re probably thinking skydiving or alligator wrestling, but no, I mean really scary. I mean really exposing yourself. Well, not really...
MY 3 DAYS WITH A KGB COLONEL … or was he?
Julian Semyonov, Dennis, and I in the barby Gayle LyndsHave you ever spent time drinking, talking, and brain-storming with a KGB colonel? Maybe Julian Semyonov wasn’t a colonel. Maybe he wasn’t even KGB. Maybe he was “just” the most popular Soviet detective novelist of his...
A MOTHER’S DAY SALUTE TO SOME OF OUR FAVORITE ROGUE WOMEN
A couple of weeks ago, the Rogues mentioned that we planned to honor some of the special Rogue Women in our lives. We all have one—a mother, grandmother, favorite aunt, or someone who has touched us in some way. We had hoped that some of our Readers might share. Instead, several of the...
THE REAL BOOK SPY’S FIRST ROGUE RECOMMENDATION IS….
by The Real Book Spy What a month! There’s all kinds of exciting things happening. First and foremost, I am beyond excited to be partnering with the very talented ladies who make up the Rogue Women Writers. An all-star lineup of premier thriller authors, I’m a huge fan of...
Resolution-Smesolution: Score Card for my New Year’s Goals
By Robin BurcellIt seems like yesterday that we were all talking about do we or don’t we make New Year’s resolutions. In fact, I did a post on it here, where I talked about adopting NYT Bestselling author, Laura Lippman’s One Word Resolution. I went with the word “energize,” because I needed...
Mass Disaster
by Lisa BlackIn the event of a mass disaster such as Hurricane Michael or the Pulse nightclub shooting, the Florida Emergency MortuaryOperations Response (FEMORS) is mobilized. The purpose of the all-volunteer group of professionals from pathologists to odontologists to forensics and IT is to...
THE ROGUE MONTHLY ROUNDUP
What an exciting month April was! The Rogues and the great Real Book Spy joined forces -- and readers are going to win! New intel about books into movies, how settings help iconic thrillers become, well, iconic, and what's a Rogue to do when she really truly almost-desperately wants a puppy? These...