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"I just finished The Pen Pal Murders. I thoroughly enjoyed it... ...Congratulations on a good novel. I look forward to the next one." - Frederick Horn, Professor Emeritus, English Department, Westminster College

The Pen Pal Murders: A Real-Life Murderous Web

Diane Duval's husband is missing. Shortly afterwards she begins to receive frightening phone calls, during which the caller tells her she will soon be murdered. She doesn't know it then, but the caller has already set the exact date for her demise. Police, constantly hearing of missing spouses, consider it as a husband who decided to 'take off' and the calls made by a prankster who found out about the disappearance. Diane is dissatisfied by the explanation and attitude of the police, but there is nothing she can do.

Then Marge Bennett, a crime reporter Diane met while reporting her husband as missing, contacts her. She has come across information that indicates Diane may indeed be in serious danger. The women then set out on a deadly path to find out when, why, where and how she is to be murdered and who will do the murdering. What they discover leads them down a murderous and terrifying trail. "It's the type of novel readers will find difficult to put down," one critic said.

Excerpts from The Pen Pal Murders...

Coming later this year from James Falk!

James has just signed on with SterlingHouse Publisher to release his second book, "The Sitting Duck." Look for it in late 2008!

Don't Pass Up a Golden Opportunity

If you are an aspiring writer, join a writer's group -- not just any, but make sure it has experienced, legitimate members. I was in one where there was always a conflict on how things should be done and who would do them. I dropped that group quickly. I now belong to THE PEN TO PAPER WRITERS GROUP in Tecumseh, Michigan. We meet twice a month. Our group is small, five members at this time, all of whom are creative, imaginative, and excellent writers, and we could go with a few more, but we want to stay small, compatible and professional.

Besides myself, members are:

JAN RICHARDI a graduate of Boston College and The University of North Carolina. She's a retired instructor in literature, composition, English, and it is evident that she helps tremendously with plottng, grammar and punctuation.

JENNIFER BECHTOL has a degree in English from Central Michigan University. She works in Marketing and New Business Development for a global consulting firm in Ann Arbor, Mi.

PATRICIA KENNEDY ST. GEORGE, Educated on both sides of the Atlantic. Pat is a British expatriate. She began to write as soon as she could hold a pencil. She majored in business and after college she began a 26-year career at The University of Michigan where she held leadership positions in finance, human resources, alumni publications and assistant to the dean. She retired early a few years ago.

JILL KEMERER graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. She worked as a system engineer until she had her first child. Jill is specializing in romance novels and has one being seriously considered by a New York publisher at this time. She has lent a great deal to the group.

Following are but a few activities of the group at its meetings:
 • A Roundrobin story (each person adds his own chapter.}
 • From randomly selected words from a JumpStart Jar, write two
   paragraphs using as many of the words as you can.
 • Cutouts from a magazine, pick one blind and write three inspired
   paragraphs - 15 minute limit.
 • Write 500 to 1,000 words on a yard sign that read: Wife wanted,
   inquire within.
 • Write 200 words on winter without mentioning snow.
 • Write what red feels like.
 • Write five Haiku poems. Stick to 5-7-5.
 • Discuss exemplary writing (Passage review). Share a piece of high
   quality, effective writing from a book, magazine or newspaper.

All these, and many other activities are intended to improve member's writing.