| Chat with Earl Staggs |
Earl Staggs spent most of his life in Maryland as a salesman. When he and his wife gave up the cold winters of the north and moved south -- first to Florida and now in Fort Worth, Texas -- he decided to try something he'd always dreamed of. He'd always had the crazy notion of becoming a fiction writer. The first step was to join a class at the local community college. The class happened to be about writing short mystery stories, so that's
where he started.
 Over the next few years, his stories appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. One of them brought home a Derringer Award as Best Short Mystery of the Year. He joined the Short Mystery Fiction Society and served as its Vice President, then President. He also served as Managing Editor of Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, a role he feels was a great help in
developing his own writing abilities.
After honing his skills with short stories, Earl wrote a mystery novel, MEMORY OF A MURDER, which has received twelve Five Star reviews on Amazon.com and B&N.com.
Earl plans to continue writing short stories as well as novels. He is currently working on a sequel to MEMORY OF A MURDER and a standalone thriller.
Anthologies:
CAROLS AND CRIMES, GIFTS AND GRIFTERS
Wolfmont Publishing
THE EX FACTOR
Koboca Publishing
GONE COASTAL
Seven Sisters Press
TECHNO NOIR
Zumaya Publications
DIME
Quiet Storm Publishing
WHEN?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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