J. Mark Bertrand

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  • J. Mark Bertrand is the author of Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and the forthcoming Nothing to Hide, crime novels featuring Houston homicide detective Roland March. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and lived in the city for fifteen years. After one hurricane too many, he and his wife moved to South Dakota. Mark has been arrested for a crime he didn't commit, was the foreman of a hung jury in Houston, and after relocating served on the jury that acquitted Vinnie Jones of assault. In 1972, he won an honorable mention in a child modeling contest, but pursued writing instead.

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Historical Note

  • Write About Now is the successor to my original fiction blog called Notes on Craft. The archive there is still online and dates from March 2004 to September 2007. Feel free to explore it at your leisure.
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September 28, 2007

Write About Now ... And Not a Moment Too Soon

Welcome to Write About Now. I'm J. Mark Bertrand, and this is my new blog about writing and publishing. Since 2005, I've been writing about craft in fiction at a blog called, unimaginatively enough, Notes on Craft, but here I'm opening the topic up to include more than craft. What you need to know about me: I write non-fiction, but my real love is fiction ... and I'm an editor, too. Thanks to my MFA in Creative Writing, I have literary ambitions, but these days what I'm really interested in is crime fiction. Read as much as you like, push back and let me know what you think. With no further ado, here goes ...

Posted at 06:47 PM in Thinking Aloud |

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Rod

Good blog! I'll be back. Rod

Posted by: Rod | September 29, 2007 at 07:50 PM

Mirtika

Love the new blog. Simply mad about the pic (you look great there!) And I need to go linky you up. (Oh, and already pre-ordered RW)

Later,
Mir

Posted by: Mirtika | September 30, 2007 at 03:37 PM

Michael

I really appreciate this post. I appreciate the others, too. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Michael | March 07, 2008 at 11:03 AM

Kathleen Popa

There you are! I thought you'd gone strangely quiet.

Posted by: Kathleen Popa | March 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM

Kathleen Popa

There you are! I thought you'd gone strangely quiet.

Posted by: Kathleen Popa | March 27, 2008 at 11:18 PM

Dee Stewart

Hi, J, Mark. Love the new look. Excited for you and the new blog.

Posted by: Dee Stewart | May 11, 2008 at 06:27 AM

coomme

Good Blog

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: coomme | August 06, 2008 at 03:31 AM

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