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but little do they know that she’s not through

Writing a novel is hard work in itself. For some reason, I chose to make it harder by writing Too Close to Miss in first person from the viewpoint of a woman. Okay, not for some arbitrary reason. I wanted to invert certain thriller genre tropes, so a female protagonist was necessary. And I default [...]

you’re diggin freak nasty without a shovel

My man Brett posted the video for dance floor classic “Da Dip” the other day, which took me back fifteen years. It reminded me, as anything fifteen years old would, of high school. Going to high school mixers in Baltimore County, putting your hands on a girl’s hips and freakin’ her from behind was not [...]

a piece of me will always be inside of you

Question regarding the new Jennifer Aniston / Jason Bateman comedy The Switch: Kassie [Aniston], on her own but eager to have a baby, has personally selected her donor, a square-jawed surfer-blond dude named Roland (Patrick Wilson). To toast her impending pregnancy, she throws a party in which Roland is asked to leave his crucial sample [...]

then we’ll get a chinese and watch TV

Traveling to a wedding in way-upstate NY this weekend. You’re on your own for a few days. To tide you over, here’s some much needed common sense about vitamins: everyone in our society with the exception of those on extreme diets or with other extreme conditions is already getting enough vitamins to avoid deficiency states. [...]

I'll miss the way you smile as though it's just for me

I love Mad Men. And I love companies that use blogging as a tool to promote their content, interact with their fans and get good SEO cred. (Why? Because I work in marketing) But AMCTV’s Mad Men blog pitched me a wingding this week: Can’t get Peggy’s rendition of “Bye Bye Birdie” out of your [...]

why weak male characters are bad for women

New Overthinking It post on why weak male characters are bad for women: On the surface, [She's Out of My League is] a forgettable sex comedy. Adorable schlub lands major-league hottie; usual series of pratfalls and embarrassing incidents; he rises to the occasion and proves himself worthy of her love. No bankable stars and plenty [...]

but we've got the biggest balls of them all

Talking with a very good friend of mine last week, we mentioned a mutual female acquaintance whom, I said, “had the ovaries to pull something like that off.” “Huh?” my friend asked. “Like saying, ‘she had the balls to pull it off.’ Only, y’know, ovaries.” “Right, right; I got that.” I still got the quizzical [...]

wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is warm and dry

Dear Internet, What do you mean, “if”? Cordially, Professor Coldheart

everybody's going nowhere slowly, they're all fighting for the chance to be last

Holly over at Pervocracy (NSFW text but image free) wrote an interesting post a week ago about the one safety class that every woman ought to take, but nobody offers yet: I’ve seen a couple dozen assaults in my day, and about two of them were between complete strangers. (Both of those, incidentally, weren’t in [...]

I ain't afraid of no ghosts

A reminder that this is Ghostbusters Week on Overthinking It: our look back at the 25th anniversary of the release of Murray, Ackroyd, Ramis and Hudson’s epic comedy. My post, Death of a Thousand Pecks, went up today. Only in the 80s could an EPA inspector be a movie villain – but what does this [...]

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  • Periscope Depth

    The website of John Perich, author of TOO CLOSE TO MISS and editor for Overthinking It. He's learning about writing, marketing, publishing and promotion, and he encourages you to learn along with him.

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  • TOO CLOSE TO MISS




    "... opens with a bang and never relents ..."
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    Mara Cunningham knew that sleeping with a married man was a bad idea. But when her lover shows up in the hospital after his wife and son are murdered, the rumors about her turn dangerous. Now she's the prime suspect in a double homicide, and the real killers will stop at nothing to silence her ...

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