Scott D. Parker: Writer

It took only fifty years but I finally listened to Carole King’s Tapestry. If you read about my regulated reading a few weeks ago, you’ll r...

Back in the Christmas season of 2020, infused with a desire to read a Christmas mystery, I went to Houston's Murder by the Book and pick...

Well, that was something. As a native Houstonian, I used to look north at winter with a sense of missing out. Look, they had snow. That all ...

I’m going to school again, and I couldn’t be more excited. I call it Cozy College, a year-long look into cozy and traditional mysteries. And...

Y’all are going to laugh at the irony of this post. How often do you discover something (or experience something) completely on your own? It...

I haven't had this much fun with a book in a long time. I've been a part of a science fiction/fantasy book club with the same group ...

Do you ever regulate your reading? I was struggling over what term to use so let me just explain. Last year, I did a little experiment. The ...

I wanted it to be like it used to be, back in the day. If you read this blog, I wax nostalgic about a lot of things. Ever since last year...

How often do you restart a novel you’ve set aside? I am an obsessive saver of things when it comes to my writing. I’ve got paper and digital...

I’m an optimist by nature and nurture so I always see the bright side of things. The glass is half full kinda guy. But there’s a lot of suck...

You know this movie might be different when Asta wasn't called out in the opening credits. Turns out, it was a return to form. The film ...