Margin Notes
Tom AndesThis is mostly a blog about writing fiction, especially crime fiction, especially that beguiling, elusive form, the short story. But I'm going to talk about novels, music, songwriting, movies, and lots of other stuff, too.
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An Interview with Nik Xander Wolf
Nik Xander Wolf’s Shadow Valley is an ambitious, astonishing debut, a lesson in both surprising the reader by making us root for people we never thought we’d be rooting for, and in constantly upping the stakes. It begins in a dive bar in a...
An Interview with Lynn C. Miller
Set during the financial crash of 2008, Lynn C. Miller’s The Surrogate (University of Wisconsin Press) feels at times like a domestic suspense novel, as the reader never quite knows who to trust. But it’s ultimately a novel about grief, abo...
Process Notes: "These Same Three Chords"
I wrote this song the first time I played with my friend Emily Neustrom, who is a wonderful country singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Louisiana. She asked if I wanted to sit in with her at a farmers market gig we were both playing. “Don...
An Interview with Ariadne Blayde
Ariadne Blayde’s Ash Tuesday is a wonderfully rich, innovative approach to writing New Orleans. Telling the stories of eleven different guides who give ghost tours in the French Quarter in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras, it mines this p...
Process Notes: "Walk to the River"
Last Friday, I released “Walk to the River,” the first single from my new record, Wonderful Days. I’m really excited about this, and now that it’s finally going to be in the world, for those who are interested, I wanted to share notes about...
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Shamus Award-winning author of the detective novel Wait There Till You Hear from Me (Crescent City Books 2025). Work in Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2025. Most recent record is The Ones That Brought You Home.
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