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Thomas Millstead has published three novels in three different genres: Behind You, a mystery published by Dell; Comanche Stallion, a western published by Avalon and optioned by 7th Voyage Productions in Los Angeles; and Cave of the Moving Shadows, a children’s book published by Dial Press, which was the literature selection in a nationwide middle-school reading competition and has been used in many 6th grade classes to teach prehistory in a palatable way. He has also had more than a dozen short stories published, including three appearances in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and in the Masques and Phantoms anthologies.
In the world of non-fiction, Thomas has had articles published in numerous business periodicals as well as the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Westways, Accent on Living and others—even (he says unapologetically) the National Enquirer. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Dramatists Guild. His current, rather quixotic project is trying to obtain production of a stage play about the love affair between Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer.
To earn a living, he was for many years a newspaper journalist in Wisconsin and PR manager and speechwriter for the CEO and senior executives in a huge Chicago-based insurance/financial conglomerate. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Judy.
It's brains and brassiness versus biceps and brawn as a diminutive private eye stumbles onto murder among the bulging maxi-muscled.
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Q: You write such a diverse set of material -- fiction, non-fiction; short, long -- so I'm curious, as a fellow Sniplits author, how you determine what you're going to write when you sit down? Is it driven by mood or deadline or something else? McKenna Donovan
T.M. Thanks for the query, McKenna. I write all over the place, I guess, because I'm a Gemini. We are diverse, curious, spread over many interests, covering lots of territory even if inclined to do so in not great depth. Float like a butterfly from primrose to petunia. In my case, I'm struck by ideas that come from nowhere--but don't fit always into a genre I'm used to. Ideas that I can't rid myself of. So I go with what the idea prompts. For instance, I just wrote a country/western song that I sent along to a friend in LA. who performs that kind of music. Best of luck with your own writing!
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