Yes, I'm the Ken Goddard who wrote 3 books for Tor/Forge. Typical author activity: we cheerfully migrate to whichever publishing company is...
I agree with Dynamo1: Your age isn't an issue. You'll need the appropriate education for CSI or forensics lab work ... and you'd have to adjust...
This is really a question that a medical doctor or pathologist should answer (and I'm not); but in general, if you get bruising around a wound,...
Really can't ... I haven't read any of his books and I never did run across him when I was writing for TOR.
It really doesn't matter where you start working at a crime scene. Ideally, if you're aware of what appears to be the suspect's entry point, you...
Hi hmetter, xfcanadian is correct, while the show writers are perfectly capable of putting together a CSI script using the basic tools and...
You're welcome. The whole idea, of course, is to entertain. I'm getting a lot of entertainment (and insight into the shows) from Talk CSI, so...
The basic rule (for writing these books) is that all of the main characters must stay in voice ... and in character ... and must survive 'intact.'...
Fair enough ... if they let me write a second book, Greg finds himself engaged in a serious gunfight. :)
You've very welcome.
Glad you enjoyed the 'lost' segment. And yes, the editing process --- done almost entirely by the publisher/editors, not the authors! --- tends...
Yes, relatively easy ... and kind of you to say so. :)
Forgot to add that the issue gets more complicated when you examine samples from a sexual assault kit and have to take into account the victim's...
You don't need me on this one. As everyone seems to understand, the DNA strands are in the heads of the sperm cells.
Depending upon the agency (salaries for city, county, state and federal law enforcement personnel vary greatly), it's very possible that a CSI who...
Ah, very good! Exactly the reaction --- curiosity --- us fiction writers love to generate. :) And the answer is yes, as promised, here's the...
Elsie has it exactly correct. Unlike what you see on TV, a CSI responds to crime scenes, processes/documents the scene, collects the evidence, and...
A sworn officer actually working CSI (personally conducting crime scene investigations) in the US would almost certainly hold the rank of...
Ummm, I suppose that could be an issue if the author took a major plot line from a website discussion; but (and I'm not a lawyer!) it would...
Glad to be of help ... and it was very nice to hear that you enjoyed the story. Not sure what my current status is with PocketBooks and the CSI...
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