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Why FOR BETTER OR WORSE is a different kind of cozy, how-to answers about writing mysteries, and the biggest compliment an author may ever hope to get. Video interview of […]
Sneak Peek: For Better or Worse
+ Press Release FOR BETTER OR WORSE Chapter 1 THE MORNING the deceased came into my life I woke up with a start, the way I had when I was […]
From Writer’s Block to the Finish Line
The first article I sold was about a thoroughbred horse, real name Oh Don’t Worry, who hated racing but won anyway. She’s become an inspiration to me and can be […]
One Step Forward, One Step Back
Where to begin? I bought a sander at Home Depot last week, my third BTW, and when I returned to exchange the sandpaper I was sold for the correct type, […]
7 Eclectic Songs on my Playlist and Why I Love Them
As I assembled this list, I noticed many of the songs feature piano accompaniment, which makes sense since my mother taught piano. Many are old, but not all. I […]
Food for Thought
Waiting at a stoplight, I amused myself by watching a guy saunter down the opposite sidewalk. He wore camouflage pants and was bow-legged as if he rode a motorcycle. When […]
My Effusive (but touchingly modest) Virtual Podium Speech for being HONORABLY MENTIONED by Writer’s Digest
I arrive at the front of the auditorium in my little black dress without mishap and scan the crowd of mystery fans who almost certainly haven’t read my books. “Wow!” […]
TITLE CHANGE
NEW NAME, same good book. The Writer’s Digest judge who described CURED…BUT NOT OUT OF DANGER as “a real gem of a novel,” and selected it as one of her […]
MY MOTHER’S BOOKS
CHALK IT UP TO INSTINCT, but after my mother passed away, I did something right. I kept her scant remaining belongings in boxes in my office to sift through at […]
DECLARING MY INDEPENDENCE
Going independent–lots of authors are doing it, and now I have, too. It was not an easy decision, complicated by the lucky fact that my track record–seven cozy mysteries put […]
Reading My Mind 