On Writing Historicals: Celeste Connolly and her Lady Petra series
I decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]
Read moreA Blog for Readers and Writers of Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction
I decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]
Read moreThe banner shows a modern autopsy table. If your crime book contains an autopsy scene, you want to get it[…]
Read moreI was looking for a new series to bring on my book tour in June, paperbacks I could easily pack[…]
Read moreSince contributing an essay to the book The Who, The What and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks[…]
Read morePlease welcome guest author Laura Essay, who will discuss her novel centered on the opioid crisis, and what inspired her[…]
Read moreIt is to my chagrin what whenever I post a photo of my two admittedly adorable Australian Doodles, Seamus and[…]
Read moreI was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]
Read moreWhether it’s a bus belching fumes as it rounds a corner, or the sweet scent at the back of a[…]
Read moreI just received the cover of a new nonfiction book that includes an essay I wrote, and that had me[…]
Read moreThe place we keep our treasured books varies from reader to writer, providing inspiration and research, but who knew bookshelves[…]
Read more