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Always Mary Oliver. Usually Anne Lamott and William Kent Kruger. Lou Berney. These are the writers I turn to when[…]
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Writers spend a lot of time talking to other writers. We have to. They’re the only people who understand the[…]
Read moreNo one gets murdered in my new novel. It’s a mainstream story, with plenty of action and fun. Just no[…]
Read moreWhen you’re a mystery writer, you’re always trying to figure out why people do what they do. Sometimes you can[…]
Read moreSo I just got my new author photo, which I love, but it also makes me think of all the[…]
Read moreI was going to draw up a list of great books to read for Memorial Day, and then I happened to wander over to the American Writers Museum and saw that they had already compiled a wonderful list. So I thought perhaps I might just borrow/steal/be inspired by it.
Read moreI raised four kids, spent years taking care of my mother, have survived illness and grief and various other disasters,[…]
Read moreAll I knew about the great mystery writer Agatha Christie was that she wrote many of my favorite mysteries and[…]
Read moreTonight is the official opening of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. It’s also Charlotte Bronte’s birthday. So appropriate[…]
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