Loving Letters
There is nothing like a handwritten note delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to make my heart flutter. I’m not[…]
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There is nothing like a handwritten note delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to make my heart flutter. I’m not[…]
Read moreOne of the pleasures of being a writer is that it is my actual job to seek out weird facts.[…]
Read moreDo you have a Lover’s Eye? No, I’m not talking about winking and fluttering your lashes. A Lover’s Eye is a tiny portrait of a human eye, often painted on a flake of ivory no bigger than your fingernail.
Read moreOn Sunday mornings, I’m like a little kid flipping on the television to watch Captain Kangaroo because it’s time for[…]
Read moreLately it seems we all need a little superpower to stay on top of the zooms and the general absurdness of pandemic life. Kids taking tests next to you at the dinner table while a winter storm knocks the power out? Zooming late into the night? What do you wish was your superpower?
Read moreI write mysteries, which means someone will die. Probably in the first 15 pages. Does that mean I know how to kill someone? Well, sort of. But ONLY on paper.
Read moreReading a room, even when you’re not physically in it.
Read moreThe question writers are asked most often seems to be, “Where do you get your ideas?” Since I was blessed to have a profession (lawyer) where I helped people solve their problems, I regularly witnessed the follies of human beings. Sitting in a courtroom every day, I was never bored and kept my ears, eyes, and a separate notebook open. I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to use, but that’s not true for everyone.
Read moreIt’s Agatha Award nominating time, which means that people in the cozy mystery community are going through the books and stories we’ve read this year and cogitating over which ones we’d like to nominate. (Ballots are due in electronically by March 6.)
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I have two questions for you this week: First, if it were possible, would you travel back in time? Second, if you could land in any historical era, when would it be and why?
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