Going to the Dogs
It is to my chagrin what whenever I post a photo of my two admittedly adorable Australian Doodles, Seamus and[…]
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It is to my chagrin what whenever I post a photo of my two admittedly adorable Australian Doodles, Seamus and[…]
Read more…doesn’t have to stay at Malice. My panel was “International and Off the Beaten Path Settings. Here’s the low down[…]
Read moreI’ll start with the gift: I’ll read and critique the first 5 query letters any writer who is looking to[…]
Read moreWriters are known to be introspective, often overthinking, mulling existential issues ad nauseum. But periodically, there is value to posing[…]
Read moreLast night I was teaching an Intro to Fiction class on Zoom. It was 9:30 p.m., class winding down, when[…]
Read moreI’m talking about writers’ conferences, not relationships! Returning last week from Left Coast Crime in Bellevue, Washington, I found a flurry of comments in my inbox, addressing the question: was it worth it? It’s a good question to ask.
Read moreI was recently at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival in Suffolk, Virginia, a yearly event I enjoy attending because it[…]
Read moreAlmost a year ago my post offered links to music from YouTube, Get Your Free Music Sample Here. Then in[…]
Read moreSigns and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]
Read moreFile this post under, “You couldn’t make this stuff up” or “What I learned during eight weeks of a[…]
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