Titles, the Torture Of
suffered so much over my first title. #amstillsuffering
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Tag: inspiration
inspiration
Memorial Day Reading List
I 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.
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3 Stories & a Moral
Some years back the Mystery Writers of America had an open call for stories about odd partners. I came up[…]
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What Joan Didion Was To Me
Some writers you read because you like their plots or their dialogue. Others because you connect with their spirit. This[…]
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Writerly New Year Resolutions
I was thrilled to ask the Miss Demeanors this absolutely original and inspired question: What are your writerly New Year[…]
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Making Light in the Long, Dark Winter
Darkness is tough. It’s bleak. Endless.
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We’re All In This Together
Last Sunday I returned from New England Crime Bake, my first in-person writers’ conference since the start of the pandemic. Gathering together with fellow authors was a joy. As wonderful as social media is, as wonderful as Zoom can be, we crave face-to-face with other human beings. That’s how we’re built.
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Put a Dead Body in It
I recently spent a long weekend binge-watching horror movies/series. After several hours of corpses, missing people, and mysterious figures hiding[…]
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Love at First Sight
Do you believe in love at first sight? I do, because it happened to me. Some time ago.
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Business or Pleasure?
My husband and I returned last Monday from a long-awaited trip to England. The most common question we were asked was, “Are you here for business or pleasure?” We answered truthfully. “Both.”
My main purpose was to scout out locations and inspirations for the next Kate Hamilton mystery, but there’s no harm in enjoying yourself at the same time, right