I’m lucky to have had my heart touched by fourteen dogs (not at the same time!), several cats, birds, hamsters, fish, a turtle, a small snake, a tree frog, and even a squirrel. Living with so many animals taught me that just like humans, animals have their
Read more →In the middle of writing the second book in my humorous mystery series, and my first ever short story, Blinded by Murder, I found myself overcome with fear. Would these stories be good enough, were they too boring, not funny, and – gulp – unworthy of readers?
Read more →After a few glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon, late at night, in the woods behind my hotel, I found I wasn’t alone. What could have become an unfortunate event in a murder mystery, was in reality something very cool. Not only was I not alone in the woods,
Read more →Before publishing Buying Time in 2012, I’d done much soul searching. With only ten agents queried (a miniscule number when it comes to agent hunting), I longed for the validation of a traditional publishing contract, but wasn’t sure I wanted to spend years of precious time trying
Read more →Before ease of travel….before the Internet, long descriptions at the start of a book were important. It was a way for a writer to put the reader in the character’s world because it was highly likely the reader had never even seen a picture of such a
Read more →In the last two years, muscle spasms in by back that I used to get periodically have become chronic. In the last three months, they have been occurring on a daily basis. The spasms are triggered by doing the dishes, folding the laundry, drying my hair, or
Read more →I’m still at work on Buying Time, my second in the Aspen Moore series. Often over the past year, I found myself distracted for long periods of time, failing to write anything. So whenever I did get back to writing, I’d have to restart. What does that
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