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Moving into a New Year
The first week of a new year always seems like a time to consider where you’ve been and where you’re going. The past year for me was a banner writing year, and I’m not sure I can duplicate it. We’ll see. A series of projects all came together, and I suppose it’s safe...
What I Learned about the Writing Life from 1970s Cartoons by Heather Weidner
A huge welcome to my friend, Heather Weidner, who writes a wonderful series about one of the most beautiful settings in the world--the Blue Ridge Mountains. Anyone for glamping? Guest Post by Heather Weidner, Author of the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries and the...
Preview of The Witch’s Child Coming October 15
When you're self-publishing on multiple platforms, you have to cross your fingers that the various moving parts come together at the right time. Right now, I'm crossing my fingers that The Witch's Child will be up on Amazon and other platforms for the October 15...
Cover Reveal for The Witch’s Child
For people who read books but don’t write or publish them, it seems like a long stretch of time elapses between books in a series. Part of that is because of the work that must be done after a writer types, “The End.” Part of the time stretch has to do with the...
Book Reviews of Recent Reads
Lesson Plan for Murder by Lori Robbins What’s not to love when an English teacher like me reads a mystery where the chapters are titled Things Fall Apart or Heart of Darkness and the protagonist is a high school English teacher? First, I loved the clever, intelligent...
Cover Reveal for Harlequin’s “Death Takes No Bribes”
When I first began writing mysteries, I didn’t know a great deal about copyrights, publishers, or self-publishing. My first series, the Endurance Mysteries, was published by a traditional publisher. After putting out Three May Keep a Secret and Marry in Haste, that...