Goodreads giveaway
Hashtag FREE. You could win a copy of the advanced reader copy of Little Pretty Things, right here. Four days left to enter. "Advanced reader copy" means the in-house printed [...]
THE BLACK HOUR is an Anthony Award nominee!
This is big! THE BLACK HOUR is a nominee for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel! The winner will be announced at Bouchercon in October! That's also where we'll [...]
Three Questions with…Susanna Calkins
Susanna Calkins and I met through Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter, but then we figured out a reason we might look familiar to one another—we both worked at the [...]
THE BLACK HOUR is nominated for a Barry Award!
I've been so busy I forgot to post the latest great news: The Black Hour is a finalist for the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original! Not sure how I [...]
LCC Rosebuds: Meet the first novel nominees
I *may* have mentioned this already, but The Black Hour was nominated for the Rosebud Award at the 2015 Left Coast Crime Conference, Crimelandia! The Rosebud is the best first [...]
The Little Pretty Playlist
There's a discussion going on over at Facebook among a few mystery writers about music. Specifically, Dana Cameron is building a playlist to get her through the draft of her [...]
THE BLACK HOUR is nominated for the Rosebud!
More good news! THE BLACK HOUR has been nominated for the Rosebud Award at Left Coast Crime 2015: Crimelandia! That's the award at this year's conference for the best first [...]
BIG news! Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination
Today I learned that The Black Hour has been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. This is huge to me. I'm so thrilled and overwhelmed and all the big [...]
Three Questions with…Susan Froetschel
I feel like I've known Susan Froetschel for so long, I can't remember where we first actually met. Love Is Murder in Chicago, I think? Last year? Was that only [...]
The writing resolutions, 2015 style
This week I've seen about a hundred different stories about resolutions: how to set them, why they never work, how not to set them, why you're wasting your time. You [...]