First published March 2020 in Murder-A-Go-Go’s, edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books) Our Lips Are Sealed by Lori Rader-Day When the credits for the movie the girls weren’t supposed to be watching started to roll, Colbie went to check that her mother was asleep,…
Did I cancel an event where I supposed to tell you all about The Lucky One? I’m so sorry. I had to. You have to. We all have to. Please stay inside as much as possible because, if you’re here, I like you or love you or…
I write to music. I can write to cafe noise or silence, too, but I love finding a new song I can write to, especially one that gives me the right feeling for the tone of the scene I’m writing. Every novel has had a playlist (here’s…
I once published a short story in Good Housekeeping, which goes to 26 million people worldwide. But I feel as though maybe an article that I wrote for Writers Digest online might be the most popular thing I’ve ever written, because WD trots it out about every…
One of the fun things I’m doing now that I have some time to think: gathering my thoughts on some new projects. I’ll be talking to my agent soon about what ideas I have and which ones might be the best way to spend the next few…
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 next book. If that sentence needs no further explanation, skip this paragraph. For the rest of you:…
I mentioned my big news on Facebook and Twitter but kinda forgot to put it here. Oops. Not like I had a fantastic, gorgeous site built just for this kind of news, right? Oops again. But here it is: I sold my second novel, a mystery tentatively…
This week on the Debutante Ball, we’re talking about books we wish we’d written. I had some standard answers. My non-standard answer is probably: the book I’m still writing. I wish I’d already finished it. What’s interesting, though, is that the time I’ve taken on this book…
Today’s my day over at The Debutante Ball. Take a look at how I gave up writing in five years of easy, daily lessons. I’m working on a new design for the site. In the mean time, I sort of forget that I should write some content…
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