I wasn’t going to post until Monday, but I couldn’t resist wishing you all a wonderful new year with bushels of happiness, a ton of good health, and many days of productive writing (not to mention a contract or two)!
By: Patricia
I wasn’t going to post until Monday, but I couldn’t resist wishing you all a wonderful new year with bushels of happiness, a ton of good health, and many days of productive writing (not to mention a contract or two)!
By: Patricia
I’ll be taking a real blogging break through January 3rd instead of the procrastinating inactivity I’ve been guilty of over the last few months. I finally feel as though I’m getting back on track after a year of unfortunate incidents and events, so I’m going to spend this time planning and organizing, continuing my knee …Read More
By: Patricia
Thanks for having me back on your blog, Pat! It’s always such a pleasure. To clarify, that “Mature Themes” in the title shouldn’t scare anyone off – and will likely prove disappointing for those who find the phrase enticing. But I’ll get to that a little later. First, I want give a bit of background …Read More
By: Patricia
“Humankind cannot take too much reality.” ~T.S. Elliott I love it when a grizzled detective on Dateline or 48 Hours shakes his head in amazement and says to the interviewer, “This crime is so twisted. You can’t make this kind of stuff up.” As a mystery writer, I can’t help but think, Oh, but we …Read More
By: Patricia
These days, we’re assaulted by propaganda on social media, television, in books, newspapers, even everyday conversations. It’s getting worse, and it’s getting more dangerous. There’s no rule, you know, that the content of propaganda be true. As a matter of fact, the bigger the lie, the more effective when aimed at an audience of naive, …Read More