My guest blogger tomorrow is Catriona McPherson, President of Sisters in Crime National

August 26, 2015 By: Patricia

I am honored to have special guest Catriona McPherson on my blog tomorrow. She has a new book coming out early next month and it sounds like a great read.

The winner of an ebook copy of The Lady in Pink by J.A. Kazimer

August 23, 2015 By: Patricia

Laura Michaela Banse will receive an ebook copy of The Lady in Pink by J.A. Kazimer Congratulations, Laura!!

The Art of Stealing Character … by J.A. Kazimer

August 20, 2015 By: Patricia

All authors are thieves. We steal constantly. In fact, I’d keep watch over your family jewels whenever one of us is in sight. Now that I have your attention, and maybe even your outrage if you’re the kind of person who avoids the take a penny, leave a penny jar at your local gas station …Read More

Shotgun Moon — a Mini-Review

August 16, 2015 By: Patricia

I just finished reading K.C. McRae’s Shotgun Moon, a standalone mystery from Midnight Ink. It’s really more than a mystery. It’s on the dark side. It’s a thriller and it’s suspense. The main character killed the man who raped her and now returns to Montana to get her life back to normal. ‘Then the great …Read More

Five Tips for Improving Your Writer’s Platform … by Liesa Malik

August 13, 2015 By: Patricia

Whoo Hoo! Colorado Gold Conference is coming. I’m very excited to be a first-time speaker there. One of the sessions I’ll be presenting is an introduction to Author Platform building. How do you teach someone to “be popular?” The answer to that is as elusive as it was when we were vying for high school …Read More

ON LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION … by David Freed

August 6, 2015 By: Patricia

I marvel at the capacity of those authors who can pinpoint that precise moment when inspiration struck. There they were, waiting in line at Starbucks, or shampooing their hair, or staring out over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at sunrise with their legs twisted in some impossible yoga position, and then, suddenly—Bam! Huzzah! …Read More

“You Must Do the Thing You Think You Cannot Do” … by T J Viola

July 30, 2015 By: Patricia

Early retirement was an offer I didn’t expect to take. The clincher came when I realized the last day to exit the company was my thirtieth anniversary date. I’ve learned to never question fate—so I took the plunge. One day I was in a high-pressure job living on a constant flow of adrenalin. The next, …Read More

Do You Know Your Nominative From Your Objective? … by Lois Winston

July 23, 2015 By: Patricia

There are certain grammar errors that are like chalk screeching on a blackboard to me. I cringe when I hear them, and it’s all thanks to Peggy Riley Hughes. Mrs. Hughes was my seventh and eighth grade English teacher, a veritable martinet who literally beat grammar into us by smacking a yardstick on her blackboard …Read More

A mini-book review and other stuff

July 19, 2015 By: Patricia

Bones and Roses (A Cypress Bay mystery) by Eileen Goudge Note: Eileen was a guest on my blog last August with her post “Will Write for Food.” I just had the pleasure of reading Bones and Roses, the first book in a mystery series from long-time and successful women’s fiction author Eileen Goudge. From page …Read More

Three Winners

July 5, 2015 By: Patricia

Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh, Allan J. Emerson, and Susan Gourley for leaving comments on Robert Spiller‘s guest blog post. I hope you enjoy your copy of Napier’s Bones as much as I did. If you missed Bob’s guest post, Dark Night of the Soul, click here.