Even though I haven’t been getting reviews posted, I’ve read several really good books lately. I decided it was time to get caught up! Then I can buy more books with a clear conscience. At the moment, I’m reading Laura DiSilverio’s new novel, Incubation, the first book in a YA dystopian trilogy. I’m enjoying so …Read More
Random Thoughts on My Writing Life
I’ll be at the Northern Colorado Writers Conference tomorrow and Saturday. I love writers’ conferences and mystery fan conventions and wish I could attend them all. This year I’m sticking to the NCW conference this week and the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference in September (registration for this one opens soon). Cats and …Read More
Sassy and Katie Share a Sunspot
This is the best I could do with the photos, but I think they’re clear enough to show the two animals calmly sharing a big sunny space. When Katie Cat remains quiet, Sassy ignores her. But when the cat makes a fast move, Sassy’s chase alarm goes off. It’s unclear whether the cat triggers the …Read More
The Bartender, Boston, and Jazz … by Richard Cass
I’ve always been attracted to the amateur protagonist, at least partly because I was very impressed at a young age with Travis McGee, John D. McDonald’s creation, who solved crimes and helped victims without having any sort of legal or official standing. The first entry in my Elder Darrow series is called Solo Act. When …Read More
Will I See You at the Northern Colorado Writers Conference?
I’m all registered and ready for another great experience at the Northern Colorado Writers spring conference in Fort Collins, Colorado on Friday and Saturday, April 22-23. The conference will be held at a new location this year. The Marriott Hotel in Fort Collins is centrally located and easy to find. The lineup of presenters is …Read More
Sometimes I Wonder Where My Next Idea Will Come From … by Marilyn Meredith
A common question people ask authors is “Where do your ideas come from?” Because I write two different series, sometimes the idea for the next book is right there waiting to be written, but not always. When it was time to come up with the 12th book in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, I had …Read More
Look At All the Stuff Coming to Writers in Colorado
My friend Trai Cartwright is the “writing for media” guru in our area of Colorado (that’s the Front Range from Denver north to Fort Collins), and I’m taking the liberty of passing on her list of super-fantastic workshops, classes, cons, etc. etc. Especially note the Explorati Teen Camp if you have a teen writer in …Read More
When Inspiration Whacks … by Edith Maxwell
For me as a writer, inspiration sometimes jumps out of the bushes and whacks me on the head. Other times it’s a little more stealthy. For example, once a man I’d seen walking on the street hung around in my brain until he became a character and then had a story form around him. My …Read More
Shannon Baker’s Upcoming September Book Release!!
Just take a look at the cover art and blurbs for Shannon Baker’s new mystery, Stripped Bare, coming in September (but available now for pre-order): With Stripped Bare, Shannon Baker has penned a compulsive, white-knuckle read peppered with interesting characters, a stunning setting, and a mystery that will keep you turning the pages late …Read More
Crime Rides the Rails … by Janet Dawson
My California Zephyr series, which includes Death Rides the Zephyr and the upcoming Death Deals a Hand, takes place on a train. And what a train it was. The old California Zephyr (not the current Amtrak version) was a streamliner, a luxurious train that traveled between the San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago. It began …Read More
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