The Winner I’m pleased to announce that Alex J. Cavanaugh, author and blogger extraordinaire, has won a copy of Crude Carrier from Rex Burns. Happy reading, Alex! Next Week’s Guests Monday you’ll meet Colorado author Pam Wolf who will see her book on Jake the therapy cat released soon. You’ll especially enjoy Pam’s post if …Read More
The Story’s “Alter-world” … by Rex Burns
The first and most fundamental question for me in starting a book is “What the heck do I write about now?” A glance down the “books published” column in the Mystery Writers of America newsletter hints at the challenge posed: it’s almost impossible to find a topic that someone hasn’t already written about. OK, refine …Read More
Schedules, changes, guest posts, and blog book tours
I’m not going to stick to a blogging schedule, except for my guest bloggers, of course. Their calendar is over there in the right sidebar so you know who’s coming for a visit and when. Mystery/thriller writer Rex Burns is my guest on Thursday, and he’s giving away a copy of Crude Carrier, a Touchstone …Read More
Runaway Brides, the Art of Persuasion, and Katie Cat
This is a mixed up blog post because I’m going to throw out a few things I have on my mind, sort of telling it like it is (from my point of view, of course). First, novels and movies, especially made-for-television movies, about runaway brides. Stories about runaway brides make me gag–those women who change …Read More
Finding Your Passion … by Darla Bartos
Switching to fiction presented me with any number of problems, but the greatest was why I couldn’t seem to get published. As a magazine and newspaper reporter and columnist, I’d always been published. And with a by-line. So what was wrong now? I wrote a few completed books but never quite hit the mark. What …Read More
April Moore interviewed on “Justice for All”
April Moore is the author of Folsom’s 93: The Lives and Crimes of Folsom Prison’s Executed Men. This is long radio interview, but April did a fantastic job talking about her experience writing and researching the book. If you have the time to listen, you’ll enjoy it. You can learn more about April, her writing, …Read More
May I Introduce You to…..
I’ve been on a reading jag lately. It’s what I’m doing instead of writing because writing is hard work and requires thinking. Reading is not hard work, and requires only a joyful focus on the result of someone else’s efforts. A variety of books and authors are waiting their turn on my coffee table, in …Read More
The winner of a copy of Barbara Graham’s new book is…..
The winner of a signed copy of Murder by Gravity: The Coffin Quilt by Barbara Graham is Allan J. Emerson Allan is also a mystery writer. His Honeymoon Falls mystery, Death of a Bride and Groom, is scheduled for release by Five Star in May 2015. Congratulations, Allan!
If Something Isn’t Working, Stop Doing It! … by Barbara Graham
When Pat said I could come and play here and voice my opinion (always dangerous), I didn’t have a topic. It’s January and I don’t do resolutions anymore because I always fail to achieve them and they only add guilt to my year. What I do is participate in JaNo. It’s like NaNoWriMo but in …Read More
I’m a guest on Susan Gourley’s blog today
I wrote a piece about being an eclectic reader and why I just recently fell in love with dragons. The post is at Susan Says. I hope you’ll stop by and leave a comment so I know you were there.
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