"Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family." Don Corleone from Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER I don't know if there is a book with more intrigue, more drama, and more action all packed into one volume than this one. Even if you …
Talking About (the many) Pathways to Publication
Last weekend, the Central Virginia chapter of Sisters in Crime and a local library put on an event that was geared toward writers looking to get published. I was thrilled to be on the panel that spoke and answered questions. Of course, I know my own story, but what was interesting to me was how …
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Feeling the Burn
For many of us, this winter has been a bit of a downer. So much rain and cold and even snow. But today...oh, today (and yesterday) have been a joy! We hit the 70s yesterday and will again today. It's even possible that there will be record highs here in Richmond today. That's just fine …
Sweet Beginnings and Grateful Endings
As November comes to a close and we slip into the busiest month of the year, there is much to be grateful for. One of my favorite things last month was the opportunity to speak about my books to the 5400 Club of the Carole and Marcus Weinstein Jewish Community Center. While the focus of …
Meet Award-Winning Author Lisa Regan (if you haven’t already, you should!)
All the way back in 2013, I posted one of my favorite interviews with one of my favorite authors, Lisa Regan. (You can read that interview HERE). At the time, she was already an award-winning debut author with the spellbinding novel, FINDING CLAIRE FLETCHER. Since then, we've stayed in touch on an occasional basis. I …
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NaNoWriMo: For Those Still in the Game
If you're involved in NaNoWriMo, you've probably begun to have doubts about the words you're putting on the page. Slogging through those wordcount quotas can mean the plot is suffering, characters are wooden, and adverbs are bleeding across the pages. Yikes! But if you've made it this far--more than HALFWAY--you're doing fantastic and deserve to …
