WHAT I’M UP TO FOR THE SUMMER
UPCOMING EXCITING SUMMER EVENTS! I’m going on the road! Well, in the air, actually…I will be at the massive and beyond exciting American Library Association conference in Washington DC from…
Using Language To Set The Times…linguistic adventures in historical writing
A novelist is always conscious that how language is used sets the tone of a book and this is even more important when that book is historical. Nothing ruins the…
New Book Coming…
I’ve had such an interesting spring and summer! My latest Lane Winslow Mystery, A Lethal Lesson, a book full of wintry peril, came out into a sunny and warming…
Between Books
I have just shoved another book out of the nest, with the kind support of friends, who, armed as instructed with glasses of wine or prosecco, toddled along to their…
NEW Audio Books April 13!
Ahh! Audio books! Who doesn’t love them? Since I was a small child, and my mother used to read to me in her beautiful, deep resonant voice before I went to sleep,…
A Lethal Lesson… Cover reveal!
Book eight of the Lane Winslow mysteries…Imagine! I want to pinch myself! But I don’t have to; I KNOW it exists, and will be out among the readers in April…
Female Sleuths in Historical Settings
Rescuing something from the COVID-cancelled Tucson Festival of Books, I was able to prevail upon two of my wonderful writing colleagues to share their thoughts about a question that fascinates me…
A New Lane Winslow….
When I contemplate that my seventh Lane Winslow Mystery will be released into the world in April of 2020, I am nearly at a loss for words. All that come are…
Are poems and mysteries alike?
I was attending the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival in beautiful Nelson, British Columbia recently, and as I listened to readings by two wonderful Canadian poets, Marilyn Bowering and Fred Wah,…
When are you a writer?
I was asked at a recent book reading if I have always thought of myself as a writer. As far back as I can remember, I have. I assumed that…