It’s finally done. For the past couple of weeks, most of my time has been helping the editor at Misque Press to set up the Shopify store where Misque Press can sell all of its books And now, finally, the site is up and working! I have mixed feelings about the new […]
It’s Finally Here! Read More »
One of the difficulties of being a writer is dealing with readers…who find mistakes, typos, errors, or logical gaffs in one’s writing. The average writer knows in her heart that she’s not perfect (just probably better than all her siblings), but facing the music that you have errors
It’s Not Criticism…It’s Editing! Read More »
I write mysteries. Sometimes they are more cozy than hard-boiled, but as is true with all mysteries, they tend to focus on the darker elements of the human personality. They focus on people who lie to each other, who steal from each other, and who harm each other.
How Much Romance is Too Much? Read More »
My son is into artificial intelligence, which is a good thing because as a parent, I sometimes fear he lacks commonsense intelligence. Just a joke! Actually I am quite proud of my son. But like most younger people, he fears I have not yet embraced all the potential
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his may be a bad idea, but I’m going to take the magic out of writing mysteries. I think there are simply not enough books in the world, and with more and more books being banned, we need more writers out there. So this is an attempt to
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Being a writer is one of the greatest jobs in the world. You get to be your own boss (most of the time), you get to set your own schedule, you get to pick your own workspace, you get to define your own work procedures, and you get to determine your own pay (sort
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