Jan 9, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Whew. It’s been a long day, but everyone is finally gone. Managing the Bonaparte House, a Greek restaurant located in a bustling tourist town along the St. Lawrence River in New York State, means I work from morning till close to midnight during the summer season,...
Jan 8, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m used to living on my own. For decades, I’ve been traveling around the U.S. and living out of my silver Airstream trailer – until this week. I was tired of my itinerant life, so I bought this dilapidated Craftsman house in Portland, Oregon, a friendly city full of...
Jan 7, 2015 | A Day In My Life
One of my favorite parts of writing fiction is creating new characters. They take on a life of their own, and I am often surprised by what they say and do, even though I know I’m the one writing what they say and do. That’s the biggest mystery for me in each mystery...