Jan 14, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Faces. It’s kind of my thing. If I meet you, I might forget your name, but never your face. Like a party trick, my instant recall comes in handy given my profession. I’m a portrait artist and while the world is frantically capturing smiles digitally, I’m content...
Jan 13, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Less than a year ago, I parked my Airstream trailer and bought a crumbling Craftsman house in Portland, Oregon. I’ve been welcomed into a wonderful circle of friends who congregate at Blue Sky Teas, found myself falling for a complicated and wonderful man, and grown a...
Jan 12, 2017 | A Day In My Life
12:01 AM: I am fast asleep. Dreaming of NYPD Detective Mike Quinn. . . 3:07 AM: Romantic dreams turn to nightmares as two ships collide in the night. Trapped inside a stateroom, I feel cold water flowing around my ankles, my knees, my chin—Help! I wake cursing my...
Jan 11, 2017 | A Day In My Life
It’s cold in the Arctic. I know it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to figure that out, but after I lost my research funding, it explains why I decided to temporarily relocate to the Florida Keys. The Keys are warm and a bit of latitude adjustment was just what I needed. I still...
Jan 10, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I suppose I should start by introducing myself. My name is Liza Harris, and I’m on the wrong side of seventy. When my husband died, I decided to invest his insurance money in a bed and breakfast inn. I found this hundred years old house for sale in one of the most...
Jan 9, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hi there! Mutt and Jeff here from Tracy Weber’s newest Mystery, A Fatal Twist. Those aren’t our real names but Michael, the nice human who’s decided to foster us, hasn’t come up with anything better yet. We’re six-week-old baby labradoodles. I’m Mutt, and I’m a...