The Fictional Face of Rebecca M. Hale

Sep 13, 2012 | A Day In My Life

We zoom in on a quiet corner of downtown San Francisco and a three-story red brick building lying on a tree-lined street in historic Jackson Square. A short step up from the sidewalk leads us to a glass door with a decorative iron frame. Green lettering on the door...

Meet Tom Bridger as Told by Sandra Parshall

Sep 11, 2012 | A Day In My Life

Don’t tell Rachel I said this, but Tom Bridger is the person I most enjoy writing about. His work as chief deputy and investigator for Mason County, a rural mountain community in southwestern Virginia, interests me much more than what big city cops do. Tom, who’s in...

Words From Dixie Flynn as told to M.C. Grant

Sep 10, 2012 | A Day In My Life

Some people like to count sheep, I prefer ex-boyfriends. Bare-chested, tight boy shorts and strong thighs flexing at my command. I usually have them leap over the bed. I enjoy the perspective. They tense muscles to my left, leap and fly over my prone form in a variety...

Janet Snow Does Key West by Lucy Burdette

Sep 7, 2012 | A Day In My Life

My daughter, Hayley, gave me the nicest Christmas present ever–a weekend trip to visit her in Key West and a ticket to the Key West Loves Literature seminar, which was all about food writing this year. I was in heaven–there were cookbook writers, and food...

A Conversation With Jake and Jane by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Sep 6, 2012 | A Day In My Life

“We really shouldn’t be here,” Jane said. “Together, at least.” Jane Ryland fidgeted on the leather couch. Jake’s couch. In Jake’s Boston apartment. She hadn’t been here since that night last summer. When they almost went too far. “Well, these people won’t...