Dec 30, 2024 | Author Showcase
Creating the Perfect Atmosphere Cozy mysteries have a unique charm that draws readers into a world where danger lurks, yet the atmosphere remains inviting. The setting is crucial, enhancing the story, shaping characters, and engaging readers. In this...
Jun 6, 2024 | Author Showcase
Waking up in my dark van in the morning, I am often disoriented. It happens a lot to us nomads. When you travel full-time, you can easily forget for a moment exactly where you slept for the night. And, no, alcohol is not involved. It only takes a moment to realize...
Jun 4, 2024 | Author Showcase
Authors are always asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” I’m a news junkie. The ideas for all my stories, from the first book I wrote back in the last century to Sorry, Knot Sorry, the thirteenth and latest Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, sprang from news and...
Oct 5, 2023 | Author Showcase
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Day in the Life” post to bring you a dispatch from the front lines of the book biz. The legal thriller is back and better than ever! John Grisham is coming out with a sequel to The Firm. Suits is the biggest show on streaming....
Aug 30, 2023 | Author Showcase
Most of the short stories featured in the forthcoming Bouchercon 2023 anthology, Killin’ Time in San Diego, are set in and around sunny (and, it turns out, often seedy) San Diego, California. But that’s where the similarities end. As editor of this collection, I was...
Jul 9, 2023 | Author Showcase
In Crime Under The Sun, the second anthology offered by Partners in Crime, the San Diego chapter of Sisters in Crime, fifteen stories capture the hopes and dreams of characters trying to live the idyllic SoCal life. Here are the opening lines from each story....
