Jun 12, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Finding Out Dad’s Secret “What did you say?” I leaned forward toward the mahogany desk stacked with folders of papers. It was the first time I’d been in a lawyer’s office, and this one was as intimidating as the ones I’d seen on TV. Maybe I hadn’t heard him right. Mr....
Jun 10, 2018 | Get To Know You
Sometimes the best way to know a person is by asking questions, where you can learn more about what makes them tick. Let’s meet Poppy. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What is your name? – – My names is Poppy Fields (my mother has a twisted sense of...
Jun 8, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Tenacity, that’s what I call my overzealous nature and go get ’em drive. Gifford McGrady, aka Giff, prefers the term thinly veiled insanity. Silly Giff. He’s just jaded because he used to work for me when I was an up-and-coming junior ad exec in one of Chicago’s...
Jun 1, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My day starts early—four o’clock if I can manage it. That’s my writing time. It’s also my catching up on news time. I’m a bit of a news fanatic. Normally I have a mystery I’m working on and those quiet hours from four to six give me the space to slip into my fictional...
