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Sensing autumn in the air the sap wonders whether it’s time to pull back. It hesitates, leaving some leaves green and others brown. A striped hawk comes looking for an errant mouse, an inattentive lizard. Each season was once anticipatory spring the prelude to glorious summer winter . . . → Read More: Rest: a poem 
First, a special welcome to those who downloaded a copy of “The Dancing Colonel” through Find Your Next Favorite Author on BookFunnel. The short story features the characters from my Tommy Jones Mystery books, and ties in to some . . . → Read More: Grousable Books Newletter: 15 August
“I don’t understand,” says Hephaestus, snuggling his large orange body onto my belly. “Am I the protagonist?” “No, honey. You’re not. The protagonist is Rosie McMahon, your . . . → Read More: Conversation with a feline character
Big news this fortnight is that I’m on a panel for Bouchercon, one of the biggest mystery writer conferences anywhere.
I’ve always wanted my books to travel. When I was writing Murder at Old St. Thomas’s, I imagined leaving copies on trains and in bus stations, particularly in England. When I got there with books in hand, I wasn’t sure how . . . → Read More: Grousable Newsletter 15 July I’m working on a scene for my beach cozy mystery. It could be a short scene, indicating Sam’s desperation, or one that continues at the POV (point of view) character’s workplace (real estate office for Mary, hardware store for Sam). Which is better? Mary’s point of view “I’ve got to see . . . → Read More: Which point of view?
Book fairs are seriously fun. Readers get to meet authors and vice versa. And when the weather is warm and sunny, people come out thinking they might buy a book. The North Park Book Fair in San Diego was just such . . . → Read More: Grousable Newsletter 1 July
Well, I manned my table (yes, a woman can man a table) with my mystery books at the Once Upon a Book Fair in Escondido, but although there were many authors there were few customers. Blame the weather (see below) or . . . → Read More: Grousable Newsletter 15 June
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