Just about a month or so ago, the Working Stiffs blog closed its door. I’d been a part of it since 2007, at the invitation of Joyce Tremel, proud blog-mom and Pittsburgh mystery writer. Joyce had been contributing to the Working Stiffs even longer. It seems particularly appropriate that Joyce should be the first visitor to my Read More …
Check it out: I’ll be doing a branding workshop at Killer Nashville in August! Woot! In addition to, probably, participating in a panel or two. I usually also do a few manuscript critiques, if anyone’s got a chapter they’d like my opinion on. There’s a link about halfway down, on the right, that you can Read More …
This article on dialogue was published in my local MCRW newsletter last year sometime. Venerable Library Journal once had nice things to say about my dialogue in A Cutthroat Business – “the hilarious dialogue and sexual tension between Savannah and Rafe will delight fans of chick-lit mysteries and romantic suspense” – so if I’m not an expert on Read More …
I wrote this for my friend Jamie Lee Scott’s blog; and figured I might as well cross post it over here. Behold, the story of my first query letter and my first rejection. Enjoy! Remember this logo right here? It’s from NBC, and it’s the “the more you know” logo. The basic premise being, the Read More …
The Rules: Go to page 77 of your current MS. Go to line 7. Copy down the next 7 lines/sentences, and post them as they’re written. No cheating. Tag 7 other victims …er, authors. My fab publicist at Entangled Publishing, Heather Riccio, tagged me. I’m not sure whether to thank her or send her bad Read More …
