Just for fun – and because this manuscript finaled in a contest this week, and is currently with a New York editor being read and evaluated against three others for the win – I thought I’d share the rest of the first chapter with you. In the first half, remember, patrol officer Anjali Azad and detective Morgan Read More …
I keep getting asked about more Cutthroat books, so I thought I’d clarify where we stand on those. I’m currently about halfway through writing #7, which will be called KICKOUT CLAUSE, for real this time. I hope to have the book out by the end of the year, but I can’t guarantee anything. Sometimes stuff happens, you Read More …
I’m uber-excited to be able to announce – much after the fact – that Fortune’s Hero won the Wisconsin RWA’s Write Touch contest for the Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal genre. Here are all the winners, in the order they were posted on the WISRWA Facebook page on June 4th. Yes, I really was very late in learning about Read More …
For your enjoyment, here’s chapter 2 of Virginia Creeper. 2. “Ohmigod!” Kelli squealed when I told her what had happened. “Chelsea’s dead?” I held the phone away from my ear, grimacing. This is why texting is so much better than calling: it’s not so hard on the eardrums. “Yeah. But that’s not the problem Read More …
Once upon a time I wrote what I thought would be a Young Adult mystery about a 16 year old girl whose 17 year old brother is arrested for murder. The name of it was Virginia Creeper, which I still think is one of the best titles I’ve ever come up with. However, my agent didn’t Read More …
