To celebrate, meet Ace, Greg Musgrove's Portuguese Water Dog. Ace has a starring role in Dead in the Alley. "As I drew closer, I saw a...

I'm excited to announce that At First Sight should be available soon on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. The narrators, Jason Clarke and Emma...

Missing in action. All sorts of traveling and hiding in the writer's cave has meant no blogging. But now, with Dead in the Alley ready to...

Americans began informally decorating the graves of soldiers who had died during the civil war as tributes. Known as Decoration Day until...

Last week, I was on the Wednesday Coffee Clutching Live Instagram, hosted by CJ Warrant and Rochelle Bradley. We talked about books and...

I am going to be on Instagram Live on May 18 on the show Wednesday Coffee Clutching. Join us to chat about our books. Should be a blast.

I have been a mystery reader all my life. If that seems to be an extreme statement, let me assure you that I was reading Agatha Christie...

Chicago-North Romance Writers had their 2022 Spring Fling Writer's Conference at the Sheraton Grand on the Chicago River downtown. It was...

I'm deep in the editing cave, although I did take time this weekend to get my second booster shot. And next weekend, when the manuscript...

Today, the voting up for the the first categories of RONE Award nominees. At First Sight was nominated in the suspense/thriller category....

At the beginning of last week, I received a notification from InD'tale Magazine that my book, At First Sight, has been nominated for a...

April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain....

I've been thinking about gratitude lately. I am grateful for many things in my life, not the least family and friends. And readers. The...

This statement showed up from virtual friend from Australia this morning. She reads the author and this notice is at the end of each...

What kind of furniture do you like? Is shopping for a new piece fun, or stressful? My dad loved furniture shopping. In fact, my parents...

How did they know? When I started writing my blog this morning, having just decided that Scotland would be my focus, Classic FM started...

Eileen Pan, Unsplash As a reader, do you wonder about the process an author goes through to create a book? And if so, are you afraid to...

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish...

Both At the Crossroads and Dead in the Alley are off to early readers. But what does that mean? First, it means that I have completed...

Portrait of Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Happy Birthday, Robbie Burns Every year, on...