Happy Fall! One of my favorite things about living in SD is the change of seasons. Another one of my favorite things is the SD Festival of the…
I’ve recently found another unpaid creative outlet … I’m a producer on a short independent film! Check it out on its Indiegogo page: Alligator in the Pool. It…
Welcome the weekend! Here’s some snippets of good, or interesting (you’ll know which one can’t really be classified as “Good”) stuff: Read: I love this conversation between 2 impressive…
Hank Phillippi Ryan’s newest book is Trust Me. It’s a stand-alone psychological suspense/thriller. And, it’s good. Really good. The main character (MC) is a journalist who has lost…
Sleuthfest 2019 registration has begun! As most of you know, Cathi and I met at Sleuthfest 2018, a limited-space mystery writer’s conference held in Boca Raton, Florida. We…
I recently blogged about being stuck on a hamster wheel, where forward progress seems, if not impossible, then darn hard. Life is messy and sometimes not designed to…
It’s back to school time. I’m starting fresh, too, and revising big time. Before I start the re-write (it’s that much of a revision), I’m deconstructing my novel…
It’s a rainy day and a holiday so I just want to curl up with a cup of tea and watch a Hallmark movie. They are like the…
Research is a word most people don’t associate with fiction writers. With my science background, I’ve heard it a lot since it is the heart of what a…