random bibliography observation

random bibliography observation

It’s been a very enlightening last few days as I wrapped up this website. Seems I’ve written a LOT of books, and by books I mean stories, whether novel length or novella or even shorter. I’ve forgotten character names from several, whole plots from...

writing: habits & plans

It seems this is the time of year to blog about writing plans. I saw three similar posts this week, and emailed a writing friend myself, outlining the stories I want to tell this year. Or not outlining, because that would be too much work, but I did bullet point them,...
happy new year & John D. MacDonald for 2016!

happy new year & John D. MacDonald for 2016!

This is John D. MacDonald’s introduction to Stephen King’s NIGHT SHIFT. I read this at the beginning of every year as a reminder of how hard I need to work and what I need to strive for every single day. Enjoy! I am often given the big smiling handshake at...

switching the writing gears

One of the very cool things about developing and writing a suspense series that is a sort of ticking clock police procedural is that I have the best research source in the world: my police detective sister. She has been on the force eleven years, and worked several...

one way to write them all

The hubs and I have written a book together. The idea was originally mine, but he turned it on its head and it became completely unrecognizable as as my concept. That said, I still got to influence it, and I thought it would be fun to toss the hubs into the frying pan...