Archive for March 2011

Left Coast Crime in Santa Fe was great this year. I got to meet in person people I’ve come to know and like online: Peg Brantley, Jodie Renner, Marlyn Beebe, and more. I participated in two panels, Research: Getting It Right, and Publishing: Today and in the Future.

Both were well attended, and I got terrific feedback from the audience. Read more

Every time you read a novel, you get a peek into the writer’s soul. Some authors are good at separating themselves from the story, especially if they write about a character unlike themselves (Jack Reacher, for example, who is not like Lee Child). Yet I believe that circumstances in each writer’s life affect what they write in at least small ways.

For example, if I have a headache when I’m writing, one of my characters Read more

The fifth book in the Detective Jackson series is live on Amazon! Dying for Justice is off to a great launch and the first review is five stars. The e-book will be available for other e-readers soon. The print book is available from Amazon, and you’ll be able to order it from bookstores in a few weeks. When my copies arrive, I’ll do a giveaway here on my blog. Meanwhile, you can win a print copy on Goodreads. Read more