My intention was to spend all this month working on my twenty-first novel, The Unselfish Uncle. I even signed up for NaNoWriMo to help push me to finish the novel quickly. Alas, my editor, bless her evil soul, informed me that my website (this website) was in terrible shape. “You’re links are not up to …
Thankfully, I got through Election Day. Unfortunately, I ruined my diet, half the people I voted for didn’t win (I’m a “half empty type of girl), and I under-performed in meeting my writing goals. But now, with all that behind me, I have some very clear goals: Get back on my diet Stop watching cable …
Now that the World Series is behind us (congrats to the Boston Red Sox – I didn’t root for you, but you’re a great team!), I can get back to work. Yesterday, I was chatting with one of my readers who asked me what comes after the Hot Dog Detective series. Although I plan on …
I am an avid Rockies fan. As well as an avid Nuggets fan and Broncos fan. I even like the Avalanche. I suppose my choices in favorite teams is biased by some geographic biases, but I resist that accusation. I am also a believer that a team’s general ranking should be determined by competition. So …
I have been asked where I get my ideas for my murder mysteries. The answer is never easy, since there are multiple sources for ideas. Most of the ideas come from my own imagination, where I contemplate how I would get rid of this person or that person, and what conditions would make this action …
In the previous post, I described how I use Post-Its to work out the details of the plot, focusing on what MacFarland is doing, what others are doing, and key events that might affect the plot. The number of details I include in this phase varies from book to book, but some general guidelines apply. …