Personal stories about the author’s life.
It’s one of the most common questions authors hear: Where do you get your ideas? Okay, I haven’t heard it a lot yet, what with only have published two books and stories in various anthologies. But I’m heading such queries off at the pass, so to speak, by saying: Everywhere. Moved to Murder was very …
There’s nothing like a bit of a holiday to refresh the mind and whip the body into (at least a bit better) shape. My annual trip back to the United States was wonderful as always, visiting with friends and family in California and Texas. But since it also included some marketing work for Moved to …
I recently attended a one-day seminar on serial killers given by Linda Sage, who was a prison psychiatrist. And it was utterly fascinating. For the purposes of writing, I learned about the types of killers: Thrill seekers, mission oriented, visionary, and power/control seekers (that last being the most common). I also learned about the reasons …
I thought being retired would leave me all the time in the world for writing. Or at least the four days a week that I’d been working previously. But that’s not what has happened. For one thing, the business of writing and then PUBLISHING means so much of my time has been spent sourcing and …
I have always respected travel as a teacher. It expands your world, allows you to see how others live, and certainly inspires my writing. But my last trip was not about new horizons. It was about memories and good friends and fun. I started by meeting my sister in the Bay Area, where we visited …