I probably don’t have to tell you that a lot goes into a book cover. There’s psychology, design aspects, color theory, font decisions, genre considerations,
I’m working on a new series proposal and I thought you might be interested in how I populate this world. First, I think of all
Sheesh, how many times you gotta check facts?? I got an email recently from Rebecca, my production editor. She was alerting me that I might
When I write — whether for kids or adults — I seem to be drawn to characters who are going about their normal, everyday lives,
When I’m done with a manuscript, and the book is in print, I’m left with my 3-ring binder which holds the final draft, any research
I opened my wormy can in a Facebook group by asking some cozy mystery readers which tropes they hated. It was a tad disingenuous on
You don’t have to complete the crossword puzzles in my Crossword Mysteries Series to solve the mysteries in the books. The puzzles are just a
***SPOILER ALERT*** If you want to do the Fictional Female Sleuths puzzle before I talk about how I constructed it, stop right now and go
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m so OCD” when they do something perfectly reasonable like fold their towels a particular way (in my case,
When I pitched a new cozy series to my agent, I had to make some decisions about my main character’s occupation. In BANANA BAMBOOZLE and