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
• How did you get started writing? A million years ago, when my three kids were young, I quit my corporate job to stay home
ONE Waiting for someone to pick you up at the airport is like being forced to be eight years old again. Waiting at the curb