Reluctant Heroes
When I write — whether for kids or adults — I seem to be drawn to characters who are going about their normal, everyday lives,
April 12, 2021
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Category: Writing, Reading and Publishing
Do we need fictional villains when we have so many real ones?
Books, movies, and television are saturated with bad guys, some of whom we even like. Fagin. Beetlejuice. Shere Khan. Moby Dick. Macbeth. All the characters
April 5, 2021
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I’m Losing Sleep Wondering!
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
March 8, 2021
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Unknowns
Life is all about unknowns. If I knew about my spinal tumor 15 years ago when it began growing would I have done anything differently?
March 1, 2021
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Can you believe I opened THIS can of worms?
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
February 22, 2021
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Six Tricks to Start Writing Faster Today
Excerpted from 8 Weeks to a Complete Novel—How To Write Faster, Write Better, Be More Organized I feel my clock ticking. I came late to
January 21, 2021
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Hints and Tricks to Solve a Crossword
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
October 28, 2020
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How to Create a Crossword Puzzle
***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
October 20, 2020
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“I’m So OCD”
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,
September 28, 2020
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Hey baby, come here often?
I’m not a photographer, but I can picture us together. Are you religious? Because you’re the answer to all my prayers. Do you know what
September 17, 2020
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