In October, join me in Los Angeles at the Writer’s Digest Novel Writing Conference. Their goal is to help everyone build a better book from the ground up, and I’m doing my part to help. I’ll be leading two sessions: Antagonists and Antiheroes: 6 Ways to...
At Bouchercon 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina, I’ll be participating in: “How Much Grit Do You Want in Your Mystery” Saturday, October 10, 2015, 8:30am Moderator Lise McClendon Laura DiSilverio Frankie Bailey Maggie King Lynn Cahoon...
Sometimes titles pop into an author’s head as a serendipitous gift, but more often they’re the product of trial and error, hard work, and conscious creativity. Publishers occasionally tell an author what the title will be and then you’re stuck unless your agent can...
At Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach, California, I’ll be participating in two panels. Moderating “From Government Work to Solving Crimes: Sleuths from Government Agencies” Saturday, November 15, 2014, 3-4 pm Moderator Laura DiSilverio Ben Coes Mike...
Many thanks to the brilliant, funny and prolific Catriona McPherson for “tagging” me to participate in this blog hop. I was fascinated to read in her blog last Monday that our writing styles are similar—Stephen King-esque. What are you working on? Today, I’m taking a...
