Hey, folks.  I’m presently in sunny and very warm (80’s) Florida.  Fort Lauderdale, to be exact, at the mystery conference Sleuthfest.  I’m here with fellow Berkley Prime Crime mystery author, Deb Baker.  Right now, I’m sitting around the pool (in the sade) checking email before the next workshop.  I know—-hardship duty.
After this conference and we […]

I can’t believe it’s the end of February, and I’m already behind in preparing my taxes.  For the past three years, I’ve used the Super Bowl to start sorting through receipts of writing expenses and travel.  The games were usually such yawners, that I would sort through the games and watch the commercials.  The only […]

Okay, I know it’s still February, so it’s still officially winter, but I’m already tired of snow and ice.  Actually I really like snow.  I love to watch it fall–whether I’m inside all snug and warm or whether I’m outside walking around in it.  Something about the softness of those big fat flakes falling down […]

These past four weeks I’ve shifted between writing on Molly Malone’s adventures in Washington, DC, and two different Kelly Flynn knitting mystery adventures here in Colorado.  I wrote on Molly, then stopped to revise the holiday knitting mystery which I just turned in on Dec 15, then returned to plotting the next Kelly Flynn mystery […]

Do you suffer from Valentines Day anxiety?
Do all those red heart-shaped candy boxes stacked near the check-out counter in every shop in town make you groan? Do you fantasize about nailing Cupid to the nearest wall using one of his own arrows?
I’m betting that you’re dreading Valentines Day because: a) you don’t have a date […]

That January energy gave me another swipe before it left.  This time it had nothing to do with changing directions, new novels, or new course corrections.  Nope.  This time it was something much simpler and easier to achieve.  New Furniture.
I’d been living with the same old living room furniture for several years since my divorce.  It […]

Okay, I just have to share about a couple of movies I’ve seen.  I  didn’t see many flics over the holidays while visiting but I tried to catch up when I returned.  I’ll go from “light” to “heavy.” 
For fun and lots of laughs, DAN IN REAL LIFE, delivers.  Lots of laughs, of course, but poignancy […]

I’m escaping these next couple of weeks–sort of.  I’m pausing my next mystery which is due in early summer in order to return to the characters that have been waiting very patiently in the wings.  Molly Malone and friends.
Molly and crew first came roaring into life during the summer of 2006, and I was fortunate […]

You’ve heard me complain about January’s cold and snow and ice.  Deep Winter.  All true.  I’m not a big fan of icy streets and walkways everywhere.  Weather-wise, it’s not my favorite time of the year. 
However, I have learned to appreciate January—indeed, look forward to it—for other reasons.  Over the years I’ve experienced a renewed surge […]

Sorry I’m late with my blog post for today, Tuesday, January 8th.  I returned home from a six-day trip to Texas to visit another daughter.  By the time the aiport shuttle dropped me off at my house late last night, I was beat.  I fell in bed and slept late this morning. 
Today, I was so […]