USA Today Bestselling Author of Cozy Comedies
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Okay. The call. A fascinating story – at least to me. As some of you may know, I met my editor at a conference and she’d asked me to send the first three chapters of ‘SCUSE ME WHILE I KILL THIS GUY, which was originally titled DEATH IN THE FAMILY (lame…
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 So, I’m doing all this research for book 4 – Coney’s book – including Ultimate Fighting, Mixed Martial Arts and Pankration. Don’t get excited – I don’t know where this is going yet with him (although I like the idea of oiling him up for something) – but there is some…
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 From our trip to the Sears Tower – this sign is at the top. I’ll be the first person to admit, I’m a black belt word nerd. I love to see how people use them and misuse them. The other day, I was at a bookstore reading cover copy when I…
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008 I’ve had four different people ask me in the last two days how I come up with my titles. Granted, I can’t tell if they are being complimentary or smart-assed, but I practice the religion known as Delusion – that way, it’s always a compliment. Anyway, I thought I’d let you…
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2007 I get enough questions about the books I wrote before I sold to humiliate myself here, on this very blog. As I’ve learned in this business – very few people sell their first or second books. I sold my fourth complete manuscript – which my agent says is totally average. That’s…
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 I have finally unpacked my office. Kind of. Sort of. Okay, so what you don’t see in these pictures are the four boxes still on the floor out of sight. Anyway…I remember there was this one site once where you could look at the offices of famous writers. It was really…
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 Well, the big day is almost here – my second book – GUNS WILL KEEP US TOGETHER – comes out Monday! There’s something a little surreal about your second book. That’s when it hits you that you have raised the bar too high for yourself to get over. . .ever. ….