Amethysts are part of many legends from Greece and Italy, but also from South America where the largest and finest deposits are now being found on the Uruguay/Brazil border. In case you didn’t know, amethyst geodes are hollow rocks with crystals inside, in this case, amethyst crystals. How amethyst became purple is a lovely fable. […]
Flight attendants have the wonderful experience to visit places they never would have chosen to visit on their own. As a ‘Senior’ flight attendant for Northwest’s regional airline, Mesaba, later to become Endeavor for Delta, I had the pleasure of sightseeing in many unfamiliar places, and as a writer, searching for those unknown nuggets of […]
I have outlined 30 mysteries that I plan to write in the next years. It’s a long story and I won’t try to explain right now. However, it definitely keeps me away from my blog. I’m going to try to make time for my blog at least three times a week. Since a year ago […]
You guessed it, my blog updated and I didn’t know how to use it. I still don’t know how to add pictures, but stay tuned, that will follow. In the meantime, a catchup. I’m happy to report that sixteen of my books are now available on the Libby Library App. Plus I have five new […]
I just finished Ben Warren. I must say, I was pretty captivated by the story. I have one personal complaint — I don’t like the name you picked for his ex-wife. And how clever of you to end both books with the same moment in time, leaving the reader to her imagination on where the […]
Agents have very precise guidelines for submitting work for their review. If you fall down on one, say margins or page numbers or typos, the entire submission is trashed, it appears. So, in striving to meet agent requirements, not only do I strive to meet all the guidelines, but I also review what writers the […]
Yesterday, I talked to an old friend who mentioned something that her son and my son had done together when they were in their very early teens. We lived about a half-mile to a mile from a house that had a front room converted to a candy store. It was called Dolly’s. The friend reminded […]
I have the most amazing Beta readers. Not only do they find errors after 8 rounds of editing; but they also offer insights into the research behind the story. The most enjoyable part is the relationship some of them have made with one or two characters, giving humorous anecdotes regarding their position in the story, […]
I’ve recently finished my latest Casey Click mystery (working title “Race For It”) but find I need more motorcycle action. I’ve watched numerous races, primarily in the location used in the book, the Isle of Man, but it’s hard to watch as a spectator and represent on paper the actual feelings of racing. I’ve interviewed […]
I invited my good friend Amy to visit our cabin. She was 98. After my husband went to bed, she and I sat on the screened porch and talked. She said she wanted to tell me a story, and boy did she. I had known her for at least 20 years and never knew so […]