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Taking a Lighter Approach at Everyday Life
Photo: Getty Images One of the most common questions I receive is about how I balance my work and everyday life with such dark and disturbing things. I immerse my days with crime scenes, graphic...
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Choose Your Words Carefully
When you’re writing about a special moment in a novel, such as a harrowing escape or a tender love scene, do you write whatever moods strikes you or do you choose your words carefully? In other...
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The Story Begins…
The EMILY STONE SERIES wasn’t something that I initially planned in the beginning – at least not consciously anyway. In fact, I was planning on some spinoff stories with some of the other characters....
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Think Like a Crime Scene Detective
Photo: Used by permission from Getty Images There is a big division in the aptly labeled type of writer called plotter or pantser when it comes to writing a novel. I make no bones about it, I’m a...
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Resolutions for Readers and Writers
The end of the year has come upon us once again. If you are like me you probably are saying to yourself, “Wow, this year went by really fast!” You said this last year as well, of course, but this year...
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Writing and the Winter Olympics
Photo courtesy Associated Press Have you been watching any of the Winter Olympics in Sochi? I love how every four years we all become experts on curling and the biathlon and the luge as we analyze...
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Writing Inspiration for Crime Fiction: So This Happened on a 1600 mile Journey
Many of you don’t know that I moved from California to Texas last year. Yep, I’m in Texas now with summer heat and scary tornadoes. Remember, it’s a big wide open world out there to stay in one place...
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