Posts Categorized: Writing/Publishing

   Everyone, it seems, has advice for writers. Writing blogs and workshops are filled with it. Books are written about it. Writing groups trade tips and ‘rules’ about every aspect of the process. It’s particularly telling that these pearls of wisdom invariably come from other writers. I can’t think of a single editor who ever…

Every time I finish a book I say the same thing: I want a new writing process. Is there a store for that? I’d like to trade mine in. Because my process makes me crazy. I’ve long come to terms with the fact that I’m not a plotter. I will never be a plotter. My…

Bouchercon 2017 is a wrap. For those of you not familiar with it, Bouchercon is a fan-based conference held by readers of mystery and suspense books. They kindly allow authors to attend, as well. This year it was held in Toronto, a city I’d never visited. This was my first Bouchercon conference. Although I didn’t…

****First of all, I have to let you know that if you haven’t read the Circle of Evil trilogy, all three books are on sale all month. What a deal!**** The woman-in-jeopardy plot line is still a tried and true staple of romantic suspense stories. We need the hero and heroine to get together in…