Left Coast Crime in Vancouver
The Left Coast Crime Conference is a mystery reader and writer conference held annually somewhere along the west coast. This year it was held at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, B.C., Canada (March 28-31, 2019). They called it the Whale Read More …
Rained Out at #Word Vancouver #MondayBlogs
J.C. McKenzie (aka my daughter) and I went to Word Vancouver to interact with readers and writers of all stripes. We got soaked to the gills, frozen to the bone and exhausted beyond the redemption capabilities of a Pumpkin Spice Read More …
Top Ten From Thrillerfest
“The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, (83) Wikiquote Top Ten The top ten ideas I took Read More …
John Sandford's Advice on How to Polish Your Manuscript
Small Things: Techniques and Ideas to Burnish Your Text John Sandford (Thrillerfest, July 10, 2013) About to release his 23rd Prey novel – Silk and Prey Publishers want to see completed manuscripts Avoid echoes (i.e., word repetitions) and Do a Read More …
Held Prisoner by Triple Digits in NYC
Some Like it Hot But not this hot. Triple digits – like 103 degrees. It’s stifling out there. The heat wave has slowed our sightseeing plans to a crawl, but I’m still having a fantastic time. New York City has Read More …
Getting Ready for the Red Eye to New York
Well this is it. I leave tonight on the red eye. I’ve squished as much of me as I can into my small rolling carry-on and computer bag/purse. I’ve gone through my lists over and over again, and my passport’s Read More …
My Fave RWA12 Moment
Pat and I had our picture taken with the famous Romantic Suspense writer Allison Brennan. *** “Gosh, that’s a hard question,” I said to my friend who asked me what my favorite RWA ‘thing’ was, and then I just answered Read More …
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