Tag Archives | Diane Capri

#NationalBeerDay: 5 Very Florida Craft Beers (Part 2)

This week — April 7, 2016— was National Beer Day. Here’s Part 2 of my post about about our craft beer, one of the reasons I love Florida. (To read Part 1 CLICK HERE) As I said on Tuesday, good craft beer captures the heart and soul of a place. The U.S. now has more […]

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Saison Du Swamp

#NationalBeerDay: 5 Very Florida Craft Beers (Part 1)

This week — April 7, 2016— is National Beer Day. And craft beer is one one of the reasons I love Florida. A good craft beer captures the heart and soul of a place. I love Florida’s heart and soul, so that must be why I love Florida’s craft breweries. The U.S. now has more craft […]

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Jennifer Kesse

10 Years Later, Orlando’s Jennifer Kesse Still Missing

Writing about both central Florida and the DNA’s role in solving crimes this week, I was reminded of Jennifer Kesse, a well-known missing person’s case out of Orlando that I’ve blogged about before. This January (2016) marked the 10-year anniversary of 24-year-old Kesse’s disappearance. Are you familiar with the case? Her family works hard to keep […]

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Speaking of Superheroes: John Rambo and David Morrell

Memories are fun, aren’t they? I blogged recently about the current battle, Batman v. Superman. But here’s another superhero duo I blogged about four years ago. Rambo and Me. Did you see it? What do Sylvester Stallone and Diane Capri have in common? More than you might think. Give up? Here’s a hint: Another hint? Okay […]

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Why I Love Central Florida: From Waterslides to Cattle

I love Disney World as much as the next gal. I really do. I especially love the holiday lights shows. But, as any reader will note in my Florida-based mysteries and thrillers, there’s much more to central Florida than Disney World. When most people mention Disney World, they are referring to the Magic Kingdom park. […]

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Batman V. Superman

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: What’s your superpower?

If you could have one superpower, what would it be? I ask because Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice released in movie theaters yesterday. Here’s the synopsis of the new action and adventure film: “Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what […]

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Sending Jess Kimball To Italy at 140 MPH

When I was writing Fatal Demand and Fatal Error, my two most recent Jess Kimball thrillers, I worked on a lot of scenes where Jess Kimball needed to get around quickly. She’s a runner, so that helped her move fast on her feet. And I put her on a moped for some of the story, which […]

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William Shakespeare's Will

What If You Are A Missing Person?

Seriously. You could be a missing person and not even know it. Any of us could be. As you know, stories about missing people fascinate me. I’ve written about various ways people go missing in several of my books. Since I’m a mystery/thriller/suspense writer, the answers are usually crime-related, of course. But the reality is that we […]

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Cape Canaveral Beach House

The Astronaut Beach House and More About Cape Canaveral

I love to write about places all over Florida because so many of my books take place in the Sunshine State. We’ve been talking lately about Cape Canaveral, and this week I dug up some more fun facts that you might find interesting: The Astronaut Beach House You know about Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

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Greenway Estate

Agatha Christie’s Vacation Home

Where do great minds think? I often wonder where other authors do their thinking. I know Lee Child works from an office in his Manhattan apartment. As for myself, I work part of the year writing mysteries and thrillers in my Florida office, and I spend part of the year writing and researching books in Traverse […]

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