What are weekends for, if not for having fun with grammar?? Based on your reading pet peeves survey results, I know many of you will agree with me — grammar is more than a book of rules — it’s a way of life! “Thank you, apostrophes, for being pretty cool, even though sometimes you can […]
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Saturday Special: What To Do In London?
As I mentioned earlier, I’m heading across the pond next week to London! I won’t have a ton of free time since I have three book events to attend, but if I find a few spare hours, what should I do?? Of course, visiting a pub is one item on my ‘must-do’ list. If I had the […]
Meet Me in London?
If you’ll be in or near London, I hope I’ll get a chance to meet you later this month. One of my goals this year was to meet as many of you as I possibly can in person. Toward that end, I’m crossing the pond. I’ll be attending three events April 16 – 18. Hope to […]
A Mystery Writer’s Life In Zero Words or Less
If you’re reading this blog, it’s safe to say we have at least one thing in common: a love of reading. But beyond that, our personal preferences start to define us as individuals: Some of us love trying new things, while some of us say, “If it aint broke, don’t fix it!” Some of us […]
Pinterest: Simple concept, big world.
Are you on Pinterest? Pinterest is one of those concepts that you might think you’d hate — and then, wow! If you haven’t checked out Pinterest, I will try to explain it, but I’m sure I won’t do it justice. Fortunately, Pinterest is much easier and more fun to use than it is to explain. […]
How I Met My Cover Design Artist
In today’s installment of this How We Met series, I wanted to tell you about how I met Cory Clubb, my book cover design artist. At ThrillerFest 2012, Aaron Patterson of The Twelve and I were members of a panel discussing the Indie Revolution with Bob Mayer, C.J. Lyons, Leo J. Maloney, Lewis Perdue, and Jennifer Talty. […]
How to celebrate National Authors Day!
Happy National Authors Day! Yes, today is the first day of November. So, happy November! But it’s also National Authors Day. National Authors Day is said to have started in 1968 as a way to “brighten up the sometimes lonely business of being a writer.” You can read more about it here. This weekend, let’s take […]
And this is why I’m addicted to Twitter.
Maybe ‘addicted’ is too strong a word. I’m not dependent on Twitter. But I’ve never tried to quit. And I don’t plan on doing so any time soon. Why? Because it’s fun! (And useful, too!) Here are just a few of the ways I use Twitter: To live tweet events, like Lee Child’s video […]
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