The news of this week had me thinking about character traits in leaders, and that tops this week’s Saturday Special: 1. FEMALE LEADERS like Governor Helen Sullivan in Fatal Distraction are effective because they are shown to be better than men at several important leadership qualities: taking initiative, driving for results, integrity and honesty. But […]
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Loaded Rifle in Terminal Four
With air travel rules changing all the time, I needed to update my research when writing Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller. The question? What are the rules for loaded guns on airplanes these days? The topic is fascinating. For example – Did you hear about the doctor who was arrested with a loaded gun […]
Why You Want A Female Governor
When I’m creating new characters, I usually do quite a bit of research to find precisely the sort of attributes I want the character to have. In the case of Helen Sullivan, the fictitious governor of Florida who partners with Jess Kimball in Fatal Distraction, the research was fascinating to me, so I thought you […]
What Are The Dog Days of Summer?
These are the dog days of summer, am I right? (At least, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere.) Do you know where that expression came from? From the Romans, of course! The Romans associated the hottest days with the star Sirius. They believed the star… which is the brightest in the Canis Major (Large Dog) […]
What Makes A Place Home?
Jess Kimball begins her most recent investigation in Winter Park, the city President Chester Arthur once declared “the prettiest place I have seen in Florida!” Winter Park is a suburb of Orlando, originally a resort town. Its developers required all buildings to look a certain way. They planted orange trees and worked hard to promote their […]
Saturday Special: Time To Rest and Read
Are you doing any reading this weekend? I ask because Monday was Digital Book Day, where digitalbookday.com offered 407 books on its site … for free! Anyone could download the e-book versions of an unlimited number of books. How cool is that?! I offered Florida Is Murder for free – my double feature set which […]
6 MORE Reasons Air Travel Is Incredibly Safe
You have a better chance of being killed by a hippo than dying in a plane crash. Unless, of course, you’re aboard Flight 12! (And I hope you are!) You can read my post on the first 6 Reasons Air Travel is Incredibly Safe, Part 1, HERE. Today I have for you 6 MORE reasons […]
Flight 12 NEW RELEASE!
Won’t you join me in celebrating?!? Today is Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller RELEASE DAY!!! On May 12th, Allan Leverone released Flight 12: A Kristin Cunningham Thriller. On June 12th, J. Carson Black released Flight 12: A Laura Cardinal Thriller. Now it’s my turn! Flight 12: A Jess Kimball Thriller features Reader Favorite Investigative Journalist Jess Kimball. When her […]
6 Reasons Air Travel Is Incredibly Safe
In the ongoing collaborative project, Flight 12, by the group of New York Times Best Selling authors who call ourselves The Twelve, Flight 12 is headed to Rome. Since we are a group of mystery/thriller writers, you may be assuming – of course, mid-flight, something dramatic will happen and the safety of Flight 12 will […]
How Does MacDill Air Force Base Celebrate July 4th?
When Diane Capri readers last visited MacDill Air Force Base, FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar were hunting Jack Reacher. Jack in the Green is fiction, but MacDill Air Force Base actually exists as a unique and complex place in Tampa, Florida. How unique is MacDill? Here’s how Carlos Gaspar views it: “MacDill Air […]
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