It might seem odd that I post vintage science fiction magazine and book cover art on my Facebook author page (see link above) rather than the vintage art from detective magazines and novels. I write detective novels, after all, not science fiction. The thing is, I first decided that I […]
Read more »Writing a Woman
For many years I avoided writing from the female point of view. I had female characters, of course, with dialogue and motivations and back stories of their own, but I never consciously tried to put myself in the woman’s place. I didn’t feel that I knew how women thought and […]
Read more »What’s a “Real” Book?
I confess that I have developed a preference for electronic books—not least because my first book is currently available only in electronic form. I resisted for years. I’ve been a collector of books all my life. I have bookshelves in every room of the house, including the bathroom (see photo). And that’s […]
Read more »Stella and Maxine – Ongoing Characters For Sure
Granted, there are probably too many cats on the Internet—anecdotes about cats, photos of cats, cartoons featuring cats, photos of cats, encomiums to cats, photos of cats…. (And yet another one right here.) But there aren’t that many detective thriller series with ongoing feline characters. Really, there aren’t. A few, […]
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