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Sisters in Crime

Sisters in Crime is a professional association intended to advance the careers of women writing mysteries and crime fiction. I joined SIsters in Crime about a year ago, and I am a big fan. The national association holds write-ins on Zoom every Tuesday and Friday, a...

Retelling a Fairy Tale

One of the novels I am working on is a retelling of a fairytale, the old Scottish ballad of Tam Lin. Tam Lin is the story of a young woman who is warned to stay away from Carteret Hall but goes there anyway. When she plucks a rose on the grounds, a man appears, a man...

Creating Edison, Pennsylvania

The novel I am currently working on is set in a place called Edison. I created Edison from a hodge-podge of towns I have been in and around in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. I currently live with my family in a suburb of Pittsburgh, but I grew up in the...