Over the past month I have been reading my way through the Vera Stanhope series by Ann Cleeves. Last year, I discovered her Shetland series and read those while finishing up my MA in Writing. I am delighted to be reading the Vera series because the books have the same...
I struggle with Daylight Savings time changes here in Pennsylvania. I only appreciate it on the very morning it switches in the fall, when I am graced with an extra hour. This morning, I have some extra time to work towards my November word count goal for NaNoWriMo...
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...
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...
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...
