Losing a friend | author’s note
I’ve been working hard on my latest book over the past month, and the end is definitely in sight. I hope to have it finished within the next week. Sadly, just as this new book […]
Author’s Note
The Deep End | author’s note
I haven’t been spending much time on my blog lately, because I’ve become deeply involved in writing my next book. What began as a tiny spark of an idea has turned into 42,000 words and […]
The Writing Itch | author’s note
It’s beginning again: the itch. I’ve started to play around with a tiny baby kernel of an idea for a book. “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written […]
Prowling through the Stacks | author’s note
I have wonderful memories of my hometown public library. The library in Davis, California, where I grew up wasn’t especially big or showy. It’s not an especially big town, and while the University library is […]
Digging up the Past
In my latest book, Beneath These Streets, coming out later this year on Kindle, I had the chance to draw on a really cool part of history: San Francisco’s buried ships. There are ships lying […]
In memory of my first novel | author’s note
Just this week I went back to look at my first novel, which I hadn’t touched for a few years. This isn’t the first book in my series, Strangers on This Road, but a sentimental […]
The Unread Book | author’s note
On Wednesday I handed my newest book to two readers. They’re my favorite readers, such extremely generous friends, who have enjoyed and promoted my previous seven books. I wouldn’t say I was exactly worried that […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward | author’s note
It’s a good moment to look behind and ahead, at the turning of the year. Accomplishments, failures, lessons learned, goals achieved — and new goals and hopes for the months to come. I’ve never really made […]
Writing from Life | author’s note
A good portion of my suspense fiction is pure fantasy. I don’t mean fantasy as a genre, but fantasy versus realism. Not only am I not remotely involved with any kind of criminal investigations, I […]
An Unforgettable Summer | author’s note
Though each of the books in my series has meaning for me, the next installment, “The Night Ferry,” available for Kindle December 1, is especially dear to my heart. I wrote most of it in […]
“Thankful” just isn’t a strong enough word | author’s note
A lot of bloggers will be posting about Thanksgiving in the next week, giving thanks, counting blessings and good stuff like that. I don’t mean to be unoriginal, but I can’t help but jump on […]
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