This week saw the book launch for the first book in my new mystery series, the Spartina Beach Mysteries. The title is Death in the Dunes. Launching a book is fun and exciting, but also exhausting. After it’s done, I’m ready for a vacation! I set the Spartina Beach Mysteries in one of my favorite […]
Wonder is highly underrated. I don’t connect to a sense of wonder often enough; maybe you don’t, either. We’re all too busy trying to juggle fifty balls at the same time (raises hand guiltily) to spend the time with an idea that a sense of wonder demands. Sometimes, however, an image or idea will stop […]
Every New Year’s Eve, my family gets Chinese takeout. It’s our little tradition. And every year, we trade fortunes from our cookies. Most of the time, our fortunes aren’t fortunes. They’re aphorisms or—occasionally—stupid jokes (those are the most disappointing). This year, I got lucky. This is all any author wants to hear, especially one who […]
