For years I’ve known movies and television have informed my writing. How could they not influence me? Movies have given me nuggets that I’ve twisted and turned into fun plot ideas. Documentaries have given me research I couldn’t get any other way. Soap operas have given me internal conflicts for characters that I’ve managed to [...]

New book. New setting. How did I never use it before? In my July Intrigue Deal Breaker, my main setting is Lake Geneva, WI and the area of Williams Bay. The reason I think it’s weird that I never used it as a setting before is because I go there so often for writers retreats. [...]

E-book Promotion in 2011: No Fooling Around Anymore by Rebecca Crowley “The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity…”—A. Edward Newton (e-book or not!) I am an industry insider, the e-book era came and I stayed calm. Imagine that! Have you heard of such a [...]

I was a horse-obsessed kid but only got near one once back in those days. That was in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. We were visiting relatives in New York and my uncle took me riding. I didn’t get to ride again until I was in my twenties, this time on vacation in Playa Blanca, Mexico. I [...]