My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.
While waiting tables at Eastside Mario’s in Colorado Springs, I met two Canine Companions ladies and their well-behaved dogs. The ladies said there were too many “cat mysteries” and not enough “dog mysteries,” and I promised to write a [...]

Troubled waters lie ahead when hairstylist Marla Shore and her fiancé Dalton Vail sail away on their first Caribbean cruise with a killer on board.
Watch for  the mass market edition of KILLER KNOTS coming in November!
“Delightful…think The Love Boat meets Sex and the City. A charming heroine and a hero to die for, pick this one [...]

It’s easy to get discouraged when you are trying to sell popular fiction. Often, the rejections are more numerous than the successes.
In 2001, Steeple Hill author Renee Ryan and I gave a talk at RWA in New Orleans. Entitled “Perspective, Passion & Persistence: the Three P’s of Success,” it was our twelve-step guide designed to [...]

I love summer.
I don’t mind snow (although I’d like it better if it fell everywhere except on the roads and my driveway), and the rebirth of springtime is inspiring, and autumn in New England blends crisp air and tart apples and leaves screaming with psychedelic color. In summertime the air turns sticky and sludgy, and [...]