Sometimes a totally unexpected gift drops out of the blue. A couple of years ago, an invitation to become a regular contributor on the award-winning crime blog, The Kill Zone, was a gift out of the blue. The TKZ gang is an amazingly generous group, eager to support fellow writers…. Continue reading
On May 31, 2020, a hurricane evidently got lost and wound up farther north than usual. Winds up to 70 mph and torrential rain walloped the Flathead Valley and surrounding areas of northwest Montana. At one point, rain came down so hard, water poured over the sides of gutters on… Continue reading
I guess Mother Nature forgot to check the calendar when she kicked off hurricane season early this year with two tropical storms, Arthur and Bertha, that already dumped buckets of rain in Florida. Because many friends and relatives live in the Sunshine State, I keep an eye on the weather… Continue reading
This is a virtual bouquet to thank you for reading my books! Wish the lovely lilac fragrance could come through your screen. My new book, Dead Man’s Bluff, will be published on June 23, 2020. It is the fourth book in the Tawny Lindholm Series… Continue reading
Have you ever read about a character in a novel then met that person in real life? Recently I met TWO people in real life who’d stepped straight out of the pages of my books. One was my series heroine, Tawny Lindholm. Here’s a post I wrote about that… Continue reading
Every fall in the 1920s, pioneer woman Noreen Catt set out from Victoria, British Columbia for the wilderness of northern B.C. where she cooked at a remote fish camp. Once the snows came, the access route became impassible. She and the work crew were stranded in isolation until the following… Continue reading
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Grab a green beer and a FREE copy of STALKING MIDAS! At six-seven, charismatic attorney Tillman Rosenbaum owns any courtroom he enters. He’s brilliant, successful, and doesn’t trust anyone, except his lovely new investigator, Tawny Lindholm. She has an intuitive gift with people and her outspoken… Continue reading
Yesterday, a scientist friend called me from England, concerned about COVID-19 corona virus. She offered these wise words: “Today, I’m calling people I care about. Many are older and at high risk for infection. If they’re healthy, that’s wonderful and we’ve had a nice conversation. But if something happened, I… Continue reading
Your spring break trip is canceled. You stay home to avoid crowds. You watched everything interesting on Netflix. What to do now? You could clean out that junky closet but here’s an alternative that’s more fun: READ! Reading on Kindle avoids viruses. Reading is a limitless journey to different worlds…. Continue reading
Master story guru and teacher Larry Brooks graciously invited me to write a guest post for his award-winning blog. Thank you, Larry, for this opportunity to visit with Storyfix.com readers. If you’ve ever despaired about your writing, you’re not alone. Here’s the link to my post about The Fun Scale… Continue reading
