I’m so delighted to welcome S.A. Kazlo back to my blog to talk about her novel, PUPS, PUMPKINS AND MURDER, a perfect way to savor our enjoyment of the fall season. Below are her responses to my interview questions, followed by her bio, contact, and buy links: It’s hard to believe that when I first…
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My extended family is peppered with jazz musicians, so not surprisingly, I found Winona Kent’s Jason Davey series irresistible. Having just released her fifth mystery in the series, Winona talks about her writing career and process, followed by her bio and buy links: First off, congratulations on the release of Bad Boy, the fifth book…
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I admit it. All my ideas seem to arrive in novel length. I’m in awe of short story writers, and Shannon Taft is one of the masters of the genre. Below are her responses to my interview questions, followed by her bio and buy links: First off, congratulations on the publication this month of your…
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I’ve always been fascinated by folks who renovate and flip houses, and M.E. Bakos has created an engaging cozy mystery series featuring a home renovator who regularly encounters plenty of intrigue, not to mention dead bodies, in her line of work. Below are her responses to my interview questions, followed by her bio and…
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From an early age, I knew I wanted to teach. I adored my second-grade teacher. Her name was Gladys Louden. She was warm and kind and read out loud to us every day. My favorite was The Boxcar Children, and I attribute much of my lifelong love of reading to Miss Louden. I wanted to…
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Do you ever have weeks where a bunch of little things go wrong and somehow, it feels overwhelmingly distracting and frustrating? Well, I had one of those weeks recently. My PayPal account was hacked, and suddenly, I was sending out hundreds of invoices for hundreds of dollars to folks I’d never heard of. It took…
Read MoreMy older son got to attend the Democratic Convention, and I got to watch it for four nights on television. We had fun yesterday on the phone comparing notes on what we saw, heard, and felt. To say we were both inspired is the understatement of the year. The attendees looked like America—a rich tapestry…
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For the past two years, I’ve been working with a gifted teenager on her writing at the Louisville Academy of Fine Arts. She’s currently writing a novel, and the quality of her work excites me. Our weekly sessions include reviewing her pages, as well as discussing craft articles and talking about writing-related challenges. I often…
Read MoreAlong with every other author on the planet, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is: “Where do you get your ideas?” For me, it’s often something that I’ve directly experienced or observed that’s left a lasting impression on me. For example, when I was in high school, a friend and I attended…
Read MoreMy young adult novel, MISSING MOM, comes out in January of next year, and pre-orders will be available this coming fall. I’m getting excited! Here’s a brief description: Devastated by her mom’s sudden disappearance and the evidence pointing to suicide, seventeen-year-old Noelle, an aspiring ballet dancer, doesn’t believe her mom would ever have taken her…
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