Happy UK pub day!

That’s publication, though if you’re in a pub, I’ll raise one with you. After all, today is the UK launch day for my new, darker cat mystery, “The Ninth Life.” The book, featuring a homeless girl named Care and the feral black cat who...

Murder! Mayhem! Elizabeth George!

This must be the busiest weekend in crime fiction – Murder & Mayhem in Milwaukee, a dozen different author events, and here in New England: Crimebake! With honored guest Elizabeth George! The festivities kick off tonight and continue through the weekend....

Revising

Recently, on Facebook, I saw a T-shirt that read: Writing is like riding a bicycle. Only the bicycle is on fire, and you are on fire, and everything is on fire, and you are in hell.” For some reason, this is making the rounds among writer friends.This week, I...

Sigh… (reading proofs)

Last week, I sent off the page proofs for The Ninth Life. It was excruciating, knowing that this was my last chance to make any changes in this book, which I love so much. Of course, at this point in the process – after editing and revisions, after copy editing –...