The Devil’s Music

A new Gabriel Valjan novel is always reason to celebrate, and this one hits close to home! Gabriel tackles many of the same themes that I do – the unreliability of memory and our tendency to reframe history to suit our needs – though in his case, that history is the...

Sets & crimes & rock & roll

In real life, the wonderful New York Times best-selling author Caroline Leavitt and I talk about writing all the time. So she revived her blog to put down some of our Q&A. You can read an excerpt below or click over to her space here:...

Kings River Life feels the HOLD ME DOWN beat

“This novel really takes you into the grimy world of a traveling band and the melodies behind the music….” THANK YOU, Kings River Life! The magazine is also offering a giveaway. See below: “Hold Me Down” By Clea Simon: Review/Giveaway...

Happy pub day, Cathy Ace!

One of the. most miserable parts of the pandemic is that I miss my friends! Ace author Cathy Ace – see what I did there? – perhaps tops among them! Smart, funny, and wise about the writing and publishing, Cathy is someone I always look for first thing when I surface...

#TBTwith Mystery Maven Sara DiVello

Did you miss my HOLD ME DOWN pre-launch event with Mystery and Thriller Maven Sara DiVello? Not to worry, our host for the evening – Houston’s MURDER BY THE BOOK – has put our talk up on Youtube and Facebook and I’m sharing as a #TBT! We’re not...