I am creeped out…

by Helen Oyeyemi’s “White is for Witching.” As I hope my review in today’s Boston Globe makes clear, I didn’t love it. But it did get under my skin!Happy Saturday.

She likes it!!

Just heard from my darling, beloved agent. The delay was because she was in fact re-reading Dogs Don’t Lie and …she likes it! “A lot” (why doesn’t she love it?). She found the characters “extremely appealing” and thinks...

No news

… still no news, except a quickie note from my agent saying she’ll “get back to me as soon as possible.” Am trying to focus on other things: my UCLA course starts next week, I’ll be guestblogging at Kepler’s Well-Read Donkey, too....

The wait begins…

Two weeks ago, I sent off to my agent the manuscript of my second Dulcie Schwartz mystery, Grey Matters. Today, I sent her the ms. for Dogs Don’t Lie. Now, the waiting begins.No, I didn’t write a book in two weeks. I had written Dogs Don’t Lie for...

April Smith interview

Two of April Smith’s smart, subtle Ana Grey thrillers were recently reissued. I grabbed the author as she was on assignment in New York… read more here.