The waiting is the hardest part…

(Wrote this for the Sept. Shedunnit, the Sisters in Crime newsletter, and thought I’d share here:) “The first things writers want – and this sounds so basic, but you’d be surprised how unbasic is is in the publishing world – is a quick response. Once they’ve...

Laying back

Got back from vacation this week and haven’t done much of anything – nor, for the first time in a long while, do I have a new project on deck. In part, I’m waiting for the page proofs of “Grey Matters,” which will pub in the UK in December (and...

She likes it! (BIG sigh of relief)

Heard from my Severn House editor today and GREY MATTERS is a go! This is just a private email, and of course, she’s the editor who bought the series so she’s biased, but I cannot tell you how nice it is to read bits like “As well as a good story,...

This explains a lot

Turns out, Severn House never got the manuscript of “Grey Matters” that I worked so hard to get in by the May 31 deadline! Am experiencing waves of relief and annoyance as I re-send. Am asking for confirmation, and if I don’t hear by tomorrow will...

“Whatever happened to Ahmed?”

I’m plowing through Grey Matters (the second Dulcie Schwartz mystery, sequel to Shades of Grey, at least, if my editor accepts it!) and feeling a bit pressured. Yes, Shades of Grey doesn’t come out in this country till September, but still …...