R.I.P., Socks

Socks, the black and white tuxedo cat who had been adopted by the Clintons in the White House, earning the sobriquet “First Cat,” was euthanized yesterday. Socks, who had been living with former White House secretary Betty Currie since the Clintons left...

Strange inspirations

What inspires you?I’ve had some problems sitting down and writing this week. Maybe I’m tired. Maybe this is a natural down time, some 30,000 words into my new project. Maybe it was working sick all last week…Anyway, each morning I’ve told...

Shyness.

While it is very nice to be quoted in The New York Times (as a mystery author, no less), I need to qualify. I’m not that shy. What I was trying to tell the writer was that, given my druthers, I’d prefer to be home with my husband and cat than out at a...

“Grey Matters” is a go!

Well, my editor liked my synopsis for the second Dulcie book. Loved it, actually. Which is very heartening, especially considering that I only have about 100 pages written and so I’m really just guessing how it will all turn out. (In all fairness, I do know my...

C.J. Sansom’s “Revelation”

this ran today in the Boston Globe. A bit trimmed, but you get the idea. Still sick…Oh, and this link isn’t a pre-order link to Shades of Grey. Not yet. Right now, it is just a sign up for alerts – so they’ll let you know when the new book is...