Falling forward

Well, I guess I’m starting my next book on Tuesday. After a long weekend filled with friends and family and maybe one more beach trip. It’s Thursday already, so it’s not going to happen now. I can’t say this week has been a waste. The weather...

Guest Blogger: Peggy Ehrhart

Peggy Ehrhart is a writer after my own heart. An English professor turned musician, Ehrhart (pictured above with Homer the cat) penned a smart, stylish first mystery featuring… you guessed it, a blues woman, “Maxx” Maxwell, who sings, leads the band,...

Clearing the deck

So after a week on the beach and more lobster than should be legal, I’m back here at my newly clean desk, thinking about what comes next. Before I left, a friend asked me if I knew which project I wanted to tackle: the grumpy pet psychic detective (based on my...

What makes a great catsitter

It’s not just the security of knowing that our great friend Naomi (of the band Damon and Naomi) would feed and care for Musetta during our absence. It was also receiving this snapshot, from her cell phone, of Musetta waking from a nap “fine and...

Gone fishin’

With Probable Claws in the can (or, at least, in the capable hands of the Poisoned Pen Press production crew), now’s a perfect time to go on vacation, don’t you think?Back soon!