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Happy #FelineFriday

Fans of my Dulcie Schwartz mysteries (like the new “Into the Grey”) know that the Harvard Libraries are full of wonders (and some mysteries). I’m sure she would approve of this #FelineFriday share from the Widener Library blog featuring some...

Countdown to “As Dark As My Fur”

To celebrate #FelineFriday and as the countdown to the official pub. date of “As Dark As My Fur” begins, I’m thrilled to post advance reviews. Here’s one from a bookseller’s blog: “It’s very good read and I really enjoyed...

RIP Colin Dexter

The creator of the beloved “Inspector Morse” series was, by all accounts, also a kind and generous man. This appreciation by fellow crime writers in the Guardian says it all, but in addition to this lovely tribute, I have been seeing dozens of remembrances...

Speaking out for the NEA and NEH

Yup, I’m one of them – a writer who wrote a postcard voicing support for continued NEA and NEH funding as part of this LitHub campaign. After all, this funding amounts to less than 1% of the federal budget, but it pays for programs that bring the arts and...

End game … with ships

I’m not a plotter. Far from it – instead, I am very much a “pantser,” writing by the seat of my pants, so to speak. But as I explained a week or so ago, at some point, I do have to sit down and figure things out. Sometimes, the endings of my books...