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It's almost time! I'm packing now for my first ever visit to the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Girlfriend Weekend! That means fun clothes and costumes –  dinner Friday night will be a special hippie-themed event and Saturday is the Great Big Hair Ball – as well as...

Happy new books! I hope your holidays brought lots of good reads! (I'm finally getting around to George Saunders' "Lincoln in the Bardo," with an ARC of James Lee Burke's "Robicheau" up next – and all four of Ursula K.LeGuin's sweet and whimsical "Cat Wings" books for...

The wonderful, warm, witty Sue Grafton has passed away. Because she never wanted a ghost writer to continue her works, the alphabet now ends with Y, thanks to her "Y is for Yesterday," out in August. Her daughter Jamie posted the following on Facebook: Hello Dear...

Here it is - the cover of my third Blackie & Care mystery, to be published by Severn House. (Yes, you can pre-order it here.) The reappearance of an old enemy from the past spells trouble for young private investigator, Care, and her feline companion, Blackie....

Did you know that Iceland has a tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve? Called Jolabokaflod – literally "Christmas book flood" - this tradition dates back to World War II, and results in cozy nights, when families and friends gather for peaceful evenings by the...

It's nearly dark, on the Friday before Christmas, and I have inserted the final "to do" notes on my WIP – the first "witch cats of Cambridge" book. And with that, I have what is pretty much a full first draft, or, at least, a book-size pile of words! I say "pretty...

For some people, the holidays call for a re-watching of “It’s A Wonderful Life.” For us, it involves a trip to Mordor. Ever since my husband gave me a copy of “The Lord of the Rings” movies on DVD for Chanukah, watching them – in the extended version, of course – has...

Some of my faves from this year...  

As a former music critic, I'm used to the saying that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. But movies have gotten pretty good at depicting the writing life. In fact, they've done so well, that many people comment on it. The Femmes Fatale blog posted...