My heart speeds up on news that Donna Leon’s got a new police procedural, because I love her Guido Brunetti. Not in a romantic way, of...

Don’t do what I did. First, I learned how to write. Then, I learned how not to write. Then, I had to relearn how to write again. As I...

by K.P. Gresham “After all, tomorrow is another day.” Recognize that book quote? They’re the five favorite words of Scarlet O’Hara in...

by M. K. Waller The other Ashby children—Simon’s sisters, nineteen-year-old Eleanor and nine-year-old twins Jane and Ruth—look forward to...

by Francine Paino I’d forgotten how much I’d enjoyed her stories, years ago, and I hadn’t read all of her works, which added up to an...

Most writers, like all artists who create work for public consumption, have to overcome their own inner critics to create a finished...

M. K. Waller by M. K. Waller Last week, Fran Paino described how family obligations can keep a writer from writing. My post describes an...

by Fran Paino I’m a morning writer, and it’s morning. Filled with energy, and inspiration, I grab the notes I’d scribbled on the post-it...

Nationally renowned and award-winning mystery author Jan Burke came to speak to the Sisters in Crime Heart of Texas Chapter recently...