Hubby and I went to see the latest Star Trek movie. We aren’t Trekkies, nor ever have been. However, we did watch the first Star Trek series and the other movies. My sister was a Trekkie for a long time. Once on a visit to Las Vegas, we all went on the Star Trek virtual […]
There is always a painful poignancy and urgency when a crime involves a child. May 25 will mark the 30th anniversary of the day six-year-old Etan Patz walked to his school bus stop, one block from his home…never to be seen again. His likely killer is in prison, a convicted pedophile who taunts police with […]
Meredith Cole directed feature films and wrote screenplays before writing mysteries. She won the St. Martin’s/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery competition. Her book POSED FOR MURDER,set in Williamsburg Brooklyn, was published by St. Martin’s Minotaur in February 2009. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of NY board, and blogs at www.thedebutanteball.com . […]
The writer’s journey is a long one. Full of fast starts and lots of waiting. Marked by great excitement, mixed with terrible lows, each author finds her own way. Or finds another career. Invariably the hardest part is not the writing. The time between finishing a book and seeing it published can usually be measured […]
Both Susan’s last post and the following one about Malice made me mull over what I’m doing.Sometimes I think I’m a bit crazy to spend so much time writing, promoting, traveling etc. in order to further my career as a writer. I’m such small potatoes compared to so many big-names, is it all worth it? […]
There are writers who simply blow me away. Their use of language is so extraordinary that I deliberately read every “a, the, an,” etc.” No speed reading or skimming allowed. When I read Laura Lippman’s To the Power of Three, I decided that I’d never write another word again. No point. She said it all, […]
The Agatha Banquet was funny and inspiring. many of the speakers acknowledged that Malice Domestic 2009 was almost cancelled due to the dire economic situation, but that everyone renewed their efforts to make it a success. There was a sense of camaraderie to the whole weekend – like brothers (& sisters) in arms, committed to […]
by Susan McBride I’ve got two weeks left to finish up THE COUGAR CLUB, and I’m feeling just a tad freaked out. I’ve been trying hard to say “no” more and travel less so I have more time to write, particularly with back-to-back deadlines these past two or three years. But despite the best intentions, […]
Murder Takes the Cake, the second book in the Sullivan Investigations Mystery series by Evelyn David, has an offical publish date of May, 2009. That’s tomorrow! Actually it feels like Murder Takes the Cake has already been out for six months – that’s how long we’ve been promoting it. Longer still if you consider we […]
We got back late Sunday afternoon and I’ve had time to reflect on my two days at the L.A. Times Book Festival. First, the pluses. It’s mind-boggling. So many people all in one place, and so. The UCLA campus is beautiful, the buildings are old and wonderful. If you love books, there were millions of […]