By Kay Kendall Remember when news articles decried the horror of online meetups? Headlines shrieked about how dirty old men preyed on unsuspecting youngsters by pretending to be their same age, plus also winsome and cute. Columnists warned that you couldn’t trust connections made online. If memory serves, that was back at the turn of […]
By Kay Kendall By the time you are reading this posting, I will be busily multi-tasking in Vienna, Austria. This two-week trip with my husband combines a boatload of pleasures and missions. First, it marks our fortieth wedding anniversary and also the completion of Bruce’s arduous treatments for neck cancer only four months ago. So […]
By Kay Kendall In celebration of my second mystery coming out in July, my publisher is offering through Mother’s Day my first mystery at 99 cents on Amazon. Imagine–the Kindle version of Desolation Row, for less than a dollar. I have officially hit the fun stage for the new book, It is edited within an inch […]
By Kay Kendall T. Jefferson Parker, the bestselling author of 20 crime novels, once confided to me that his two mysteries that touched on the Vietnam War had “my readers staying away in droves.” He explained, “Needless to say, I never mentioned the war again.” Our paths intersected two years ago at a thriller writers’ […]
By Linda Rodriguez A reader recently wrote to me to praise my most recent book, Every Hidden Fear, and apologized for having checked the book out of the library. I reassured her that there was no need to apologize, but I know why these readers and others have felt this way. A few authors have […]
By Kay Kendall This month I’m putting final touches on my second mystery, rushing to meet a self-imposed deadline and trying to make up for time lost with my spouse’s recent illness. The waiting period before my editor’s comments arrived was agonizing. That was when I drummed my fingers on the table instead of pounding […]
By Kay Kendall A few times during my many years, I’ve reached a level of calm stability. My home life and work are nicely balanced. My near and dear ones are healthy and reasonably happy. All seems well. When I realize I’m in this condition, then I think, ah, this is great. Once this stability […]
By Kay Kendall Here are my three firsts: Buy at Amazon 1) My first short story. 2) My first venture into sci-fi. 3) My first self-published project. The shortest way […]
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By Kay Kendall Here is a revealing interview I did some months back with Kings River Life, the California-based online weekly magazine. See if you can spot the secret I divulge! How long have you been writing? I began with my own version of “The Night Before Christmas” at age seven. Later I […]