I’ve chosen this weekend’s quote just because it made me smile. “When life gives you knuckles, make knuckle sandwiches.”~ Keith Snyder
This is good advice for us and something my characters tend to ignore. “The first rule of holes: when you’re in one, stop digging.”~Molly Invins
ASKING FOR TROUBLE is June’s book of the month. This is my new collection of crime stories. The paperback just came out the other week. ASKING FOR TROUBLE isn’t just a title but also a theme that runs through the stories. The […]
This one is for my dog Royston and his health troubles this week. He’s short on legs, but big on charm. “My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.”~Edith Wharton
Accident Waiting to Happen is holds the #1 spot on Amazon’s Hardboiled Mysteries chart. Which is very cool. My thanks goes out to everyone who has bought it and will be it–well, because you have to, don’t you? 🙂 Naturally, when you […]
May is National Short Story Month. I love short stories to read and write. There’s something explosive about a good short story. So in honor of National Short Story Month, here’s a selection of my short stories. The Taskmasters from Asking For […]
Time to time, we all need an attitude adjustment and this seemed like a good one to take to heart… “If you’re going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.”~George Bernard Shaw
CASTING CALL: Give me your name! I’m the worst when it comes to creating characters names and I need names for the follow-up to Did Not Finish, the second in the Aidy Westlake mystery which’ll be out in 2012. I have a […]
I’m breaking with tradition for my Hump Day Post and posting something by the great John Cleese. I just wish I could be this funny. 🙂 ALERTS TO TERROR THREATS IN 2011 EUROPEBy John Cleese The English are feeling the pinch in […]
I’m going to go off course this week when it comes to all things We All Fall Down. Instead discussing the story’s background, I’m going with a “Behind the Music” kind of tale relating to the making of what is the most […]