Author/Agent Matchmaking
So I have this little book, a lighthearted romantic mystery about a struggling actress and above-average dog walker who has inherited a...
Detective Fiction's Gritty Roots
As a student of languages—Latin, French, German—I was always fascinated with etymology. No, not the study of bugs, the study of the roots...
Exorcising our Fears About the End of the World as We Know It
Whether they are told in movies or in books, I've always loved post-apocalyptic or dystopian stories. I'm drawn to characters whose lives...
Google Giggles and Guilt
Mystery writers have to research the strangest things. I'm not the paranoid sort, but sometimes I wonder what the powers that be would...
Genre identity disorder and the writer
I like to think of all writers' creative DNA as a brick wall. No, no, not the one you hit when you run out of juice—this one is blank...
