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This week I have the pleasure of introducing you to a wonderful mystery writer, Amanda Flower (yes, that's her

All writers, especially first-time writers, struggle mightily with self-doubt. Believe me, I know. Even though, so far, I've stuck a mere

Will Rogers said, "A man learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people."

The Mystery of the Brain

Making time to blog has been harder this summer. I'm revising my traditional mystery manuscript, and I've become obsessed. After

Recently, a mystery-writing friend and I have been reading and commenting on each other's manuscripts--a very helpful thing to do. And

Smell the Roses

The sense of smell, scientists tell us, is the most powerful of all the human senses. It is the only

Where In The World Are We?

Eudora Welty (1909 – 2001), writer of stories set in the American South, famously said, "Every story would be another

1816: The Year Without A Summer

Have I missed something? It is mid-May, right? Two days ago I received an email from an English mystery-writer

Return From Malice

I just returned from Malice Domestic, the gathering held each spring near Washington, D.C. for fans and writers of the

I cannot end this series on the memory-making misadventures of foreign travel without mentioning the perils of trying to speak