I recently took part in the Local Author Fest at the Wheaton Public Library. One of the best parts of local author fairs is seeing old friends and I was super excited that one of my old friends, someone I hadn’t seen for a long time, was going to be in attendance ..read more

When Agatha Christie wrote her short story “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” people were mad for everything Egyptian. Whether calculated or not, she tapped into a trend that had been wildly popular for decades.  ..read more

I work hard on my book marketing, alone with my laptop, and I used to feel my efforts were fairly effective. I had no idea what I was missing ..read more

In case you missed it, on March 4, I was lucky enough to be a guest blogger on The Wickeds website. I wrote a little about the hows and whys of writing in a post called "Reading Christie Like a Flapper ..read more

Tickets are now on sale for the and the planners have posted the events available. I'm one of them, so I guess this is really happening ..read more

In the early 1800s, it became fashionable for the privileged to leave cold and dreary England to spend winter on the sunny Mediterranean coast. At first, it was a long and difficult carriage journey, but by 1864, a railway across France made the trip simple and short.  ..read more

Public speaking is hard for many of us, but since it’s good for marketing books, read on for a few more tips to make it easier ..read more

Growing plants is in my blood. Ancestors on both sides of my family grew crops, kitchen gardens, and flowers. When they moved from farms to cities, they grew plants in backyards and on windowsills. Even after our recent downsizing, I kept a seven-foot-tall Schefflera tree, a twenty-year-old Christmas cactus, and far too many other potted species ..read more

My day job is with a web development company and while the coders here find AI useful, my writer colleagues are less enthused. Here’s how I’m experimenting before making a decision ..read more

In October of 1914, just a few weeks after her twenty-fourth birthday, Agatha Miller signed up to be a volunteer with the British Red Cross. War in Europe had been declared at the tail end of July, with England joining the fight within days. Agatha’s fiancé, Archie, was deployed in August and already large numbers of injured soldiers were returning to England for care. No doubt, Agatha’s desire to serve was a patriotic as well as a personal response ..read more