Longwood Writers Reading

If you want to see what a Chicago writer looks like, come join us for a reading at the Beverly Continue reading →

Why did a dead blonde fall out of my garbage truck?

We never would have seen her if Vito didn’t have to take a leak.  She would have been covered over Continue reading →

Obsessed with Pitching

Not the baseball kind, but the advertising kind, the elevator pitch.  I know, I don’t own a company and I Continue reading →

Who Killed Lee Nabb?

That’s the question Detective Rachael Culpepper has in the back of her mind 24/7.  Rachael hates cold cases, people who Continue reading →

What I learned in class today

I went to a mystery writers seminar today.  What was interesting was most of the participants were women.  I guess Continue reading →

Hello Kitty

I love cats.  My cousin believes that in a past life she and I were Egyptian priestesses in cat goddesses Continue reading →

When the writing is over – Choices – Part 2 – Character Names

I thought I could write without a list of characters, which some people refer to as their Character Bible. I Continue reading →

When the writing is over. . . Choices – Part 1 Names

Shakespeare pondered the subject in Romeo and Juliet by saying ‘that which we call a rose would by any other Continue reading →