I've returned from a long blogging hiatus for a Public Service Announcement. Do you know what you're supposed to say after someone...

I did a classroom visit today for a high school creative writing class and it got me reminiscing about my own writing workshop experiences a...

It's Dr. Suess's birthday and I can't let the day pass without sending a tip of my (cat in the) hat his way. Suess has a special...

After taking a blogging hiatus, it seems appropriate that I pop back in on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. I have to admit that I was sh...

Slang is one of those terms that’s surprisingly hard to define, though I think we all intuitively known what it is and recognize it whe...

I’m going to tell you one of the worst things about being a mystery writer. It’s not rejection, or bad reviews, or writer’s block (t...

As a writer of historical fiction, it probably comes as no surprise that I’m a passionate reader of the genre. I thought I’d discuss some of...