I'm 8,000 words into Crescent City Murder, book 8 in the Jill Quint series. I'm loving the story and enjoying my writing and learning...

Finally after nineteen months CASTLE KILLING is finished. This book is the shortest story that took me the longest to write. Go figure....

Last week I returned from New Orleans where I took in the annual Mystery Writers of America conference known as Bouchercon. It was my...