I'm an inconsistent writer of my blog. It's been almost 60 days since my last post. I've been distracted from my work on OPUS MURDER, as well as writing blog posts. First, I've updated the cover for MURDER AT THE PODIUM. So why did I updated it? It didn't fit in with the other book covers in the Jill Quint series. My book covers always say something about where the murder takes place. In OPUS MURDER, the crime takes place in a church sanctuary. In MURDER AT THE PODIUM, the vi

Finally after nineteen months CASTLE KILLING is finished. This book is the shortest story that took me the longest to write. Go figure. It took so long that I wondered if the Jill Quint series needed to end. What I discovered along the way was that it will continue! I have many more Jill Quint stories in my imagination. I've commented in the past about how location plays into my writing. Since my heritage is British-Irish and I've visited the UK several times, the inspiration

In December of 2015, I began the seventh book - CASTLE KILLING, in the Jill Quint, MD Forensic Pathologist series. I typed "The End" this morning, nineteen months later. Granted I also began a new series producing Red Rock Island and Willow Glen Heist, but I did it because my 'pantser' ways were not yielding the written word and I wondered if the first series had come to an end. It hasn't. Last week I decided I would finish the book at the sixty-thousand word mark as I couldn

I’ve puzzled over the last year or so why is it taking me so long to write CASTLE KILLING, book seven in the Jill Quint series. I’ve been at it off and on for over a year. In fact, I released two Damian Green books while trying to work on CASTLE KILLING. I wondered if the Jill Quint series had run its course as I couldn't ponder a storyline beyond the first two chapters. I’ve decided it’s Location, Location, Location, as real estate agents say. Every book that I have written

The bad news is my two works in progress, ‘Red Rock Island’ and ‘Willow Glen Heist’ will not be published by the end of the year, but I’m hoping for a January launch date for both. Yesterday, I finished my marathon landscape project. I converted over 1,000 square feet of thirsty lawn to about 200 drought tolerant plants and a vegetable garden. I also converted twenty-five sprinkler heads to drip irrigation or water saver heads. The pictures attached to this post show the vege

Red Rock Island is schedule for publication on August 1, 2016. The manuscript is presently down under in Australia with my editor for final edits which will be returned to me next week. Amazon requires your final manuscript be on their system for ten days prior to publication. I think that’s to give them time to look for any banned material and perhaps to check for plagiarism. As part of my refreshing my imagination for the next book, I find myself doing a major home improvem