Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Johanna Edwards is touring with GCC this week. Her debut book, The Next Big Thing, sold on a partial and went on to become a bestseller. In her next...
This is a drive-by blog entry. Here’s just a few interesting articles to start your Monday: A few signs you’re on the “write” track to get published and Mindy...
Girlfriends Rule I’m a cyber girlfriend now. Sounds kind of racy, doesn’t it? I’m on Girlfriend Cyber Circuit, a virtual tour group of 30 female novelists. Each...
And the Nominees Are... The Agatha Nomination list is out. One of the Best Novel nominees is Heather Webber for Trouble in Spades. She’s got a fun friendship survey up on her...
Sleuthfest Report First, I have to say that Sleuthfest lived up to the great things I’d heard about it over the years. The speakers were wonderful and the panels had...
DDA: Diary of a Debut Author--Sleuthfest Sun, sand, and surf in March. What an brilliant setting for a conference. And as long as our family manages to fight off the flu...
Women of Mystery Women mystery writers will be well represented at the South Carolina Book Festival. Four authors, Cathy Pickens, Dana Cameron, Susan McBride, and Laura Durham,...
Books, Books, and More Books MJ Rose outlines the problems authors face as they try to get their books noticed. Now it looks like book advertising maybe breaking out of its rut...
Hearts and Murder You've got the tradtional Valentine's Day haul: roses, chocolates, and cards dusted with glitter and hearts, but Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be...
Let the Mysteries Begin The Olympics start today, well tonight is the opening ceremony, so that means the Olympics really start tomorrow. I love the Olympics. The pulling for...
Let the Mysteries Begin The Olympics start today, well tonight is the opening ceremony, so that means the Olympics really start tomorrow. I love the Olympics. The pulling for...
DDA: Diary of a Debut Author--Reviews I’d planned for this blog to be a report on Murder in the Magic City, but life intervened in the form of a cold and fever. I’m...
Hi, Susan! Thanks for taking time to answer my questions. Hey, Sara, thanks for having me on your blog! Susan McBride is the author of the Debutante Dropout Mystery series as...
Bigger Than a Breadbox I sent an article off to an editor last week (I'll have some good news on the publicity front soon) and she emailed me back. Could I explain exactly what...
DDA: Diary of a Debut Author—Amazonitis It’s been coming on for weeks. I ignored it, hoping it would go away. But it's gotten worse and worse and I can't pretend anymore....
January Author Interview: Leann Sweeney This month's author interview is with Leann Sweeney. Leann writes the Yellow Rose Mysteries series featuring Texas PI Abby...
DDA: Diary of a Debut Mystery Author There are some weird things about being a mystery writer. I called yesterday to reserve a hotel for the Murder in the Magic City...
I've found out I'm on a panel at Sleuthfest, That Big Break II: First Books. I haven't been able to go to Sleuthfest before, but I've heard great things about this...
I don’t quite know how I managed to overlook this part of the publishing process (Freudian slip perhaps?), but the reviews are starting to come in for Moving is Murder. And,...
Karen MacInerney tagged me, so here are 15 things about me and my books: 1. I've always loved to read and always wanted to write a book and get it published. My dream is...
Here's a list of book picks for 2006. And here's an article specifically about 2006 mysteries. It mentions one of my fav mom lit mystery series, The Mommy Track Mysteries...
I’ve always been an anti-New Year’s resolution type of person. The whole routine usually seems kind of pointless since most people seem to make resolutions and accept...
On the Christmas front, it is two days and counting—until school is out and the computer and my brain are taken over by the kids. I made an interesting discovery while...
It’s really beginning to feel like Christmas here—the high temperature yesterday was in the 40s. Those of you in the north can stop laughing now. Here in the south when the...