When I first came up with the Wits' End series, it seemed obvious to title the first book At Wits' End. It was funny, and described the...

“Face it, Abigail. I love Christmas more,” Hyperion caroled in front of the white quartz counter. He brought a cup of sugar plum tea to...

I just got the new cover for The Sword in the Scone, book 6 in the Tea and Tarot cozy mystery series. It's coming out on Valentine's Day,...

...about the next two books coming out this year, Gingerbread Dead from my Tea and Tarot mystery series and Night of the Cupid in the...

Sometimes, creativity works best when it’s confined by rules, like a haiku. And for me, the more oddball the rules, the better. Here’s an...

Kindle | Apple Books | Nook | Google Play | Kobo Chapter 1 The second thing Riga was sure of was that at least her intuition was still...

If you’re a writer, the phrase “Amazon algorithm” has an almost spell-like quality. How the algorithm works is a deeply guarded secret....

Today’s class asks what mistake would I give up my pinkie finger to take back. (It’s a Japan-themed class, and this prompt has to do with...

Miyamoto Musashi. Ronin. Writer. Iconoclast. A self-taught samurai without a master, Miyamoto created his own fighting technique, holding...

In my continual quest to improve my writing chops, I'm taking a new course this week. Today I was challenged to write—in detail—about...

I've got a "new" Riga Hayworth short read coming out at the end of the month, but you can pre-order it now here: Kindle | Apple Books |...

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Writing goals, genre expectations, and the corporatization of the publishing industry. I've been thinking a lot lately about my writing...

Launch three books in a row, they said. Just one a month, they said... It all sounded doable. After all, I started the first three books...

Every writer starts out and (if they're good) remains a reader. But what happens when you can't read? This happened to me yesterday...

A year ago, I had this idea to include a murder mystery game in the back of my Big Murder Mystery books. I even took a class on how to...

Because it's a Sunday, and I'm lounging with a cup of tea reading random things, I came across this interesting survey on American public...

Yes, I'm still writing! First, thank you to everyone who bought Never Say Chai. I've gotten a lot of good feedback on the book, number 4...

Like so many other people, I've gotten swept up in the holidays (plus one of my sisters is getting married in a few days, which is it's...

If you ever catch me talking about publishing a book a month again, call an intervention. Please. I had everything under control. My...