Good writers are always good readers.  But even in today’s world of cheap digital books it can be too easy to run up one hellacious bill. Both of my parents grew up in the depression, and the maxim "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" was a strong part of…Read more Kid in a candy shop (i.e. bookstore)

    When I moved here, I looked around to see what kind of support systems there were for writers in the area.  I found one with some sort of “Writers League” name.  It had been around for a long time and seemed to have a lot of prestige, so when I saw they were giving…Read more Choices

I just spent the morning sitting at the local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, making notes for the new book in the Del Sueño series. I wish I had a dollar for every business type who walks in carrying his laptop in a shoulder bag. There are more polo shirts than button-downs and more jeans…Read more Working on the new book

Monday, December 5, 2016 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Lake Travis Community Library 1938 Lohmans Crossing Rd., Lakeway, TX Meeting room to the left as you enter Join us on Monday, December 5, when members of the Lake Travis Novel Writers will discuss and sign their latest novels at the Lake Travis Community Library, 2…Read more Lake Travis Novel Writers Book Signing

The weekend of November 5 & 6, 2016, Austin's streets will be lined with booths and pavilions full of authors and books for your browsing pleasure.  Come visit us at the "Sisters in Crime" table and see what murder and mayhem Austin has to offer!  And listen to some great music, too.

Last Sunday I was one of the authors who met at Malvern Books in Austin Texas to sign and read from our crime novels [the event was sponsored by Sisters in Crime, Heart of Texas chapter, of which I am a member].  I read from the first in my Del Sueno series, "Murder at the…Read more A new booksigning!

I placed my fictional world of the ‘End of the Line’ saloon in a fictional desert town called Del Sueño, somewhere in inland California. Rather than set it on one of the numerous lakes, I placed it alongside a fictional river. Southern Californikators know that most of the rivers there are ‘ephemeral’, to use Wikipedia’s…Read more Ah, those desert rivers…

Hello! I don't want to overwhelm anyone, and I am usually busy writing, so there won't be too many posts.  But I did want to tell everyone about my latest murder mystery.  It's the third in the Del Sueno Files, and it's titled "A Cold Blue Killing".  Please check it out, and the others, at…Read more Welcome to my author’s page:

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