I just wanted to thank the people who’ve reached out to me recently to ask about Death and Wren. I’ve been slow with this because I (and my extended family) have had some issues with covid, unfortunately, but I am still working on the next book. The working title is Death and His Lady Fair …
I’m late announcing this, because 2020, but Julia’s Heart is now available from Amazon and will soon be available to libraries and independent booksellers through their usual wholesale supplier. Julia’s Heart is a book that is dear to my own heart. Because I want to share it with you, and because I want to celebrate …
With Julia’s Heart coming out in a couple of months I’ve had several people ask me, “how can you write a Black woman when you’re not a Black woman?” The funny thing is, no one ever asks me, “how can you write a homicidal maniac when you’re not a homicidal maniac?” I’m thinking either people …
Someone in the publishing industry– someone I like very much and whose judgement I trust a great deal– told me, in regards to Julia’s Heart, “it’s a lovely book but I don’t think you should publish it. Julia is a Black lady and you are not and in the current social climate you’re taking a …
When I signed with Janet Reid more than a decade ago one of the perks was acquiring a new family of “agent siblings”– other writers she also represented. I found them to be, without exception, intelligent, funny, kind people. It has been an honor and a delight knowing each of them. One of these agent-sisters …
I’m so happy to finally be sharing with you the beautiful cover for Julia’s Heart, coming October 10 in print, ebook, and audio book.
In 2017, my 3rd book came out (Death and the Gravedigger’s Angel). I had turned the manuscript in to my publisher the winter/ spring of 2016 so it was actually written in 2015. It involved an army vet accused of killing a member of the hate group that interrupted his Muslim wife’s funeral. Trump had …
*creeps into website like a YouTuber exploring an abandoned insane asylum* *looks around* *brushes away cobwebs* *uses a broom to shoo baby raccoon outside* Hi there! Long time no see. I’m sorry I’ve been out of touch for so long. I’ve had some health issues and some family issues. Also, my life has been a …
In my senior year at the University of Missouri- Columbia, studying art history and archaeology, I took a class in Iron Age archaeology. It’s a fascinating subject and the class was memorable for many reasons. The one thing that stays with me the most, though, all these decades later, is the story of the little …
Last night I read an entertaining book of true ghost stories. It would have been even better if the author’s grammar had been better. One issue he had was confusing who and whom. I have a trick for that so I thought I’d share it for anyone who’s interested. The difference between who and whom …
