Hello fellow suspense lover! Today I want to share with you my most memorable reads of 2017. I read a book or two a week, sometimes more when I’m not working on my own stories, and I read widely—romance, suspense, thriller (or combinations of each), literary fiction and women’s fiction; books of love, hate, despair Read More …
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The Girls Across The Bay: Emerald O’Brien
One of the best things about social media is getting to know people you may never have met otherwise. This is how I came to know our guest author today. We are both part of a Facebook group supporting indie authors and as we share a love of dark and twisty suspense, we became friends. Read More …
Teaser Tuesday: Bad Things Happen: Joey Baptiste
Book 1 in the Ashes to Ashes Series Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, where I share a snippet of one of my present or forthcoming novels. I’ve previously shared an excerpt from Journalist Charlotte Ashe’s point of view, one of the leads in the forthcoming suspense novel Bad Things Happen. This short excerpt features the other lead, Read More …
Teaser Tuesday: Bad Things Happen–Charlotte
Book 1 in the Ashes to Ashes Series Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, where I share a snippet of one of my present or forthcoming novels. Here is a short excerpt from my soon-to-be-released novel Bad Things Happen. But first… the blurb When Charlotte Ashe gets the scoop of a lifetime she thinks it’s her ticket Read More …
Choosing Setting: Why Italy?
Why Italy? When I look back I can see that choosing to set All That’s Left Unsaid in Italy was a no-brainer. But when I first sketched out the idea (all those long years ago!) I had no inkling that’s where it would be.
Teaser Tuesday: Pieces of a Lie
A Teaser from Pieces of a Lie Welcome to my first Teaser Tuesday, where I share a snippet of one of my present or forthcoming novels. I am not certain how often Teaser Tuesday will happen. It will depend on your interest and my work-in-progress deadlines, because I’d also like to get more books out Read More …
Choosing the Setting: Australia
You may have heard the expression write what you know. Early in my career a good friend of mine suggested it should be write what you want to know. Both good advice. I have to tell you though, writing what you know is much faster! And it is pretty cool to embrace everything that made Read More …
Grip Lit: What’s Really Going On?
Grip-lit is a phrase sweeping literary circles. Journalists (and now publishers) have claimed it as a handy genre description, citing the success of ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘Girl on the Train’ as examples of reader interest and it’s validity as a genre. Yet like all new terminology its definition is still in flux. So what is Grip-lit?
Diane Hester’s Hit and Run
Her first book Run to Me was snapped up by Random House and went on to final in the prestigious Daphne DuMurier awards in the US. Rightly so. Diane latest novel is just as fast paced, gripping and heart wrenching as her fist. I can’t wait for you to read Hit and Run.
Six Rules for Swearing
How do you feel about swearing in novels? Is it offensive, acceptable, or does it all come down to whether it gels with the story and character?