The “dastardly” device in question is the sort of gadget that bestselling author, Karin Slaughter might allow to fall into the wrong hands in one of her dark thrillers; or that my antagonist, a tech-savvy Peeping Tom, might have used in my last crime thriller, Delusion. However, when Delusion was published twenty years ago we were barely aware of a future with cell phones, never mind smart phones with apps that would allow a partner or spouse ( even when in a different country) to remotely control your vibrator. Continue reading “A Comeuppance For A Dastardly Device”
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Remembering Andrew — & One of Its Heroes
As I write this blog, Irma, Category 5 monster hurricane, is barrelling toward South Florida. Anyone in South Florida who was living there 25 years ago, like I was, no doubt has spent the last few days telling war stories about how they survived Hurricane Andrew — the last Category 5 hurricane to hit the US mainland — in August 1992. Andrew made landfall in Homestead, and devastated the area. Continue reading “Remembering Andrew — & One of Its Heroes”
Eight Great Websites for Authors
This was a great week: A recent blog of mine was included as a guest post on one of the great websites for authors, thebookdesigner.com (see below), and my British bestie, Julie, arrived for a visit so I took some time off from writing. We are both voracious readers, and we both love tennis, and we indulged in both activities this week. Continue reading “Eight Great Websites for Authors”
Writer’s Funk: What It Is — And Why It’s Good
Straight off, let me be clear: writer’s funk is not writer’s block. The latter, “writer’s block” is the “condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with your writing.” Writer’s funk, on the other hand is the situation where you have churned out your target number of words, had no trouble at all– well, hardly any trouble — getting them down on paper and then you read them, and re-read them — and then you want to vomit, and throw it all in the trash. Continue reading “Writer’s Funk: What It Is — And Why It’s Good”
Island Of Adventure: A Day Trip For Location Research
Taking a day off for location research is one of the fun parts of writing a novel especially when you have to go out on the water on the most gorgeous day of the summer, and you can bring along your spouse to enjoy the day. It hopefully makes up, a little, for all the other days when he has to do stuff on his own, or keep quiet because you’re writing. Continue reading “Island Of Adventure: A Day Trip For Location Research”