The Tyranny of Numbers
Today my mother turns 62. Her cancer turns 3. Numbers are so haughty. Numbers are the aristocracy of time and they know it. “Without us, how can you measure a life?” they say. “Without us, how...
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Hello from West Warwick, RI, where I am detouring for a night on my way to the Grand Hyatt in NYC for Thrillerfest 2011. I actually flew into LaGuardia and spent more time in NYC already than I’d...
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So this is what happened: Last Wednesday, my great-aunt Rosie, who is 94 years-old and lives alone in a tiny 1-bedroom apartment in Pawtucket, RI, was getting up from the couch in her living room when...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day One
Today was a good day. Breakfast consisted of decaf coffee. While drinking, I ran into my friend Sophie Littlefield, who was about to host a panel on relationships in suspense fiction and the panelists...
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Good evening from the Grand Hyatt, where the room temperature is a very pleasant 68 degrees and yours truly is six inches away from a six hour nap. But first, a recap: This morning I attended an...
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So another Thrillerfest comes to a close. Today began quite early, with the Debut Authors Breakfast at 8am. Since the gifted and very sweet Hilary Davidson was among this year’s class, I forced myself...
View ArticleHere, have $50
People have been getting on my case about me not updating my blog on a regular basis or even an irregular basis and, well, they’re not wrong. So in the spirit of relaunching with a bang (rather than a...
View ArticleAnd the winner is…
Twitter ID DesMoinesDealin has won my $50 Amazon gift card giveaway! Congratulations and thank you very much to everyone who helped out with my promotion. It actually sold some books. The post And the...
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You know the saying “the more you learn, the less you know?” Well, holy crap, does that apply to me and TV. As you know, my Esme novels have been optioned for TV, first by an executive producer (Barry...
View ArticleThrillerFest 2013: A Postscript
So: This past week, I was in New York City for one of my favorite events of the year, ThrillerFest. For those of you who don’t know what ThrillerFest is, take a gander here. For those of you who are...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of Numbers
Today my mother turns 62. Her cancer turns 3. Numbers are so haughty. Numbers are the aristocracy of time and they know it. “Without us, how can you measure a life?” they say. “Without us, how...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day Negative One
Hello from West Warwick, RI, where I am detouring for a night on my way to the Grand Hyatt in NYC for Thrillerfest 2011. I actually flew into LaGuardia and spent more time in NYC already than I’d...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day Zero
So this is what happened: Last Wednesday, my great-aunt Rosie, who is 94 years-old and lives alone in a tiny 1-bedroom apartment in Pawtucket, RI, was getting up from the couch in her living room when...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day One
Today was a good day. Breakfast consisted of decaf coffee. While drinking, I ran into my friend Sophie Littlefield, who was about to host a panel on relationships in suspense fiction and the panelists...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day Two
Good evening from the Grand Hyatt, where the room temperature is a very pleasant 68 degrees and yours truly is six inches away from a six hour nap. But first, a recap: This morning I attended an...
View ArticleThrillerfest Day Three
So another Thrillerfest comes to a close. Today began quite early, with the Debut Authors Breakfast at 8am. Since the gifted and very sweet Hilary Davidson was among this year’s class, I forced myself...
View ArticleHere, have $50
People have been getting on my case about me not updating my blog on a regular basis or even an irregular basis and, well, they’re not wrong. So in the spirit of relaunching with a bang (rather than a...
View ArticleAnd the winner is…
Twitter ID DesMoinesDealin has won my $50 Amazon gift card giveaway! Congratulations and thank you very much to everyone who helped out with my promotion. It actually sold some books. The post And the...
View ArticleTV-land
You know the saying “the more you learn, the less you know?” Well, holy crap, does that apply to me and TV. As you know, my Esme novels have been optioned for TV, first by an executive producer (Barry...
View ArticleThrillerFest 2013: A Postscript
So: This past week, I was in New York City for one of my favorite events of the year, ThrillerFest. For those of you who don’t know what ThrillerFest is, take a gander here. For those of you who are...
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