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My Journey to the Dark Side: Cop to Writer
This interview originally ran in The Thrill Begins (see link below for full interview) Debut Spotlight: Isabella Maldonado By Jennifer Hillier I’m so excited to interview Isabella Maldonado for the Debut Author Spotlight. She’s a former police captain, and the...
Spoiler Alert!
This post originally ran in the Femme Fatales blog. As a crime fiction writer and reader, did a ripple of unease just go down your spine when you read the title of this post? What if every time you published a book, a renegade website released the first and last...
From Crime Fighter to Crime Writer
People ask me how to give themselves the proverbial kick in the pants to get their draft finished and out into the world. My best advice is to make a declaration. Say it out loud. Set a date for completion, and commit. No one will ever know how brilliant your...
A Book Reviewer’s Question Brought Back a Bittersweet Memory from My Days as a Cop
LESA HOLSTINE, book reviewer for the Poisoned Pen, interviewed me for her blog. One of her questions tugged at my heart: Readers will undoubtedly think of your career when they think of Veranda. What was your most unusual experience that you can tell us about? When...