Here are some safety tips from reformed burglars shared by Dr. Sarah Layton, Corporate Strategy Institute. These are useful tips … [Read more...] about What a Burglar Won't Tell You–But You Will Wish You Knew!
Winner of the Kiki Lowenstein Fan Club Tee Shirt
Jane Jeffers Thomas won the Kiki Lowenstein Fan Club Tee Shirt.I put all the commenters into a random number generator, and Jane won.Meanwhile, I'd like to introduce all of you to my talented and beautiful cousin, Andrea Hazel Hamilton, the watercolorist. You can read about our family reunion at the Killer Hobbies blog. … [Read more...] about Winner of the Kiki Lowenstein Fan Club Tee Shirt
Lois Hirt Looks for the Smiles
Lois Hirt writes a column called "Dental Scraps." She's interested in dental references we include in our mystery books. After she read Photo, Snap, Shot, she donated it to the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore!I was happy to meet Lois, and to share the fact that I've had GREAT experiences with my dentists. In fact, I think so much of my dentist in St. Louis that I even named a character after him: Dr. Mike Wallace.Lois posted on DorothyL … [Read more...] about Lois Hirt Looks for the Smiles
Aloha! A Review of PHOTO, SNAP, SHOT by Cindy Chow
Note: Cindy is the first reviewer to notice that Kiki, too, is prejudiced. By the end of Photo, Snap, Shot, she must question her own assumptions about other peopleI admit that I completely lack the Martha Stewart gene. My one attempt at a DIY design project resulted in six - that's six - pieces of my furniture becoming "'marbelized" in paint. I come by it honestly, though, as ten years of my childhood photographs reside in shoeboxes at my … [Read more...] about Aloha! A Review of PHOTO, SNAP, SHOT by Cindy Chow
You Say Tomato. I Say Album.
To celebrate the release of my friend Avery Aames' new book, The Long Quiche Goodbye, I decided to turn a cheese container into an album. Yeah, I'm always looking for a way to recycle!1. Cover and backside. I used a rubber stamp of a tomato, colored it in, and adhered it to the round with green masking tape. I also used red masking tape to cover the sides of the round carton.2. Insides. These are coasters I picked up at restaurants. I drew my … [Read more...] about You Say Tomato. I Say Album.
The Art of the Cliffhanger and a Contest!
Okay, I know some of you don't like cliffhangers, but just so you know, I intend to keep writing books that sort of flow into each other. Someone once told me that the first sentence sells the current book but the last sentence sells the next one. I know that I simulaneously love and hate how my favorite television programs end with question mark. But even as I might curse the writers, I find myself eagerly tuning in each week for more.So what … [Read more...] about The Art of the Cliffhanger and a Contest!
