This is the post I’ve been dreading writing. I’d sooner admit to my criminal past (OK, I actually finessed that one), than write about my favorite book. It’s not that I don’t read. I do. I read constantly. I’m currently reading: • HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISON
READ MORE →Do I control my characters or do they control me? By Rebecca Cantrell I control most of my characters as much as I control my housecat. The cat and the characters usually come when I call. I can pick them up and move them around, but they
READ MORE →Ah, this one’s more complicated than it looks. I grew up with four siblings and it seems like we constantly have house guests or extras around. So, I like to write anywhere that no one is poking me, talking to me, waving their arms, sitting on my
READ MORE →Do I have criminal habits? I have some habits that would be considered criminal in writer’s court, punishable by not getting as much writing done as I think I should. Here are the top 5, in reverse order. Try not to be too shocked. 5. Bitching about
READ MORE →Both. There. Done. My shortest blog post ever. More details? It won’t be pretty. Don’t tell my editor, but I write the first 50 pages blind. I have no idea who the characters are or what they will do. Because I write historical fiction, I know when
READ MORE →Not having an actual criminal past that I am willing to admit to on the Internet, I decided to talk about the crimes that started me down the road to publication. When I was on Spring Break near Munich, I skipped out on Oktoberfest and went to
READ MORE →NEWS: Busy week for A TRACE OF SMOKE. SMOKE is Thriller Book Club selection at dearreader.com: http://www.supportlibrary.com/fm/shelf_main.cfm?win1=LLIST&id1=81&CFID=21947286&CFTOKEN=97892259 SMOKE also got a good review in the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper on Sunday: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906280314 Finally, SMOKE and I got a write up in the Hawaii Tribune: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2009/06/26/features/features05.txt POST:
READ MORE →Why do I read crime/mystery/thrillers? The first part of the answer is: because I read everything. I read crime, mystery, thriller, literary, historical, some sci-fi, the occasional romance, film scripts, and nonfiction. If it’s printed, I read it. Probably some kind of weird compulsion I ought to
READ MORE →I am currently blogging over at 7criminalminds.blogspot.com with 6 other crime writers. I’ll be cross posting the blog entries here too. My current favorite criminal mind is a guilty pleasure. I first met him a few years ago in a place I don’t usually hang out: TV.
READ MORE →Only 6 more days until A TRACE OF SMOKE hits the shelves. So far A TRACE OF SMOKE has been put on Deadly Pleasures “Best First Novel of 2009” list, was a Writer’s Digest Notable Debut, an Elaine’s Pick at Book Passage, a First Pick from Barbara
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