Most of my travel for release of The Silent Hour — with the wonderful Murder By The Book in Houston, Sep. 29, excluded — has been completed now, and I’d like to thank everyone who came out. I had a great time, and it is always a pleasure to hear from...
As any of my journalism or creative writing students would assure you, I’m quite obsessed with strong leads. I’ve got a collection of favorite openings from novels, newspaper pieces, and non-fiction, and use them frequently when I teach. But it has been a...
Those of you who’ve followed the site over the past few years are probably used to the one or two changes I make per year. Not too exciting, I realize. In fact, I discovered the last update on my news page was two years and two books old. Oops. This new page...
