“Paws” for Pets

Hello, Kids and All Readers, I have some family news to share! I became a grandmother for the fourth time on July 12. I have two grandchildren, a granddog, and now the newest addition–a grandcat! Agnes is an all-black cat with enormous amber-orange eyes. Perfect for Halloween, right? (But will she grow into them???) My…

Happy Birthday, Flock!

Happy Fourth Birthday, Blackbird Writers! Hello, Dear Readers! This is an invitation to join the celebration: My fellow “four and twenty” Birds and I are celebrating four years flying together to “bring mystery and mayhem to the world,” one book at a time. Our flock of supportive mystery writers took flight in May 2020, thanks…

“It’s Alive!!!” . . . Well, Soon

Hello, Kids and All Readers! Do you dare to enter Dr. Frankenstein’s La-BOR-a-tor-y? That’s where you’ll be when you read Upas Street: Shocking Specter, Book 6 in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series, releasing in Fall 2024. I’m finally busily working on the first draft–yay!–which is due to my editor on March 10–yikes! As Detective…

The Authors Guild Calls on AI Industry Leaders

Hello, Adult Readers, You’ve probably noticed that in Hollywood, CA, many members of the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA are on strike, bringing focus to the emerging use (and abuse) of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the movie, television, and radio industries. Perhaps you aren’t aware that fiction and nonfiction authors are also demanding intellectual property rights and…