Category: Mystery

June 13, 2014 /
June 9, 2014 /

When I was young it meant I would reply to the question, “What do you do?” With this: “Laundry.” Yesterday a friend dropped by and said, “I like you hair like that.” A lovely compliment to which I replied, “That’s the way it comes out of my head.” Completely ignoring…

June 9, 2014 /
June 6, 2014 /

Joe wasn’t about to let up. “Everything the big studios do in Hollywood is predicated on the sexual fantasies of heterosexual fourteen-year-old boys. You understand what I’m saying?” “No.” “Leading men are straight. Period. On-screen and off. Cliff’s agency—Becky’s studio—raise fortunes based on that fantasy. Steve Nelson, he owns a…

June 6, 2014 /

“Hah! There is no such thing as this American idea. Privacy! No such thing. You want to know anything about me? I post it on the Internet. No such thing. No secrets. No problems. No privacy.” Page 169, It’s in His Kiss A note of caution: don’t take your Kindle…

May 30, 2014 /

Discoverability, being the ability of books to connect with readers. I was recently reading an article on the method behind the blockbusting “Fifty Shades”, and while I was under the impression the trilogy was self-published at first, that’s not true. The books were picked up by a small company who…

May 25, 2014 /
May 24, 2014 /

Anne expected The Buccaneers to be some gimcrack, seedy nightmare, covered on the outside with weathered wooden panels while within would be a world of piratical tack with swags and ropes and men in velvet doublets—minus pants…  pg. 167, It’s in His Kiss