It’s really not so bad. I can quit at any time. Any time. But I won’t! I am writing two series at the same time, a Tudor mystery series called the King’s Fool Mysteries with Henry VIII’s real court jester Will Somers as the sleuth, and alternating with a Victorian cozy and Sherlockian pastiche called … Read more
It seems that I keep hearing a lot of, “I wanted to get this book out there” or “I wanted people to read this book.” I see a lot of focus on THIS book rather than THIS career. And I think writers need to ask themselves what it is they really want. Do they want … Read more
Sometimes, I really agonize over what name I will give a character. Two factors are involved, especially in my historicals but it also counts for contemporary stories regionally; Is the name appropriate to the era, and for the country (England) or region in any contemporary novel set in the United States I might be writing … Read more