How Facebook Helped Me Find My Missing Son

I’ll tell you straight up that he wasn’t missing for long, about 20 minutes, and he was returned safely.  But I died a little during those 20 minutes.  I didn’t know a heart could stop beating for that long and still let somebody survive, because I felt like it didn’t beat again until he was found. Most of you are … Read More

WIP Wednesday

Hey, it’s been forever since I did one of these! Here goes! My novel WIP is at 18,000 words. My goal is to have it at about 80k and submitted to my agent by November. That’s a lot of writing. My current novella WIP is done except for a few scenes that need to be inserted, and some editing.  There … Read More

Miss Murder Looks Askance At Fresh Produce

So I joined a produce co-op.  Each week I pay my “contribution” toward a beautiful basket of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, and then every Saturday morning I tip-tap over in my stilettos and and pick the basket up. Just kidding. Since I get there at about 6:00 am, I’m barely mobile. Ain’t no way I’m dressing up that … Read More

Success Is Like Lightning

My friends, I am so excited and delighted to have my guest post “Success Is Like Lightning” running live on the very cool Booklife Now website! Come! Read! And a very happy announcement will be coming soon! Eeee! Can I say that again?  Eeeee!

Short Stories: Submit or Self Publish?

Friend, writer, and podcasting guy Tim Ward emailed me the other day to ask my thoughts on submitting to Anthologies and Ezines vs. self publishing.  I shot him an email back, and he put together a great little page on it with three different points of view.  Come see what Hugh C. Howey, Kevin J. Anderson, and I have to … Read More

Miss Murder Walks To The Grand Canyon While Pulling a Handcart. Fabulously.

I’ve been gone for quite a while.  I know that you were wondering where I went. “What?”  You ask, blinking.  “You weren’t here?  I didn’t even realize!” Wonder no longer, dear friend! For I have returned in triumph! And I have a story to tell.  With pictures. “Um, yay?” You ask. Yay indeed. So I went to my parent’s house … Read More

Troll or Derby: An Interview with Red Tash

So once upon a time I was roaming the Twitterverse and I ran into this delightfully strange woman named Red Tash.  She seemed like somebody I’d like.  Now I know that not only is she insanely awesome and cooler than I’ll ever be, but she’s talented to boot.  She’s launching her extremely enjoyable book titled Troll or Derby ( which … Read More

Writing With Ferocity

  My friend and fellow writing RB Wood is doing his annual summer blog hop at his site, and he asked me to participate.  I was delighted!  And while pondering what subject I wanted to discuss, I decided to tackle “Writing with Ferocity”.  It’s very short but something that I’m passionate about. In fact, I felt my canines grow long … Read More

Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane

  I have been DYING to announce this!  My story “Murder for Beginners” was accepted for John Skipp’s Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane.  Isn’t that fantastic?  You know what is even cooler?  This TOC.  Check it! Jim Shepard Edgar Allen Poe Joan Aiken Richard Connell Ray Bradbury Robert Bloch Ed Kurtz Laura Lee Bahr William Gay … Read More