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If you happen to be a reader of suspense novels, then you may have heard of the news from last week.  One week ago today, Vince Flynn passed away from prostate cancer at the young age of 47.  In

I put our garden in last weekend.  It’s one of the rituals of spring that I love.  Actually, it starts earlier than that.  In late February or early March, I make the trek to the local pla

One of the things that I enjoy about writing is that it’s made me a very curious person. Well, I was probably that way beforehand. I think part of it comes from my upbringing. I remember spen

The writer hunches at her computer, the blinds pulled, all of her attention focused on what’s glowing on the monitor. Nothing stirs in her room. Her husband and dogs know very well to leave h

In most fiction, the characters are what drive the novel. They create the conflict. Whenever I get ready to write a novel, the characters usually come to me before the conflict and definitely befor