Interviews and essays on the web--ASHES AND BONES

This is the last day that I'll be the featured author, "the mugshot," on the ACWL's website (of course, after August 1 or so, I'll be in the archives, where you can also see what other ACWL members have to say for themselves). I wrote an essay called "Going Into The Basement," about what I needed to think about when I was creating the bad guys and worse situations for Ashes and Bones. Check it out--I had a lot of fun thinking about it.

(In case I hadn't mentioned it...Ashes is on sale now! More about the upcoming tour in, er, upcoming blog entries.)

And today...I had lunch with J.B. Thompson! Well, the next best thing, because J.B.'s in Tennessee and I'm still here in Massachusetts: J.B.'s blog is "Let's Do Lunch: The World According to J.B." We met (among other places) in Nashville, at the Southern Festival of the Book, where she organized several wonderful mystery panels. J.B. is a fellow Sister in Crime and writes romantic suspense, so she does her homework and has great insight into life, lunch, and the writing world. Thanks for the hang, J.B.!

(Actually, it's probably better that we lunched via the blog; it's not pretty watching me eat pesto. Long distance is definitely a good idea.)