posted by Jeanne Munn Bracken

I have been a reference librarian for 38 years. To some this sounds boring, but trust me, it's really fun work. I enjoy poking around for information, recommending good books to enthusiastic readers, and putting just the right reference title in the hands of a desperate, left-it-to-the-last-minute student. I also know, as we say, where all the bodies are buried in two Massachusetts small towns, and I'm not referring to the local…

A note from Barry Eisler got me thinking about reading together, because my husband and I both enjoy his work. Early in my career as a teacher I gave up trying to make all my students read the same book. Although there are advantages, it's very hard to get that large a group to agree on anything for hundreds of pages. It always ended up with a few thrilled, many bored.

It's the same in other areas of my life. I've given books that I loved to friends who were either not impressed or…

What I love about a good used book store is the undiscovered treasure that I always seem to discover. New stores obviously do not have the shelf space or the desire to carry something that is more than two years old and that wasn't a best seller during its time.

My last two forays to Green Apple Books have yielded these finds:…

In July I sold another book!



If you've read Restore My Heart, you'll know that one of the hero's siblings is at loose ends at the end of the book. In the ensuing two years, a lot happens and ... well, you'll see. The new book's working title is Reclaim My Life and is a Witness Security Program story. The manuscript is due Dec. 1, and the tentative release date is 2009.

This is one that I haven't actually written yet, so I'll be very…

This morning, on Day 1 of my 'Touring the World' virtual book tour, I dropped by 3Rs Reading Den for a chat with RJ. Check it out! You never know what you might learn about me, Whale Song or my other novels. And you never know what surprises may lie in wait!

rj: Let’s start off with talking about characters - the creation of & the relationship the character has to the…

Nobody much comes to my page, so this will probably not do much good. In a way it is symbolic of R.D. Wingfield's life as a mystery author. Nobody much cared -- or nobody in the publishing world cared enough to promote this writer. We have only a handful of Frost novels. The British eventually produced a wonderful television series based on some of them. But the novels are not well known and very hard to find. I eventually managed to find them in cheap paperback editions. And Wingfield gave…

Fen: The plural of fan. Another word for "fans," as in people who like something, not cooling devices.

The Urban Dictionary

One of the greatest parts about the writing life is the chance it gives me to meet other writers--people whose work I love, and who, as it turns out, are huge fun to hang out

with. But…

Today marks the third day of my virtual book tour. The entire schedule and all the links to articles and interviews are available on the Events page of my website,…

Day 2 of Cheryl's 'Touring the World' virtual book tour - A minor glitch at virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com has postponed this interview's appearance there, so it is being posted at an alternate site temporarily.



Karina Fabian of Virtual Book Tour de'Net interviews Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song…

Word Nerd talks it up this week with CrimeSpace member Eric Stone.

His second novel comes out in September. He talks about that book and more things here.

Check out my interview with Sam Harper, Detective, as a part of the Virtual Book Tour.

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posted by Doranna

Being left alone to work.

Okay, that's really strange. When I step back to look at it, I know that. When people take time off--when they dream about time off--they generally daydream themselves a day away from whatever it is they do for a living. A day away from the drudge and mudge. Dinners out, social gatherings, beer and cake and wahoo!

Well, sure, over the years I've done some of that. Kinda depends where I am at the…