The only thing better than random phone calls from your best friend are random phone calls where you pick up and say, "I love you but I'm writing right now" and you lock in a time to talk tomorrow.

Cyclist parents: Q for you. My 10-yr-old bikes 2mi to school alone every day. We've built up to this for years, & I feel confident she is quite safe. BUT, often, adults at school tell her "that's so dangerous." It freaks her out & infuriates me. How would you address this?

Don’t write what you know. Write what you love.

Working from home in an off-grid cabin means a rapid late-afternoon transition from "I'm cozily writing by the fire" to "I am typing in the woods in total darkness"

What was your favorite purchase under $200 this year? Something you use often with gratitude and incredulity that you didn't have it before? For me, it's a pair of Uggs. So cozy. So warm. My feet hugged by clouds. Turns out those blonde girls in high school were onto something.

Book nerds: do you have any favorite podcasts about writing craft? I’m looking to expand my listening/learning diet in 2024. I enjoy @TSNOTYAW, Story Nerd, & Start With This (which no longer runs but has wonderful archives). Thanks in advance for your recommendations!

This is cool to see. 18 mysteries that are being translated into Spanish for publication in 2024. A few things I notice: - some titles (including mine!) got changed. - some covers have the same art as in the US, some different. - many have a new tagline added to the cover.

What an honor to see Mother-Daughter Murder Night as a "best debut" nominee among some of my favorite crime novels of 2023. My goal is to at least read all the debuts and best novel nominees before Left Coast Crime in April. Who's with me?

What is the best con job movie and why is it THE SPANISH PRISONER I'm still obsessed with that story after all these years

Book nerds: do you have any examples of maps in novels you really like? My publisher has agreed to include a map in the paperback version of Mother-Daughter Murder Night, and my close friend & beta reader Beck Tench is hopefully going to draw it. Any fav references to share w us? 😊

I would like to sincerely thank the Southwest Airlines flight attendant who heard me say “club soda” and brought me a mimosa by accident

Y’all, Beck Tench made a map for the paperback version of Mother-Daughter Murder Night and I CANNOT WAIT for you to see it 😍😍😍

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Help! ISO the texting analog to saying "bye" on the phone. You know when you're texting with someone, and it's real-time (i.e. fast ping-ponging), and then one of you drops out and it flips back to async with no warning? I hate that. Does anyone have a solution to this?