Scotland is celebrating the 250th birthday of Robert Burns by inviting everyone of Scottish descent to visit the homeland. That gave me a thought – let’s celebrate the California Writers Club centennial by visiting bookstores. California Writers’ Week is the third week in October – what better time to discover our wonderful local authors? There’s …
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At midnight on Halloween, my fingers touch the home row keys of my computer, my eyes on the digital clock in the lower right of the screen. Wait, wait. Not yet. One more minute of ghosts and goblins. At 12:01 a.m. local time, November 1, I click the first keystrokes of a suspense novel that …
“What are you making?” my husband asks. We are sitting in the family room together, he with the newspaper, me with a needle and thread. “An alien,” I answer. “I don’t want to know,” he says quietly, eyes on the sports section. I chuckle, knowing his curiosity will return once he reaches the stock market …
