on November 18, 2025
2025 Fall/Winter book recommendations from your faithful reviewer and Poisoned Pen Bookstore bookseller, John Charles, and from New York Times bestsellers Jayne Ann Krentz and Christina Dodd. Think gift books for your mom, your best friends, everyone on your holiday list! MURDER AT DONWELL ABBEY by Vanessa Kelly https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/N72jacmRMGB1TATUzwq0dg THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE by… Read More
on May 25, 2025
Jayne Ann Krentz and I zoomed with bookseller and reviewer John Charles. Because he’s a reviewer, he gets to read the books early and here are his recommendations for your summer pleasure. It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle On June 25, 6pm, Jayne will be signing It Takes a Psychic, at HPB in Bellevue… Read More
on April 11, 2025
Me to author-friend Connie Brockway, “Movers come on Tuesday for the furniture going to California. The Husband flies down on Wednesday while I get my hair done. Thursday I fly in the afternoon and we get the third bed delivered. :cue the suspense music: Will it be the right one at last?” And…here’s a photo… Read More
on April 11, 2025
The California move, the bed part Continued from part 1 I searched for bed frames online and, as happens, The Husband and could not agree. :sigh: Finally I found a Shaker style which I knew he’d like and ordered it. We managed to have it delivered on one of the days we were in California… Read More
on April 11, 2025
The Husband and I flew to N. California for five days of wine tasting, eating and much, much walking (because of the eating) and as we were flying back, I took these photos of Mt. Rainier and, as the sun set, Seattle with Mt. Rainer in the background. I know—that mountain looks fake, doesn’t it?… Read More
on May 20, 2016
The best writing advice I give is very succinct. Put your butt into the chair and write. There’s no substitute for experience. But since I’m seldom without something to say (ask my husband), I wrote up a random series of: CHRISTINA DODD’S WRITING TIPS About Characters: Plot is important. Characters are more important. Readers must… Read More
on February 8, 2016
February 2, 2025 is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the day I got The Call that my first book, CANDLE IN THE WINDOW, had been purchased by a very astute editor. The time was 3:30 pm, not that I noticed. (I’m kidding. I definitely noticed.) On June 24, 2025, THUS WITH A KISS I DIE was… Read More
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