Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Originally a newspaper reporter then columnist, this is my debut mystery introducing the Chesapeake Bay Mystery Series. In just ten weeks, I’ve garnered over 70 Five Star Reviews! It is published by mystery/thriller well-respected publisher Level Best Books.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Murder in the Master – Inspired by years of experience as a real estate broker and a sailor on the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. I wanted to bring readers into the world of real estate with a realistic picture. Introduce a really smart woman who, like Jane Marple, decides evil needs to be challenged.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Writing on a boat?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
The phenomenal Dick Francis, M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie, Robert B. Parker, Jane Austen, and others.
What are you working on now?
The second book in this series – Killer in the Kitchen. “A famous chef is poisoned, a Chesapeake Village is swamped by rumors, a real estate agent is pursued.”
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook
Networking at writer/fan conferences
Author signings
Do you have any advice for new authors?
One, don’t give up! Two, be open to feedback. Three, revise, revise, revise. Four, network!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Stephen King said that to write you have to put your butt in the chair!
What are you reading now?
Lori Duffy Foster’s The Dead Man’s Eyes
Lori Robbins Murder in First Position
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish this second book for Level Best Books Publishers. Embark on adding hort stories to my list of published materials.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Longshot by Dick Francis
Break In by Dick Francis
Winter Solstice by Maeve Binchy
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
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