I love to blog. I love to read blogs. But when life happens, it’s the first thing to fall by the wayside. My dad was diagnosed with cancer. He’s 86, he’s had a magnificent life, and we have no idea what the future holds. But for five weeks, I was the one in charge of… Read More

Hmm. That title looks as if I mean that the research itself is a mystery. Like I open a phone book, close my eyes and try and point to a forensic specialty that looks interesting. I may actually do that one day. In the meantime, let me tell you how I research my mysteries. You’ll… Read More

Now, take a look at the picture on the left and tell me it doesn’t look like a fairy glade. In fact, it’s the home of the fairies who live in my next book. Okay, I don’t have the name yet. Silhouette is still holding it in some vault somewhere. When I do, I promise… Read More

That’s what I’m thinking of titling my blog. I told one of my friends and she almost had a hernia. “Who, you?” she demanded. “Have opinions?” Yeah, okay. You know I do. It’s a fine old tradition in our house. My mother was notorious. My dad couldn’t get through a meal without staring a debate… Read More

No, Eileen the furious. Eileen the outraged. Eileen the greatly disappointed. Before I tell you why, let me preface it by giving you a bit of my history. I worked in trauma nursing for sixteen years. We were the catchment hospital for familial abuse, so I took care of endless numbers of women caught in… Read More

Yes, that’s right. The end. I finished my book this last weekend. I would have blogged about it Monday, except that was devoted to converting all my Wordperfect 6.2 files into Word for Windows so they could be edited at Silhouette, then copying them all, then sending the snailmail and the email versions to editors… Read More

Yes, I know I’m late posting, but I”ve spent the day with my family. We consider this one of the high holy days, and spend it together–usually at a restaurant as far removed from an Irish bar as we can get. Because, you see, we’re not amateurs, and we don’t see a need to mix… Read More

I’ve been hanging around Anne Stuart and Jenny Crusie a lot lately, and have been reading their blogs with great interest, and I love how they do that 12 days of whatever book they’re writing. I’m also amazed that they can do it. My problem is that, usually, if I’m writing about writing a book,… Read More

I admit it. I’m a dog show junkie. There’s just something about canines on a runway that attracts me; I can’t say why. So I watched Westminster the other night–well, two nights. And I have to admit that I was pleased by the results. A beautiful springer spaniel won. I was pleased. Not thrilled. I’m… Read More

So here I am back at the coffee shop, and I figure it’s about time I told you about Kareena Boudreaux. Now, for anybody who hasn’t read it, SINNERS AND SAINTS is where you’ll find my lovely Kareena, one of my favorite second-bananas I’ve ever gotten to write. SINNERS takes place mostly in New Orleans…. Read More