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INTERVIEWS

Interview with Emma

During my book launch for DIZZY IN DURANGO (An Andy Veracruz Mystery), Emma Rose Miller asks me about my use of setting, my mystery series, and the use of a novel as social commentary. She also asks about my life in Durango, Mexico, violin lessons with David Rife, and the violin audition described in the book. 

Interview with Simon (Stray Bullet) Duringer
Simons asks about writing motivation, hobbies, favorite artists, pet names, and swimming!


Podcast with Lisa and Nancy at Big Blend Radio
With the travel-loving mother-daughter team, I discuss murder mysteries, Mexico, mariachi, and men!
GUEST POSTS
Writing Gymnastics
On Writers Who Kill, I discuss finding models for fictional characters among the daredevils at my gymnastics club. (No, I'm not one of the daredevils!)

​The Funny Thing about Murder
On James Callan's blog, I discuss the irony of using humor to talk about murder.

The Pantser vs. the Plotter
On Marilyn's Musings, I discuss the pain of throwing out thousands of words that didn't fit into my finished novel. Ouch!


Writing What I Know
On the Buried under Books blog, I discuss using my experiences from the mariachi to populate my first murder mystery.
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The Irony of Paradise
Living in Greece for a year was a dream come true except that--I made no money, had a miserable boyfriend, and suffered a boss who hated me! Other than that, though, it was paradise... 
Danger and Melancholy in the Fictional Half-World
It's wonderful to imagine colorful characters, but sometimes they become more vivid than the people in the real world around me. Listening to Greek music makes me melancholy because I start thinking about the life I didn't live! I explain all about it on Thonie Hevron's blog.
The Walk of Death
On the Oak Tree Press blog, I explain how I enjoy walking around lovely Orvieto and historical Pompeii--and getting great ideas for murder settings.