A Peek Inside the Museum
When a writer creates a character, it’s a combination of research and imagination. And so it was when I was writing NOT IN TIME and building the character of Genevieve …
What a festival it was
What did I do at the 2016 Dallas Book Festival? Exactly what everyone else did! I listened to authors speak and then hurried out to the bookstore The Wild Detectives …
Keeping Dallas in Suspense
The Dallas Book Festival is just days away! Join other North Texas book lovers on April 30, in downtown Dallas at the Central Library Look for me at 12:50 in the …
New year, new projects
Hello, 2016. I’m back at work on Boys I Have Dated and some other exciting projects. (More about that later…) But in the meantime, I wanted to share a source …
Not in Time in the news
I’ve been away for a bit, because I had to have a bum shoulder tended to. (Free advice: Don’t tear your rotator cuff or your labrum.) Just before I went …
Looted Art on Screen: Woman in Gold
Woman in Gold, which opens in theaters April 1, is based on a true story of looted art. It stars Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann, a Los Angeles woman who …
Readers ask the best questions
Saturday night was the Tables of Content event at Southern Methodist University, where I was one of the “Top 10 Haute Young Authors” featured. I fielded so many interesting questions …
Prefer indie bookstores?
Amazon’s business practices and ongoing dispute with Hachette Publishing have led some readers to take their book-buying bucks to independent bookstores. A couple people have asked me about this, thinking …
That was fun!
I admit it: I was nervous. But I survived my first reading and signing event last week at Dr. Sue’s Chocolate in Grapevine. In fact, I more than survived. I …
Free chocolate!
And who doesn’t like chocolate? No one I’d like to know! (Well, OK, my friend Rebecca, but she’s allergic, so that doesn’t really count.) Come join me Aug. 13 for …