Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Writing/Reading on Sep 20th, 2009
Eileen Cook takes an interesting twist on the humorous lead female character in her novel “Unpredictable”. The protagonist, Sophie Kintock, is trying to get her ex-boyfriend back by posing as a psychic, giving a doomed reading to the current girlfriend. She also moves his car to a different parking spot and steals one sock out [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Sep 13th, 2009
I have several posts here about writers like or not like Janet Evanovich, the author whose style I would like to emulate. I realize saying I like an author is much like saying I like the color blue; its ambiguous and could mean anything. So I thought I would write down exactly why I like [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Aug 9th, 2009
Last Friday night, I listened to the New York Times Best-selling author Steve Martini talk about writing in general and his Paul Madriani series in particular at Village Books. He was discussing his latest book, “Guardian of Lies.” While listening to him recount his path to publishing and to his current book in the Madriani series, he [...]