Happy 2023! With the holidays firmly in the rear view mirror, it’s back at the keyboard in earnest. I’ve been gently nudging agents who are looking at full or partial manuscripts of my latest work, The Remade Bridesmaid. I’m also querying like crazy to other agents and meeting with my fellow authors in the SWContinue reading “Rising Star? I’ll Take It!”
Category Archives: Sisters in Crime, SinC, Central Florida, mystery, crime
Community Matters!
During these turbulent COVID times, I moved into a new community in SW FL—about four plus hours away from my Orlando home base and writing community—just in time for a global pandemic. With societal lockdowns and health concerns, it was very difficult to meet new people or connect with fellow writers or other community groupsContinue reading “Community Matters!”
Get Your NaNoWriMo On!
Last year, I checked out NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month–and managed to write 30,000 words on one of my writing projects. It’s a great way to kick start your writing, even if you don’t plan to crank out 50,000 plus words. In honor of NaNoWriMo, my friends at Citrus Crime Writers (CCW – Central Florida ChapterContinue reading “Get Your NaNoWriMo On!”
Inching Back to Normalcy
It seems we’re finally starting to inch our way back to normalcy as more people get vaccinated and COVID rates continue to fall in many locations. I’m glad to see that some local writer groups are feeling ready for in-person meetings while continuing to include Zoom options for those who prefer to participate online. ThisContinue reading “Inching Back to Normalcy”
Patience Is My Least Favorite Virtue…
My novel, Friends Like These, is on submission right now to potential publishers. My agent has given me some positive feedback about editor reviews of it. I’m anxiously awaiting any scrap of news about a formal offer for the novel. Although I’ve published short stories with small press anthologies and self-published 3 books, I haveContinue reading “Patience Is My Least Favorite Virtue…”
Hitting Readfest Main Stage
Hey all. There’s one more group reading at the SW Florida Reading Festival, but this time it’s on the festival main stage! I’ll be reading an excerpt from my Boston-based mystery, Deadly Sacrifices, for Noir at the Bar, on March 12, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on the virtual main stage. (https://eventhub.shop/readfest/mainhall/5fdbb2f97d52b72b5457f4d4 – The Noir at theContinue reading “Hitting Readfest Main Stage”
Happy First Reading Festivus!
Very excited about my first book festival reading at the SW Florida Reading Festival at 9:00 p.m. tonight, March 9, for Bedtime Stories – Tales of Mystery, Murder and Mayhem. (link below) Bedtime Stories is a nightly author reading of chilling tales for readers to enjoy…and maybe lose a bit of sleep over. I’ll beContinue reading “Happy First Reading Festivus!”
Readers Rule!
Bridges DelPonte featured on the main stage at the virtual SW Florida Reading Festival, March 20, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Adding Realism to Mysteries
Aside from my women’s fiction, I’ve had a lifelong love of mysteries. As kids we watched a lot of mystery shows and movies and really enjoyed the Masterpiece Mystery series on PBS–with Sherlock Holmes (first with the inimical Jeremy Brett and David Burke, and now Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman), Miss Marple (Joan Hickson), andContinue reading “Adding Realism to Mysteries”
A Tale of Two 2020s
“It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.” Dickens got this year right. Both great and awful things happened this year. From the stresses of COVID and political and social strife to positive life changes and home moves, 2020 has whipsawed me at every turn. I’m thankful to be happy andContinue reading “A Tale of Two 2020s”
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