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A Novel Idea

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." —Gene Fowler

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."

—Isaac Asimov

I moved to the Atlanta area last year, exchanging the swamps of Louisiana for hardwood trees and backyard deer. I don't live near...

The Arkansas town inspired the first Viola Valentine mystery by Cherie Claire.

I once took a screenwriting class and I would come up with what I thought were fantastic ideas for films. When called on in class I would...

Sometimes everything falls into place. I'm showering, looking at the droop in the shower curtain for the millionth time. When we moved...

I thought I was in hog’s heaven, as my mother used to say, when I bought my South Louisiana house and turned the dining room into my...