Mysteries of Book Adaptations – Why the movie is never as good as the book?
My first foray into writing seriously, was in screenplays. I read books, attended innumerable workshops and conferences and yes, wrote screenplays. Hollywood is an extremely hard shell to crack, especially if you don’t live there. However, I did learn a great deal which helps me get over the seemingly universal feeling when watching movie adaptations […]
Down the Rabbit Hole
I’m the type of person that does a lot of self analysis. I can analyze my decisions, comments, actions, pretty much everything to the millionth degree. However, in all my analysis, it has only recently dawned on me that I really like historic cozy mysteries more than contemporary mysteries. In fact, of the three cozy […]
Shhh….Mums the Word
In January Hallmark debuted another cozy mystery based on best-selling mystery writer, Kate Collins’ Flower Shop Mystery series. This movie has an all-star cast which features, Brooke Shields, Brennan Elliott and Beau Bridges. Mums the Word tells the story of how a former attorney and an ex-marine/private investigator get pulled into investigating a murder in […]
One Step Closer
Last week I moved one step closer towards my dream of becoming a published writer when I signed an agent agreement with Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency. Having an agent doesn’t guarantee your book will be published. However, there are definitely advantages. There have been so many changes to the publishing industry over […]