Why propaganda works
A picture's worth a thousand words. Have you heard about the Picture Superiority Effect? Here's the short version. The brain processes pictures [...]
A picture's worth a thousand words. Have you heard about the Picture Superiority Effect? Here's the short version. The brain processes pictures [...]
Yes! I'll be at Bouchercon San Diego in August. I always love to fan-girl the guest of honor interviews—this year [...]
Poster Girl doesn't launch until November but it was so great to see this first review come in from the [...]
I’ve been down some research rabbit holes lately. Usually, it starts with a pile of books, ranging from time and [...]
Friday, 5/19 at 6:30, I'll be in conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes at Capital Books about her WONDERFUL debut novel, [...]
It's hard to measure the importance of indie bookstores to the ecosystem of books and readers and writers. I like [...]
Sunday, April 1, 2023, 11:30-1 Pacific. Please drop by a terrific indie bookstore, Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, California for my [...]
I'm thrilled to join Archivist James Scott 12-1:30 December 3 for a discussion about the Sackamenna Kid: Herb Caen. We’ll [...]
The Bouchercon Mystery Conference. I just returned from a week in Minneapolis with this observation: the crime-writing community is ridiculously [...]
I retired from teaching in 2021. One thing I really miss is talking about CONNECTIONS between fiction and life and [...]