Ladies of Mystery

I recently recovered from an illness caused by a stone in one of my salivary glands. This is akin to having a kidney stone but without the glamor. Instead of sympathetic friends and family saying, “Oh, no! You poor thing,” they tended to...

Or more relevantly, how many people does it take to make a book? I suppose it might take only one, but I doubt it. The words of Hillary Clinton “It takes a Village…” seem more appropriate. If one writer could produce a book unaided, it would mean they would have to not only write the book, but edit it, proofread it, format it, design a cover and put those ideas onto a graphic...

Hello, Ladies ~

Hi, my name is Kimila, and I’m a “dark and twisty” writer. So, what on earth possessed me to think I could write a middle-grade fantasy book? Well, I’m sure you all like me have no control over your imaginations!

My husband and I used to camp with family every year on Memorial Day Weekend, rain or shine, at Sunset Bay Park on the Southern O...

When I write I have a set of practices that have evolved over the years, habits that are so automatic that I don’t really think about them. I just follow them. One of the simplest ones is beginning with a blank sheet without setting up a stan...

All authors with well-written new books start out even. Then they face decisions about genre, the cover, cover text, advertising and marketing. Unless a book was written specifically to fit a genre, with specific genre tropes, the genre decision can be complicated. Since I write mysteries and thrillers I want to read, rather than for a specific sub-genre, this can be a challe...