In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan's friend Jordan Baker announces at one point during a conversation that, "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." Though Jordan isn't a very likeable character, I've always loved that quote. Because life does seem to start over again in the fall, doesn't [...]
I'm one of those people who go through life taking a lot of notes. It's probably because I feel both eager (yeah, and sometimes even a little desperate) for information. I want to know how to do the things that matter to me in the best possible way and with [...]
I bet you're thinking the same thing I am. How did it end up being July? Summer always flies, but this one seems to be going faster than most. I haven't even dug out all my t-shirts yet. There was one week in June, however, that didn't feel so rushed. In [...]
Has spring been good to you so far? The weather in New York City has been much cooler and damper than I would have liked, but over the years I've come to see that spring in New York really comes down to two (freakishly) warm days in February, one lovely [...]
First it was the herds of deer in the yard. Then the ground hogs on the porch. And then, oh boy, the bear at the bird feeder. Lately, it seems, nature has been encroaching more and more on our weekend home in Pennsylvania. Sometimes it can be breathtaking. Like this [...]
Don't you love the feeling you get when someone does something nice for you out of the blue, something you didn't see coming but that ends up making your day? I had that experience the other night while I was signing books at the launch party for my new psychological [...]
Article originally appeared on thebigthrill.org The Secrets You Keep by Kate White Bigger, Bolder, Better—and Badass! By April Snellings Plenty of thriller protagonists find their lives or homes infiltrated by strangers who mean them harm; in the burgeoning genre of domestic suspense, though, they discover they may have already invited [...]
This conversation originally appeared on Lisa Unger's website here Kate White – wow! Former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine (yes, she knows all your secrets!), bestselling author of thrillers and mysteries, and a business and career expert who travels the country speaking to women. Impossible not to be intimidated by this [...]
The stupendously successful thriller writer Harlan Coben once told me that he thought doing research for a book was often a form of procrastination. I’m sure that’s true in certain instances because writing is hard, and sometimes you’ll do anything in the world to avoid popping open that laptop. But [...]
I've been in Uruguay for more than a month now, and it's been the perfect place for me to finish up my next Bailey Weggins mystery, which will be out this fall. For some reason I've never understood, it's easier for me to write when the weather is hot. My [...]