Wicked Wednesday – Favorite First Lines
As writers, we know how important the first line of a book is. It sets the tone for the whole book and pulls you in (or doesn’t). Some are totally…
Tag: Clock and Dagger
Changing the Narrative
Last week I was fortunate enough to go on vacation with my nieces. The three of us rented a house up on a lake in New Hampshire. Their folks left…
Wicked Wednesday: Mythbusters IV–You Can’t Learn Voice
All writers have heard this–that voice in fiction is the one thing you can’t teach or coach or learn. Authors either have it or they don’t. But is that true?…
Wicked Wednesday: Practical Beauty
We’re continuing our celebration of Julianne Holmes’ Clock and Dagger with our thoughts about clocks. Civilization wouldn’t be what it is if they hadn’t been invented. Imagine the chaos if…
Welcome to the family, CLOCK AND DAGGER
Three years ago this month I was writing proposal after proposal for the Clock Shop Mystery series. It seems like yesterday in some ways, a million years ago in others.…
It’s All In My Head
I’m juggling three books, and a dozen characters, these days. It is going well. Sort of.
In the Field: Visiting a Clock Tower
I didn’t know much about clocks before I started writing the Clock Shop Mystery series, so I needed to dive into research. I read, a lot. I googled. I visited…
Crossing the Line
By Julie, hopeful that spring may be here to stay in Somerville A few weeks ago I got an email from a friend who is part of a cat rescue…