Introducing The Angels’ Share

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Writing novels gets to be a habit. Back in the 1990s, when I was living in Key West, I was writing one a year. The rhythm just felt right, brisk … Read More

Love, Longing, and Virgin Heat

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The first book I was ever paid for writing–back in 1976 or ‘77—was a ludicrously bad historical romance written pseudonymously for a third-rate paperback publisher. Everything about the project, from … Read More

False Starts and Tropical Depression

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Some authors set down detailed and scrupulous outlines of their novels before they write a single word. The case can be made that this is a good idea but I … Read More