March Is For
Mysteries
Though today is St. Patrick’s Day and I have a smidgeon of
Irish in my blood, I would rather talk about writing mysteries and suspense.
Murder and Mint Tea was my first ebook and still remains one purchased. 1998 is
a long life for a book. I did have to do some updating when I reissued the
book. House phones and station wagons area thing of the past. So I had to give
my heroine a cell phone, something she reluctantly uses and give her friends
new rides. I’ve lost track of how many copies of the book were sold over the
years but the number is many.
I’ve written only one romantic suspense. Code Blue began as
Code Blue but the first publisher changed the name to Obsessions. When Book We
Love took over the story we went back to the original title. That pleased me.
This is another book that has been around for a long time and has also had some
updating. Not enough according to one reader but that’s all right. The
interesting thing I discovered is the rough draft of another medical suspense
put away after my long ago critique group and some doctor friends were upset
with the subject. I’m going to rework this story because I really enjoyed
reading what I wrote and so some day you can read Committee of Angels.”
