Pepper Martin has gone international! The first book of the series, Don of the Dead was recently published in Germany.
How about this cover?

Or the title: Tote Paten Kussen Besser, which as far as I can tell from a Babel Fish translation means Dead Godfather’s Kiss Better.
Oh yeah, that would get [...]

I’ve had a busy last couple weeks that included a class at Heavenly Hardware Enchantments (http://www.heavenlyhardware.com/) here in Cleveland. It’s a great new shop full of crystals, candles, incense, etc. But I wasn’t there for any of that.
I was there to look for ghosts.
The ghost hunting seminar was sponsored by the Western Reserve [...]

If you’re in the Clyde, Ohio area this Saturday, you’ll want to stop by the library for a great event, Bewitched by Books, a Celebration of Paranormal Fiction.
I’ll be there along with Madelyn Alt, Rhonda Stapleton and Kathryn R. Blake.
There will be a book sale and signing starting at 10, then lunch with the authors [...]

…the newest cover!
Welcome to Pepper Martin’s world. In the fifth installment of her adventures, she’s in charge of restoring a rundown cemetery, and as if that’s not enough to complicate her already not-so-simple life, she’s doing it with a team of probationers, the project is being filmed for a TV series called Cemetery Survivor [...]

I’ll tell you right now, my post today has nothing at all to do with writing. But it should be of interest to those of you who own dogs, or know someone who does.
This is the story of Louie, a seven-month-old Scotty who belongs to my daughter. Like most puppies (and terriers in [...]

Since yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, it seems a perfect time to post some photos from my recent book signing at Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland. We called it “Boo and a Brew” (get it?) and had a great time meeting pub patrons and readers.

Here I am with a reader named Tracy who [...]

..write a nonfiction proposal?
I know, I know…no one is more surprised than me that I’m even talking about nonfiction. Though I’ve done some newspaper work and some corporate communications in my day, it’s been a long time. Yet I’ve spent a whole lot of time since last I blogged–every single working hour of [...]

Hard to believe it’s been an entire month since I blogged last. Time flies when you’re having fun, and this last month, life has been moving at the speed of light.
• I had a birthday. And I guess I’m getting too old because lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I just don’t [...]

I haven’t signed on the dotted line yet, but the details are worked out, so I can officially announce that after Pepper Martin mystery #4 (Night of the Loving Dead, out now) and #5 (Dead Man Talking, October) and #6 (scheduled for July 2010), there will be at least three more Pepper books. Hurray, [...]

. . . and this time, she’s taking on the Windy City!
Thrilled to announce that the latest Pepper Martin mystery, Night of the Loving Dead, hits store shelves today. Since my website isn’t updated like it’s supposed to be (one of these days, they keep promising me), I’ll take the opportunity here to tell [...]