Thank you so much to all of you who entered the Tin Box giveaway! Between Blogger and Goodreads, we had 35 entries, which is great! Technically, that is enough entries for me to give away 2 e-copies of The Tin Box. But you guys were so great about entering and about spreading the word that …
My newest novel, The Tin Box, takes place in the Jelley’s Valley State Insane Asylum. Although that institution is fictional, it was inspired by a very real place: the Insane Asylum of California at Stockton. The Stockton facility was built in 1853 and was once the largest mental hospital in California. It closed in 1996 …
I’m in a mood. Bear with me. I received a box from Dreamspinner Press today. At first I though the postal service had managed to detour it through a war zone because it looked like this: Then I touched the box and realized no, not a war, a flood. The cardboard was still pretty …
My newest novel (my 8th novel!) releases today! The Tin Box is a contemporary romance. Here’s the blurb: William Lyon’s past forced him to become someone he isn’t. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley’s Valley State Insane …
My novella Violet’s Present is a time travel piece about a modern Californian who makes a connection with a distant relative who died on June 6, 1944: D-Day. This is the photo that inspired the story: I don’t know anything about this young man who died that day. But he must have had a family, …
As always, I’m donating all my royalties from this trilogy to Doctors Without Borders. Just Released – Cherry Hill Publishing http://www.CherryHillPublishing.com/Bookstore Stasis – Book 1 of the Ennek Trilogy Kim Fielding Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay, …
Summer was a little quiet for me, release-wise (although Buried Bones came out, plus the freebies The Gig and Treasure). I’m about to make up for that quiet summer with a very busy fall! I’m really excited about all my upcoming releases. Here’s a rundown! The Tin Box comes out September 20. You can preorder …
In my novel Venetian Masks, Jeff spends some time sightseeing in Venice. I was lucky enough to spend a week in Venice a couple of years ago. Despite the vast number of tourists, it’s a beautiful city, unlike any other place in the world. It’s full of unique pleasures: getting lost (but never too lost), …
It’s common to have moments in life when you ponder, “What if I had a second chance with (insert name here)?” Not that I truly want one because I’m happily married. But thoughts like that sometimes spontaneously come after looking old photos or yearbooks. I’ve thought about that friend in college with the gorgeous red …
I’ve always loved going through old family photos. That’s what inspired my story Violet’s Present, in which the photo of a long-gone relative quite literally sends Matt back in time. Because photos can send us back, can’t they? Like this one of me, circa 1983: I remember that shirt. It was stylin’. I remember sitting …