Research Adventures
Funny Things That Happened During Research For this blog post, I think we need to go back to my most recent research trip to New Orleans. The goal of this trip was simple. I wanted to make sure every place my characters visited in the book was described accurately. I...
Behind the Book
How The Last Thing She Saw Began My husband, his two sisters, and I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to New Orleans. At the time, I'd been toying with the idea for a novel, but I didn't have a setting, a mystery, or much of anything else. I knew I wanted to write about...
Research in New Orleans
Before I ever sat down to write The Last Thing She Saw, I visited New Orleans with my husband and my sisters-in-law. One destination was non-negotiable. Algiers Point. We spent time walking its quiet streets, taking in the historic homes, watching the Mississippi...
Welcome to My Journal: How It All Began
If you've found your way here, welcome. I'm so glad you're here. This journal is where I'll share the stories behind the stories. I'll talk about the places that inspired my novels, the history I uncovered during my research, the people I met along the way, and what...
