1–What is the title of your latest release? HER DARKEST SECRET 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When a cold-case serial killer returns, FBI special agent Fiona Kelly has one last chance to stop him before he claims the prize he’s always wanted—her. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I chose to write about the South division of the Strange Crimes Unit first (a fictional unit within the FBI), and Memphis seemed like a good spot since I’m from this area and there’s a particular location I wanted to use for this specific story. It was fun using real places and even people. 4–Would you hang out with your sleuth in real life? I would 100 % hang out with her. Yes, she’s got a lot of baggage (who doesn’t) and she’s obsessive about this killer but she’s a lot of fun and we like the same food and music. 5–What are three words that describe your sleuth? Motivated. Strong. Snarky. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? Nursery rhymes aren’t really for children. 😉 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I wait until…

Hey all! It’s an honor to be guest blogging here—thanks so much to Fresh Fiction for lending me the microphone. Suckers. My new novel, GOOD PEOPLE is about, well, good people, specifically a married couple that’s been trying to have a baby. They haven’t had any luck, and are being crushed by debt from fertility treatments, and that’s straining their marriage and their hope. Then one night, everything changes. Offered a chance at a future they’d almost lost hope in, they seize it. One simple choice. A fairy-tale ending. But as they soon learn, fairy tale endings don’t come cheap…. Of course, that’s the finished book. When I began thinking about it, I didn’t know all that stuff. See, for me, starting a book is a difficult time. I usually have some idea of what I want to explore, but I can’t get started until something clicks. Sometimes it’s a character, sometimes a scene. I never know until it hits. So I spend a lot of time freewriting, staring at the wall, cleaning the toilet, reading other books, cooking, browsing the web…. And it was that last that made this come together. I was just surfing, the way people don’t…