Building Willow Creek
Every mystery needs a setting. But the best mysteries give readers a place they never want to leave. When I first imagined the Willow Creek Mystery series, I knew I wanted the town to be more than a backdrop for a murder investigation. I wanted it to feel like a place where you could spend […]
Behind the Mask: A Work in Progress
One of the questions I hear most often is: “What are you writing next?” Sometimes the answer is a fully outlined novel. Sometimes it’s pages of notes on a whiteboard. And sometimes it’s something in between. Today, I thought I’d share one of those in-between projects. While the Samantha Hayes novels are told through the […]