The Casket Girls: A Tale Literally from the Crypt

Halloween is the perfect time to share one of the spooktacular stories I heard on a New Orleans vampire tour. As I tell you this tale, keep in mind that New Orleanians are proud to trace their roots to these … Continue reading

Fangs, a Facebook Party, and Other Freaky-Fun Stuff

If you’re not friends with me on Facebook, then you missed the pics of my recent adventures in the French Quarter. I went to New Orleans to do research for a couple of Franki Amato mysteries and to see some … Continue reading

BROADening my horizons…and my next book

While I was searching for inspiration for Amaretto Amber, the forthcoming novel in the Franki Amato mysteries, a colleague mentioned that a drag show was coming to Austin. Not that this was anything out of the ordinary. I mean, our … Continue reading

LADIES: Looking for a husband? Then steal a lemon!

Fruit has long been a symbol of abundance and the harvest. But depending on your ethnicity and where you live, specific kinds of fruit symbolize different things. Take the lemon, for example. In the United States, most people associate this … Continue reading