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Arthurian epic GLASTONBURY: A Novel of the Holy Grail, is available FREE on Amazon 10-12 July.

The Holy Grail lies somewhere in Glastonbury!



When Joseph of Arimathea and his little band of pilgrims sought asylum from Roman persecution they fled to Glastonbury—and carried with them the most sacred relic in all of Christendom.



This tiny, sheltered corner of Britannia—this holy "Isle of Avalon"—was also a place of refuge when King Arthur and his knights fought off the…

I’m still shaking a bit--35 years in this business and I’ve just received the most amazing review of my career from "The Bookish Libraria"

The Bookish Dame's Review

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I hardly know what to tell you except there's little that brings me back to my young adult years like a gothic mystery. I love a gothic novel! Shades of Norah Lofts and Mary Stewart--only more umph and a little better, I have to say! I could hardly wait to receive a copy of Ms Crows book to review. I…

I’d been hearing the talk— Author Videos are the new thing— more effective than a book trailer the in way to connect with your readers. I gulped. Nothing to do but give it a try, so here’s what I did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspE5fXW17M

My husband found that I have moviemaker on my computer and we have an inexpensive camera which we routinely use for Skyping with our children. That was the basic equipment, although we…

Whether an author loves or dreads them, whether you consider them the best part of the job or the worst part, the fact of the matter is that author interviews are part of the job. And it’s important to make the most of every opportunity.

Today I was interviewed for The Examiner which boasts 20 million readers a month. Definitely an opportunity I didn’t want to blow. So what’s the most important thing to say at a moment like this? No matter how much we want to shout, "Buy my book! Buy…

Every writer is asked it all the time: "Where do your stories come from?"

The journey to writing my clerical mystery A DARKLY HIDDEN TRUTH, The Monastery Murders 2 was a long one, beginning with a pilgrimage I took to 17 ancient sacred sites in England and Scotland in 2001--taking one of the first plans to fly out of Boise after 9/11.

That pilgrimage included visiting the churches of two medieval women writers Julian of Norwich, the first woman to write a book in English, and…