Category Archives: Kate’s Posts

Kate Flora: I’ve probably said this here too much, that for my writing, when I’m looking for fresh images, fresh language, or a new way of illuminating my scenes or my characters, or to create a mood, I will turn to … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: While I was vacationing in the west last week with husband, son, and son’s girlfriend, my 27th book, Burn the Diaries and Run was published by Encircle Publications. It’s true for most authors, I think, that whether it is … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: This month we’re sharing spooky, scary scenes from our books. Today I’m sharing a scene from the sixth Thea Kozak mystery, Stalking Death. To set the scene, Thea has been consulting for a private school where a black female student … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: I am having one of those restless days. You know the ones. Scarred, the manuscript that needed the editor’s comments reviewed has been reviewed and revised. The book that the publisher is reverting back to me, Wedding Bell … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: As I’m coming into the end zone on the latest Joe Burgess police procedural–and probably because it’s fall, which is always a time for reflection–I’ve been thinking about the peculiar journey my work has taken since my first mystery, Chosen … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: When my boys were little, we used to have word lists posted on the refrigerator both to improve their vocabularies, and to encourage creativity and kindness in their name-calling. Lists that began: Don’t call your brother an idiot, … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: It will happen sometimes. I’ll be reading a book and suddenly a single sentence or two will leap out at me and stop me in my tracks. Sometimes it’s an insight into character that gives me ideas for my … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: Through some fluke of scheduling, I am blogging this week on Monday and again on Friday. Regularly finding topics to blog about is always a challenge. Sometimes there’s something happening in the book I’m writing that lends itself … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: Summer can be a time of leisure, and with that leisure comes remembering. Lately I’ve been surprised to find myself saying, “Fifty years ago, I did this.” Or “Sixty years ago was the summer that I worked in … Continue reading →

Kate Flora: I’ve been doing a lot of cooking lately because of summer guests and that has sent me back to my old wooden recipe box. The trouble is that when I open it, I get stuck there. The box … Continue reading →