Motel Pool locations 4: Las Vegas

Motel. Pool. releases today! I’m really proud of this book and I hope you’ll give it a try. Also, let’s all admire Paul Richmond’s beautiful cover, shall we?   And guess what? Now through May 17, Motel. Pool. is 30% off at Dreamspinner! In fact, all my books are currently discounted, so it’s time to …

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Motel Pool locations 3: Hoover Dam

Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting about some of the locations featured in my new novel, Motel. Pool. Today is the third stop: the Hoover Dam.   Hoover Dam was built in the early 1930s. Take a look at this photo for a moment as you let that sink in.    The dam …

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Motel Pool locations 2: Grand Canyon

Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting about some of the locations featured in my new novel, Motel. Pool. Today is the second stop: the Grand Canyon. Until last year, the only time I’d seen the Grand Canyon was from a jet airplane. It’s pretty impressive even from thousands of feet in the air, but …

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Motel Pool locations 1: Hollywood

Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting about some of the locations featured in my new novel, Motel. Pool. Today is the first stop: Hollywood.       The mall where I took this pic is right on Hollywood Boulevard, and was the setting for one of my very first stories, “Act One.” Yes, …

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Heating up already?

Okay, so it’s barely May and aleady it’s in the upper 90s around here. I am stubbornly refusing to turn on the air conditioning–despite having a cold. I will suffer. The temptation in weather like this is to turn to something light and frothy. A beach read, right? Preferably one that actually occurs at the …

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I love my husband

My husband is wonderful. There. I’ve stated it publicly in writing. Now he has proof. We’ve been married since dinosaurs roamed the earth, and during those millenia he has managed to completely surprise me four times. First time was when he proposed to me (in an Italian restaurant, between the minestrone and the main course). …

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Upcoming stories. Cover reveals!!

If you’re in a Kim Fielding mood, I have lots of stories on the way. Here’s what to look for in the next several months. And I have cover reveals too!   First up–on May 12–is my next novel, Motel. Pool. I’m really excited about this one. You can preorder it now. It was inspired by …

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Golem

Do you know about golems? They originated in Jewish folklore several hundred years ago. The stories vary, but essentially a golem is a creature created out of clay by a man. The most famous golem, I think, was the one created by Rabbi Loew of Prague to protect the Jewish community from attacks. According to …

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Christmas in April?

As some of you may know, Silver Publishing has gone out of business. This is sad news for many people, including many authors who, I understand, were owed quite  a bit of money by the publisher. I published only one story with Silver, a holiday short called “Joys R Us.” Now that Silver has gone …

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Monsters

One of my earliest memories is of sitting in the living room with my father on a Sunday afternoon–back in the days when there were only five TV channels–and watching a black and white version of Frankenstein. I’ve always assumed it was the Boris Karloff version, but I distinctly remember the monster crying over dead Victor and then …

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