Candace Robb's Blog, page 3
March 21, 2023
In Conversation with…Myself
From time to time I dive back into the earlier Owen Archer novels to check what I’d written about a character who is showing up again in the latest book. As I did this on the weekend, and felt I was in conversation with...
February 10, 2023
Background on A TRIPLE KNOT: Envisioning Joan
An invitation to be the guest of honor at the meeting of a neighborhood book club who are reading A Triple Knot prompted me to reread the book I wrote…can it be 8-9 years ago?! Yes. I approached it with a bit of anxiety–would...
January 29, 2023
Shop Talk: Juggling
The year is not yet a month old, but very nearly. As my New Year’s resolution regarding social media is to post here more and visit Twitter less I’d planned to post to my blog at least once a month. Some posts, such as...
December 17, 2022
Into the Future with Owen & Lucie
Good news! I have a new contract with my publisher for the next two Owen Archer books. I love working with the publishing team at Severn House, and I’m delighted to continue with them. So, more books! I laughed to see the prompt from...
September 26, 2022
Celebrating Owen Archer 14
Publication day for A FOX IN THE FOLD is just over a week away. I’m excited for you to read this book, which shines a light on a life-changing moment in Owen’s past. Returning to that momentous event after so many years moved me...
August 30, 2022
Owen Archer’s Vulnerability
Early in my writing career, a fellow panelist at a book fair declared that the marriage of the main character meant death to a crime series. To her mind, sexual tension was essential, and once a couple married that was gone. Another panelist agreed....
May 17, 2022
New in Trade Paperback & a Preview of Owen Archer 14
Trade Paperback Release! The trade paperback of THE RIVERWOMAN’S DRAGON is out now in the UK, and will be released in the US & Canada on 28 June (although you might want to check your local bookshop or favorite online store earlier in the...
February 22, 2022
The Mysteries (& Magic) of Writing
In an interview on the weekend Olga Tokarczuk, whose novel The Books of Jacob was recently published in the US, and moderator and fellow novelists Rabih Alameddine ended with an exchange about something dear to my heart. Rabih was asking about a phenomenon Olga...
November 9, 2021
A Book Event & Fabulous Reviews for The Riverwoman’s Dragon
On Thursday, 11 November, at 6:00 pm PST, I will be in conversation with Patricia Bracewell on Facebook Live, sponsored by the Edmonds Bookshop. Here’s a link with all the information! Pat & I are having fun planning a conversation & readings with an...
August 5, 2021
The Wisdom of Magda Digby, Part IV
We come to the final installment of Robert Newman’s tribute to Magda Digby. With his permission, I’ve been serializing it as a prelude to the publication of The Riverwoman’s Dragon. These are Bob’s thoughts, unedited by me. In this final section he collects some...
