Where I Am, Where I Came From

The best thing about Tuesday’s launch of the anthology Ice Cold at The Mysterious Bookshop on Tuesday: Getting to see Laura Lippman, Sarah Weinman, Reed Farrel Coleman, all of whom were so supportive of my first forays into writing fiction. They know how important to me they’ve been.

But there was also a grace note for me: Near the end of the event, I spotted the author Robert Crais across the room. Bob and I had known each other only via the AOL Hardboiled Board fifteen years ago. But back then, when I only dreamed of a fiction career, he too was very encouraging. His confidence helped give me the nerve to take the leap.

I was able to go over, shake his hand, and thank him in person. It was something I’d been waiting a long time to do. And it only made me realize again how surreal this journey has been to me. How fortunate I am to have kept writing, kept trying, and to find myself here today.

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