by toby | Nov 23, 2010 | Life
Grumpy in the time of Thanksgiving. I hope my attitude will improve by Thursday. Say a little prayer for me about that, will you? Thanks.
by toby | Nov 18, 2010 | Life
When I’m not writing mysteries, I’m working as a school counselor and therapist—and this morning as I walked into my 100 year old school building my ears were treated to an unbelievably sweet harmony of young voices, echoing off the shining wood floors with a sound...
by toby | Nov 15, 2010 | Life
Middle age, she is a cruel mistress. I came up with that phrase myself, liked the ring of it, and tried it out on Twitter. Then I thought, why is middle age female? Shoot, male middle age is a mean bastard too. Somehow I didn’t think it would happen to me, and I know...
by toby | Nov 2, 2010 | The Writing Life
Black Jasmine is my third novel in the Hawaiian mystery series featuring Leilani Texeira, my intrepid multicultural detective. One of the cool ideas I had for the series was for her to travel to the different islands solving crimes. In this latest one set on Maui, I...
by toby | Oct 23, 2010 | Life
The plane home to Hawaii usually has a festive feeling, because it’s mostly tourists heading out for their vacation: families optimistically toting toddlers for that Dream Vacation, newlyweds snacking on each other’s extremities, rotund middle-aged couples going to...