Smoothing Troubled Waters on a Tributary of the Nile
Crocodile Tears, Excerpt
“Don’t worry.” Hannah Craig took her friend, Nyakal’s, hand and swung it as they approached the dust cloud rising from the dancing space of the village. “He’ll show up at the feast.” He was Daniel, Nyakal’s son and Hannah’s godson. They’d waited for him for some time at Nyakal’s home in . . .
Deborah Rice is an award-winning novelist of thoughtful international mystery and suspense. She studied with Tony Hillerman—who kindly took her under his wing. She’s passed that mentorship on, giving writing . . .
Deborah's Blog
Let’s talk about “developing” characters. Characters, it seems to me, are drawn from a well we’ve been tossing bits of experience and observation into since birth, and letting them marinate like a Victorian tutti-frutti. Once we decide we need a certain type of character for...
SPINNING WOOL
Spinning Wool in the Mouth of the Monster is a contemporary mainstream novel of female adventure and self-discovery set in the crucible of the Kosovo Crisis.