It's August and the month of the annual trip to my favorite island: Anguilla. It's in the British West Indies, a stone's throw from St. Barth's but a whole world of difference. There is nothing to do here. If you want shopping or nightlife you'll need to leave Anguilla and head elsewhere. If you want beautiful, soft sand beaches and peace, here's your place. Getting here is the usual series of connections. Flight to Charlotte, connect to Phillipsburg, St. Martin,…
Read This EntrySome authors seem surprised at the fact that writing is an industry complete with some of the more cold blooded aspects that the word industry implies. I, however am not because I’ve been around the creative industry all my life in some form or another. My mother was a singer when I was a kid. She would spend the days rehearsing her band in our house and I would sit in a corner, playing with my plastic horse models or…
Read This EntryIt's late at night as I write this. It's raining outside and I can hear it hit the windows. The house is quiet and I just finished writing a chapter in one manuscript and struggled over an ending of a short story, which I can't seem to get right. I want the ending to say something about the circle of life. My frustration with the way the story should end got me thinking about thriller writers and their view of death. I've noticed a lot…
Read This EntryI am thrilled to say that Running Dark won a Lovey award at this year's Love is Murder conference! This great conference was the second that I ever attended when I started attempting to market what I had written (Bouchercon in Chicago was the first) and it has been my favorite place to go every year since. The conference is small but filled with authors, publishers, and, this year, my agent, Barbara Poelle. This year was special, too, because three…
Read This EntryThe Estate of Robert Ludlum has asked me to write the next in the Covert One Series.http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-0122-jamie-freveletti-20110122,0,540289.story I discovered Robert Ludlum after my mother purchased The Matarese Circle and spent all night reading it. She then bought The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Bourne Identity and The Parsifal Mosaic. I would rush home from school to try to wrestle the next one out of her hands. Books were a luxury, but she bought those, and the rest we ordered through our local…
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