Holli's Works In Progress

Some writers seem to write just to get attention.  Obviously, writing for the public presupposes on some scale that the writer wants attenti...

I spent the better part of yesterday editing one of my novels that is already in print. A reader complained that the novel was poorly edited...

For those whose writing includes police procedure, particularly in the area of confessions or police interviews, there is new policy out the...

This post was inspired by the book LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg. It isn’t a review, because I haven’t actually read the book. In fact, the p...

A friend recently read a Facebook status I posted and commented that she wished I could live inside her brain.  It made me realize that the...

I’m in the middle of writing Chocolate City Justice.  Actually, I was nearing the end, when I realized this mystery novel was missing a big...

As part of Sneek Peak Sunday, I have posted the first ten sentences from Chocolate City Justice, the third in the Crescent City Mystery Seri...

Waiting for Isaac While Remembering Katrina Once again those of us in New Orleans are watching a hurricane, waiting to see if Isaac is goi...

A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet.  The famous phrase from Romeo and Juliet, where the two star-crossed lovers discuss whether i...

I finally got my novel into the public library in New Orleans. This was a big deal to me, being that my novels are set in New Orleans, and b...

With the book launch of Jambalaya Justice barely over, I finally had some time over the break to work on Chocolate City Justice. My publishe...

I am finally having the book launch party for Jambalaya Justice, Saturday, December 17, at our bar, the Last Stand, 424 Destrehan in Harvey,...

I'm excited today to be featured on Emerging Novelists, a site that features, well, emerging novelists. It sounds so much better than u...

An interview for Jambalaya Justice is up at Morgan Bailey's blog at http://wp.me/p18Ztn-Xf Morgan Bailey is an extremely nice person and...

Jambalaya Justice is finally available through Amazon.com, Bn.com, independent book stores, and other websites where books are sold. I will...

Information on Jambalaya Justice, which is at the publishers now, due for a summer release: The murder of a hooker in a New Orleans crackhou...

Just as I am finished editing Jambalaya Justice, the second in the Crescent City Mystery Series and follow up to Gumbo Justice, I saw on t...

Monday, April 11, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. CST, I am participating in a Blog Talk interview at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ , with Sylvia Dickey...