Higher Mysteries podcast

My buddy Rick Kleffel has posted his podcasts of the Higher Mysteries panel, in which four top-ranking crime writers talk about using religion and theology in their work, on his web site, The Agony Column: “You’re all here for Tax Law 101, right?” —Laurie R. King For all the seriousness of her premise, Laurie R.…

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Higher Mysteries

Last month, you may recall, I urged you to drop what you were doing and come to listen to four fabulous ladies (or anyway, three fabulous ladies and me) talk about how we use religion and theology when writing crime fiction.  There’s a podcast on its way, but the excellent video has just gone up…

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Higher Mysteries, Santa Cruz style

Tuesday night finds me in rapt conversation with three other Ladies of Mystery, talking about how we use religion and theology in our crime fiction, and why.  The panel will be podcast, and possibly videotaped (yes yes, I know they don’t use tape any more…) but if you’re anywhere in the vicinity, come and join…

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People of the Book

When I heard the news from Fort Hood last Thursday, my heart sank.  Not only because of the terror and grief visited on this community of soldiers, but because of the undeniably Muslim name of the man accused. When a man with an “American” name (ie, Germanic or Irish or Polish or Italian or Spanish…

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Seders and other riotous entertainment

I went to a seder on Wednesday with my new family—the family my daughter married into—and found it…unlike other seders I’d been to. Sing to the tune of “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”: Just a tad of haroset helps the bitter herbs go down, The bitter herbs go down, the…

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Paranormal, Sex & Culture

I’m still over at Bitten by Books this morning, if there’s something you just always wanted to ask LRK and didn’t have the chance.  And they’re giving away a bunch of books–great contests there. And, a reminder that on Saturday I’m with Pam Houston, 
Stacie Boschma, Sean Stewart,
Regina Lynn, and
Minal Hajratwala in San Francisco’s Make Out…

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