One night on a highly-exclusive luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins, Journalist Lo Blacklock witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for … “The Woman in Cabin 10, ” a mystery/thriller by Ruth Ware, was one of […]
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The Writing Journey: Stepping into My Fiction Author Identity
There’s a strange phenomenon I occasionally witness at my copywriting and marketing company. Clients will hire us for copy and marketing support, pay in full, and then either disappear or not actually use what they paid for. When I would reach out to ask them why, I would typically hear some variation of how yes, […]
Update on the New Series “Secrets of Redemption”
Wow, 2017 has been flying by. I’ve been hard at work on a brand new psychological thriller/suspense/mystery series “Secrets of Redemption.” The first book “It Began With a Lie” is complete and I’m in the middle of Book 2 “This Happened to Jessica.” I even have a cover and a description of “It Began With a […]
So, how’s the new book coming?
Glad you asked Let me start by saying this was a great year to see how sometimes taking a step backwards results in a huge leap forward. Earlier this year I was starting to despair this book was just getting too long. It was just getting longer and more complicated and I wondered if I […]
“Mirror Image” Launches Tomorrow! (Plus The Story Behind The Story)
Lots of excitement here in PW land as we’re getting ready for the big launch of “Mirror Image.” You can grab your copy right here. And, just like “The Stolen Twin,” this novel has quite a backstory too. It all started when I was a teenager and on a family vacation in New Hampshire. While […]
Covers, Publication Date Update and More
Big week as I finally saw some COVERS! for “Mirror Image!” Woot! My designer did a fabulous job, as usual. I got 4 really great ones but I’ve narrowed it down to two: I’ve asked my designer to add the broken mirror to the second one as well (and I suspect once I see it, […]
Novel #2 — “Mirror Image” — Set for Publication May 2016
While I don’t have an exact date yet (still working on the cover and final edits/layout), “Mirror Image” is scheduled to be launched in May. I’ll be posting here as soon as I get it ready for prelaunch, in the meantime here’s a little taste of what it’s about: Which would be worse, knowing that […]
The Story Behind “The Stolen Twin”
I actually wrote “The Stolen Twin” over 10 years ago. And then I stuffed in a desk drawer (well, to be completely honest, I actually stuffed it into a file on my computer, but that doesn’t have the same impact as stuffing it in a desk drawer) and left it there for over 10 years. […]