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The interviewing process in Italy is very different from the United States. Jon and I got to sit in our hotel and the journalists, photographers, television, radio (with one, or [...]

Must stay awake. Must stay awake. If we go to sleep now we won’t sleep tonight. Must fight the jet lag. Evil jet lag. I’m going to get up and keep moving. Even sitting [...]

We didn’t have internet access in Italy. Not reliably, at all. So we couldn’t put up any blog entries. But now we’re home and the internet is ours once more. [...]

We leave Friday for Italy. Our Italian publishers wanted us to do a tour for them, and we finally ran out of excuses. Yeah, the evil bastards flying us to Milan and Rome. Forcing [...]

Recovering my strength. It sounds like I’ve been ill. I’m not entirely certain why but DANSE MACABRE was a hard book to write. I’m still searching for an easier [...]

It’s Halloween. This and Christmas have always been my two favorite holidays. Jon and I usually dress up. We decorate the house and yard. This year there are hardly any [...]

Anita and I need a break. A vacation. She’s been working violent crime for over six years, and I’ve been writing about it for over ten. It’s not the real thing [...]

Woke up at 6:30 A.M. I can bloody sleep in, and I woke up with the room still dark. Woke up enough that I knew it was useless to lie there. I left Jon asleep. I told him where [...]

Okay, I’ve recovered enough to say more about finishing the book. Let’s see . . . hmm. The book weighed in at twelve pounds, two ounces. The next heaviest book was a [...]

I could say other things, but right at this moment the only thing that seems to matter is . . . It is done. [...]