Jan Bono’s Blog

I just returned from a few days rubbing elbows with a fabulous number of mystery writers at the annual Killer Nashville writers’ conference. Every mystery sub-genre was represented, including thrillers, suspense, psycho-serial killers, medical mysteries, historical,...

Seems like everything’s been coming at me all at once the past two weeks. Guns have been a-blazing and disappointment has reigned supreme. So this morning when I took a deep breath and flipped the calendar to the alleged clean slate of September, I should have been...

As I mentioned in my last blog post, Mom's 82nd birthday was yesterday. My aunt, who died 12 days before Mom last March, is buried next to her. She is three years older, and her birthday is next week. So naturally, I had to take enough flowers and cupcakes to the...

Mom’s 82nd birthday would have been day after tomorrow, but she died last March, and I’m still having a hard time wrapping my mind around that fact. Day after tomorrow we “should” be heading out to Safeco Field together, eating a copious amount of garlic fries, and...

I am not a patient person, but that’s not the main reason I’m more than willing to plunk down a big chunk of change at the box office window. Not only do I not want to wait for the videos to come out, but I just love the whole experience of attending a large, dark...

I’ve been a regular story contributor to “Chicken Soup for the Soul” since my first submission, and success, in February, 2010. It was nothing short of a miracle that the very first time I submitted to the book series my anecdote about teaching was accepted. And...