The Next Book
Last week I finished the first draft of my next book, the sequel to Murder For Me. I immediately caught a virus and have been unable to start the first rewrite. I’ll start as soon as I get over this Read More …
Author: Russell Little
Camping at Joshua Tree and Death Valley to See the New Year In
A conversation between my travel planner and me: “We’re going camping at Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley starting December 28. In a tent.” “You’ll freeze to death.” “Oh no, it won’t get colder than 50 degrees. We’ll be Read More …
Disappearing to Write
Please forgive me for not blogging sooner, but I assure you, it’s for the best of reasons. The words have been coming quickly: 5,000 one week, 6,000 the next. Between the courts and the words, I’m cooked at the end Read More …
Writing One Year Ago: Number 5 On the Amazon Best-Seller List
One year ago Murder For Me reached number 5 on Amazon’s best seller list in its genre during Cyber-Monday. It was a great day for me. Of course, that list is fluid and constantly changing. I’ve moved on to the next Read More …
Staying on Task When China’s on Your Mind
Word count. That’s what my task is, where my mind should be, tonight. We’re back from China and I’m working on the last few chapters of the first draft of the sequel to my novel Murder For Me. I’m twenty chapters Read More …
Expats and A Great, Great Night in Shanghai
We spent the morning at the Jade Buddha Temple and the Bund in Shanghai, where I took a picture of Marilyn; then we rested before one of our best travel nights ever. You take chances when you travel — if Read More …
Shanghai: Where You Can See The Future. Now.
Shanghai: See the future. Not just for your child and grandchildren. Now. Shanghai runs along both shores of the Yangtze River. On one side, it seems like the nineteenth century, but on the other shore you glimpse what may be Read More …
Rambling During 27 Hours in the Air
In the Air over Japan We’re flying over Sendai, Japan right now, and it occurs to me that this is a much larger world than we imagine, and a much smaller one. We’ve flown 6,500 air miles since we took Read More …
Fort Worth Ramblings
I’m in downtown Fort Worth on a rainy day, and I walk by this beautifully renovated Square on the way to their courthouse. I stop by the Sid Richardson Museum, which is full of Remington paintings. I don’t like his Read More …
Lessons Learned from Harvey
A guest post from my wife, Melinda Little: Last week on the way to work someone cut me off. When I tapped my horn because I was afraid the driver had not seen me, he flipped me off. Then, later, Read More …
Introducing Aimee and Abundantly Social
I asked Aimee to guest blog this week. Her expertise has been crucial to my social media outreach, and I wanted to introduce you to her. Wanting to Break Through on Social Media I began working with Houston’s Sandy Lawrence, Read More …
Rain
It’s raining today in Houston. Not much, but it’s the first rain since Hurricane Harvey. One friend on Facebook asked if rain scares everyone. Another friend posted that if your children are frightened by rain now, and they weren’t before, Read More …
Walking the Dog
I took my dog for a walk tonight. It was a beautiful, cool evening, and I live downtown, so we walked through DiscoveryGreen Park. Another man walking his dog came up to me and said, “Murder for Me, you wrote Read More …
Thoughts on Being Flooded From a Recovering Flooder
Melinda and I have been married thirty-four years. She’s a Houston native, attended St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church her whole life, and graduated from its school. Hurricane Harvey devastated the church. The entire campus was flooded. The chapel has to be Read More …
Harvey
I haven’t posted a blog recently because of Hurricane Harvey. He’s kept us busy the last two weeks. When a hurricane first hits, you worry about your safety. Once it becomes reasonably clear you are safe, you start checking on Read More …