by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 13, 2022 | Honors & Awards, Mystery Fiction
Last September, just as I was relaxing into the routine of the semester, a happy surprise popped up in my inbox. The subject line: Good News! It came from my publisher Melissa Carrigee. The message was short and sweet (as I’ve come to expect from... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 30, 2022 | Honors & Awards, Mystery Fiction
“Can you talk???” A few weeks ago my publisher, Melissa Carrigee, sent me an email with this in the subject line. She hadn’t written anything in the body of the email. But my email system, being ever so helpful, added this little reminder of its own accord: You may... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 16, 2022 | Family
My sister has two voices. I noticed this yesterday when we were in town. She has a voice for people she doesn’t know and another for her family. Her outside voice goes up an octave and softens. She smiles a lot in her outside voice and sounds friendly and inviting.... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 2, 2022 | Family
I have a friend from Summit, New Jersey. She left when she was fifteen. Her parents moved to Raleigh, North Carolina for work, and that’s where I met her. She’s since lived in Washington, D.C., California, and now Virginia Beach, Virginia. She’s never returned to live... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 16, 2022 | Travel
I met a man once on match.com. He wanted to go to Paris but told me he couldn’t until he found the right woman. “What if you don’t?” I asked. “Why not go now?” “If I don’t have anyone to share the romance of the city with me, I don’t want to go. It wouldn’t be worth...
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