I still don't have the internet at my apartment. I know all of you are wondering how an internet junkie like me can go so long without the internet at her finger tips. The answer—I can't. I have to go to the library or my parents’ house at least every other day and spend a minimum of half an hour on the internet. Because most of that time is spent checking my email and searching for a job, I haven't had a lot of time to post. But now I have 23 minutes of reserved time left on the library computer, so I am going to post.

I just finished a panel discussion with a bunch of local mystery authors. No, I wasn’t on the panel—I  don’t even read a lot of mystery novels—but I thought it might be fun to go and hear a bunch of authors speak, because, you know, it’s been like three weeks since the YA author event I went to at the Salt Lake City Public Library. I was getting the shakes.

I was amazed by the comments these authors made, not because it was new and inspiring, but because they shared a lot of the same experiences and opinions on writing as the YA authors I know. I don’t know why this shocked me so much, but it did. I guess I was expecting the writing experience for a mystery novel to be different than the writing experience for a picture book, but it’s really not. Curious.

Anyway, I thought I’d give a shout out to J. A. Konrath, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Raymond Benson and Henry Perez (his first book don't come out for another few months, so his Web site isn't up and running yet). They were all fantastic, and now I'm looking forward to remewing my interest in mystery/thriller novels.