Award winning author Ellen Byron is one of the first authors I met in my debut year at Raleigh, NC, Oct. 2015, and we’ve been fast friends ever since. Today, Ellen is guesting in my first Monday spot. Welcome Ellen! MY PROBLEM WITH SWEET POTATO PRALINES My Cajun Country Mysteries always include recipes. I’m not […]
By Lynn McPherson My newest book, The Girls Dressed For Murder, will be released August 31st. I am so excited to share a little bit about it here. But first things first. Here is a look at the cover! Here is the back cover blurb. I hope you are intrigued! When Izzy gets a killer dress […]
. . . by Dru Ann Love I had an idea for a post and now I can’t remember. It’s hard to write a post about writing since I’m not an author. But if you visit my blog at dru’s book musings, I do writerly things on there, like my “day in the life” and […]
Dear Reader, I love summertime. I spend most of my days outside gardening and gathering seeds and collecting bouquets to hang and dry for potpourri. My home has two shares of irrigation water from Lake DeWeese in Westcliffe. We water with a pump and sprinkler system that my husband installed when we bought our home […]
By Shari Randall Sometimes I forget to enjoy the things that are right outside my front door here in Connecticut. I’m glad when friends visit and we do all the fun tourist things including one of my favorites, the Lights and Sights Cruise out of New London Harbor. On Lights and Sights, the tour boat […]
Dear Reader, The photo above is my manuscript laid out in chapters. I’m so proud that I’ve completed it but now the hard work begins. Revision. Writing is hard work. It takes dedication and solitude to write. I have the dedication. I need to work on the solitude. So, I’m in the wilderness, my husband […]
Here’s to strong smart women. Especially those who fly under the radar. Amateur sleuths, particularly women amateur sleuths, often don’t seem all that strong or all that smart at first blush. But they are, aren’t they? Whether they have ordinary jobs like small-town librarian, preschool teachers, haunted bed and breakfast owner or for that matter […]
Dear Reader, Sicily 1995 Manuel Roybal, our tour guide, and me. This morning as I was surfing the internet, I came upon a familiar face, Manuel. We go way back to the 90’s when we traveled together with the Latin Locomotions and our vata loca, Sherry Coca Candelaria took us with her to the Department […]
By Lynn McPherson I have been to my first Thrillerfest conference! I have to tell you all about it and why you may want to consider attending it next year. For anyone who isn’t familiar with it, let me give you a brief introduction. Thrillerfest is multi-day event that takes place annually in NYC. It […]
Today we have a very special guest, Grace Topping. Grace is the debut author of Staging Is Murder from Henery Press and she has some interesting things to say about identity. Welcome to Stiletto Gang, Grace! — Shari Randall Identity Crisis by Grace Topping If someone were to ask me how I would identify myself, […]