I’m so excited to announce that I have a new mystery deal. A straight cozy mystery with NAL. I’ll be publishing under a pseudonym (which is actually my given name–mom and dad are SO happy about that!). Here’s the PW blurb my agent sent it. “Melissa Bourbon’s PLEATING FOR MERCY, in which a woman opens […]
Thank you so much for the chance to visit with the Stiletto Gang! I have to admit I’m very partial to the title of this blog. I’m a high heel fanatic. I wear them whenever I get the chance, which is rare indeed, since I spend 95% of my time sitting right here in my […]
As most of you know, I have a big family and come graduation time I’m deluged with graduation announcements, not so many actual invitations. My great-grandson, Aaron, invited us to his 8th grade graduation at our little school up here in Springville. We’ve attended many graduations there and this was one more. Outside with the […]
Blessed are You Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has kept us alive, and has preserved us, and allowed us to reach this season. I murmured the prayer over and over again late Friday afternoon, June 4. It was, for me, nothing short of a miracle. Riley Giselle, was born and poof, I […]
Writers are often asked which is more important to them, plot or character. At the risk of being difficult, but in all honesty, setting is the most important factor to me in planning my novels and in choosing ones to read. I do read, and occasionally write, in venues outside of my passion for all […]
I just read a really good blog about writer’s block and though I left a comment I really wanted to write more so thought I’d do it here. Though I don’t really suffer from writer’s block, I do procrastinate about clicking on Word and my latest work in progress. Instead, I check my e-mail, read […]
Kathryn Lance has been a freelance writer since the early seventies. She is the author or ghost of more than fifty books of fiction and nonfiction, for children and adults. She has recently become a docent at a desert nature park, and though she still writes has learned to prefer snakes to copy editors. Pandora’s […]
Susan: I’m very happy to have KD Easley join us today. She’s a fellow Missouri author and a super nice lady. She’s also giving away a signed ARC of MURDER AT TIMBER BRIDGE to one of today’s commenters! So comment away!Hi, KD and welcome to the Stiletto Gang! First off, tell us about MURDER AT […]
Lila Dare, author of the Southern Beauty Shop series from Berkley Prime Crime, joins us today. The first book in the series, Tressed to Kill, debuted May 4 and got a starred review from Publishers Weekly and 4 ½ stars from Romantic Times. That might seem like reward enough for a first time novelist, but […]
In the photo: me, Donna Andrews, Marcia Talley and Deborah Crombie. First, let me say, this past weekend at Mayhem in the Midlands was extraordinary. The con is always held in Omaha, and we’ve been to this particular mystery event nine times. We’ve gone so often we’ve made friends with people who live in Omaha […]