–by Dru Ann Love I love to read. Mostly cozies, but I always add in a thriller or a suspense title to add a little variety to my reading entertainment. My other hobby I enjoy is quilting. Now you are probably wondering what does that have to do with writing. Well, when you write a […]
By Shari Randall Spring arrives slowly in New England, with frustrating fits and starts. There are usually a few unnaturally warm days in March when the optimistic splash through the melting snow in shorts and t-shirts. April’s saturated sunlight has me wondering if it’s time to put away the wool sweaters and bring out the […]
by Sparkle Abbey We’ve survived the second most brutal Iowa winter in history. We’ve also sprung our clocks forward, managed to escape April Fool’s Day unscathed (we wish we would have thought to keep all of our Amazon boxes for an April Fool’s prank!), and are ready to celebrate National Walk Around Day. Never heard […]
I’ll admit I’m not much of a prankster. I’ve never gotten the point of joke gifts—which, admittedly, could come from being raised by a single mom after ninth grade (we didn’t have money for gifts we couldn’t use)—and I definitely don’t get the point of pranking someone. Now, that aversion could stem back to a […]
Dear Reader, I’m writing my first murder mystery. Mystery is my favorite genre for reading. I’ve always been in awe of great mystery writers, thrillers, who dun nits. So naturally my first novel had to be about someone getting killed and someone solving the mystery. What I didn’t plan in my brainstorming was to write […]
By Lynn McPherson With the recent passing of St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve been thinking about the idea of luck. Is it a real thing? Are people naturally lucky or unlucky? Where is the concept most prevalent? Let’s look at some of these questions on today’s blog post. According to www.IrishCentral.com, the term ‘luck of the […]
Juliana Aragón Fatula’s, three books of poetry are Crazy Chicana in Catholic City (2nd edition), Red Canyon Falling on Churches, winner of the High Plains Book Award for Poetry 2016, (Conundrum Press), and a chapbook, The Road I Ride Bleeds (Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press). She has been anthologized as a poet in Open Windows […]
by Sparkle Abbey People often ask authors where their ideas for particular books come from. And though it’s quite different from author to author, one thing we’ve discovered from hanging out with other authors is that most have no problem coming up with ideas for stories. In fact, most of us have far more ideas […]
“Macondo began in 1995 when author Sandra Cisneros gathered a group of writers, artists, scholars and activists around her dining table in her King William home to meet informally for rigorous writing workshops. As such we have very established traditions and expectations that include a formal application process aimed at professional writers of all genres, […]
–> By Lynn McPherson The setting of a book is a critical part of a story. Location can determine the mood before opening the first page. A big city will feel different than a coastal village, or a domestic setting versus one abroad. As a cozy writer, my location is pre-determined since the majority of […]