It was called The Great Cactus Caper. Authors, fans, booksellers, editors, librarians, publishers, oh my! Loads of fun at every corner and in every bar (okay there was only one bar, but it had many corners). Seven hundred and counting. That’s how many were registered, which makes Left Coast Crime a shade larger than Malice […]
By Kimberly Jayne I’ve just had an incredible idea. Instead of my characters discussing whether an old prophecy is true, my protagonist is going to give them proof! Oh wow, this is so good. No, not good. Phenomenal! Fingers poised over the keyboard, imagining the firestorm about to ignite. Bwaa-ah-ah! [rubs hands] They’re not going […]
by Juliana Aragón Fatula, author of Crazy Chicana in Catholic City, Red Canyon Falling On Churches, and The Road I Ride Bleeds. Dillon Beach is a hideaway that sits along the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco. It is one of my favorite places in the world. It was at Dillon Beach that I held my […]
My to-do list is always full and I try to cross things off as quickly as I can. I’ve always lived by my calendar and kept track of what is schedules. Every day I check my calendar to see what I’m supposed to do and where I’m supposed to be. A big disruption happened on […]
by Jennae Phillippe For my inaugural blog on The Stiletto Gang, I wanted to make a good first impression. And then I found out on the day I was going to post my first ever Stiletto blog that I had read the instructions wrong (mixing up AM and PM in the time I was supposed […]
by Sparkle Abbey If you haven’t heard, Iowa was quite a big deal this week. According to the NBC evening news Monday night, the whole world watched as we were the first state to caucus for the next president of the United States. We’re not sure the whole world was watching our state, but we […]
Juliana at Red Canyon Falling On Churches, Colorado February 3, 2016 The Secrets Are All Out Now by Juliana Aragón Fatula I promised my students that I would tell their story. The secrets are all out now. In 2009 I taught teatro at Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo, CO. My teatro students had been studying […]
This is a great shot of Morro Rock in Morro Bay. I’ve visited this area many times and always find something new to enjoy and love. Besides all the beautiful vistas, there are some great restaurants with fabulous seafood. Here’s a photo taken through the window of one of the restaurants. Because I love the […]
Am I sad? Not in the least. It will be so refreshing, not just for me, but for everyone to read thoughts from someone new. And I’ll still be here for the first Tuesday. After all, it’s good for this old gal to hang out with all these younger girls. So what do I have […]
by Sparkle Abbey Downton Abbey’s final season launched this past week and so we couldn’t let this major event pass without a nod to this highly acclaimed British drama. You might remember we did a contest a while back with all the differences between Downton Abbey and Sparkle Abbey. And now, our latest book Downton […]