Sparkle Abbey welcomes Lori Rader-Day Today we’re thrilled to welcome our friend, the brilliant, talented, and award-winning author, Lori Rader-Day who shares her thoughts on how we spend our time. Take it away, Lori… Big news. I have all the time there is. I’m newly out on my own as a full-time writer for a while and […]
Because I kept getting messages from people I’ve never heard of saying I was sending them inappropriate emails, I went to my server and asked what to do. First solution, change my password on my email address. That was done, but I kept getting complaints. Next solution, change my email address. So I did that. […]
So I just got back from RWA Nat’ls, held in NYC. What’s a mystery writer doing at a Romance conference? There were a lot of us there. Maybe we were the secret recruiters… Come to the dark side, we have cookies… Seriously, there’s a lot of cross over with romantic suspense and mystery. I moderated […]
My latest Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery, Not as it Seems, is in the hands of the publisher and being edited. The cover is being designed by the same artist who has designed most of the previous ones–and I love her work. So what’s next? All the authors know–get busy with the promotion. So far I’ve […]
Signing with the Indies By Laura Bradford After twenty-one (published) novels, I’ve certainly had a signing or two. I’ve signed at conferences, chains, libraries, luncheons, and independent book stores. And while all signings are fun because you get to meet readers (new and avid, alike), I have to say those at independent book stores tend to be […]
Erle Stanley Gardner Author Erle Stanley Gardner’s first book was published the year I was born. I didn’t bother to count how many books (many) or short stories (hundred plus) have been published, but there were a bunch. When I was a kid, I went to the Lux Radio Theater to see the Perry Mason […]
Hi Gang, It’s Lynn Cahoon here… The most common question I get, including from family is this. Where do I get my ideas? Where do I get my ideas? The voices tell me. Okay, so now you think I’m insane, but honestly, there are three ways a story starts to gel for me. It […]
by Sparkle Abbey Laguna Beach Fireworks Around the U.S. plans are being made for the upcoming Independence Day weekend. In Laguna Beach where the Pampered Pets Mysteries are set, residents and visitors will be celebrating the 4th of July holiday with free admission to the Art-a-Fair Fine Arts Festival and a patriotic band concert at […]
By Laura Bradford I want a She-shed. There, I said it. Have you seen these things? They’re literally backyard sheds that have been girl-ified (think man-cave but attractive). I stumbled across this concept on Facebook the other day (saw one on my newsfeed), and I was hooked. One day. One day, I will have a […]
Middle daughter, me, eldest daughter, hubby, great-granddauther We had a glorious five days in Murrieta and Temecula visiting our eldest daughter and her hubby and her two children (our grands) and their five kids (our greatgrands.) Everyone came to visit lots. We ate delicious food in wonderful restaurants.The greatgrand in the photo cut my hair. […]