By Cathy Perkins [Cathy is traveling with internet problems, so we’re featuring a past post of hers today.] It’s hay making season in our mountain valley. The process is interesting, even if it does play havoc with my husband’s allergies. One of the things that surprised me, though, was the parallels I saw between making […]
By Cathy Perkins In It For The Money releases next week. After several related-world novellas, it was fun to climb back into Holly’s head–and heart. This latest addition to the Holly Price Mystery Series definitely plays to my tag line–Mystery with a Financial Twist; Trust issues, Family Bonds. A CPA and amateur sleuth, Holly gets […]
Teapot Dome By Cathy Perkins This day in history – “Teapot Dome” became synonymous with outrage, political scandal and a disgraceful event. You remember history, that thing we’re destined to repeat if we don’t remember it? What happened, you ask? Teapot Dome In 1920, Warren G. Harding, a senator and Ohio newspaper publisher, won a […]
By Cathy Perkins The weekend marked the 10th anniversary of our writing retreat. Wow, ten years. Ten years ago, Rachel Grant, Rebecca Clark, Courtney Milan, Darcy Burke and I were Golden Heart finalists and staged our first retreat. (We invited Elisabeth Naughton to join us several years ago and Kris Kennedy couldn’t come this year.) […]
Do you have a sense of purpose? A friend invited me to hear a presentation by a local historian. At the end of their speech, she turned to me and said, “This is their passion. I wish I knew what mine was.” That comment stuck with me as I move into a new stage of […]
We’re the Seven Sinister Sisters and we’re on a mission: Seven mystery authors; seven new releases; seven answers to a central question at each stop on our tour. The Stiletto Gang is our second stop and our question this week is… Is there a theme underlying or unifying your books? Cathy Perkins’ Holly Price mystery […]
What can you say about a year that’s a Rooster in the Chinese calendar? Whose Pantone color of the year kinda looked like slime? Thank goodness it’s over? The year was the pits in too many ways, with too many people focused on the things that divide us rather than looking for common goals, values […]
By Cathy Perkins What’s the appeal of a writing retreat? There are as many types of writing retreats as there are writers. Some are world famous organized affairs, while most are events planned with friends. Drop “writing retreat” into your internet browser and pages of links will fill the screen. Stepping back, though, let’s look […]
“Double Down” used to mean a calculated gamble – and maybe it still does. The technique certainly can increase the odds of winning. These days the term can mean anything from a bold decision to an increased resolve to stick to a position. Of course, it can also be a media euphemism with huge political overtones about […]
Series or Standalone? By Cathy Perkins Hitting today’s Frustration Meter – getting to the end of what you thought was a really great standalone novel and stumbling onto the words “END OF BOOK ONE.” (Yes, First World Problem.) Worse yet – ugh – a serial novel. Or the flip side – you reach the end […]