by Sparkle Abbey Today we welcome a very special guest to the blog – our friend and fellow Iowa author Clara Mckenna who is has a fantastic release coming out later this month, Murder at Glenloch Hill. More about that later. First, we had some questions for Clara about her writing journey, her process, and […]
by Sparkle Abbey Today we welcome long-time friend and fellow mystery author, Barbara Barrett to the blog. She is chatting about her latest release, Murder on the Court, which is the second book in her Unscripted Detective series. But first she shares a bit about the television series Parenthood and why she found it to […]
by Sparkle Abbey Today we welcome a very special guest back to the blog and she’s chatting about the latest in her Dandy Gilver series – The Witching Hour. Plus let’s talk about in-laws… Catriona take it away! “Two houses both alike in dignity” says Shakespeare of the Montagues and the Capulets at the start […]
with Sparkle Abbey Today we’re thrilled to welcome longtime friend and fellow author Nancy J. Parra aka Nancy Coco aka Nell Hampton to the blog. She’s a USA Today Bestselling Author and has over thrity-five published novels including five mystery series. And she’s also party to many of our conference adventures. Nancy take it away… […]
By Sparkle Abbey Please welcome our friend and fellow author, Joel W. Barrows to the blog today. Joel is a member of our local Sisters in Crime – Iowa chapter and we’ve mostly conversed via Zoom but recently had the opportunity to meet in person at a fun writers’ retreat – Only Books in the […]
by Mary Lee Ashford I’m guessing that you all, like me, read no matter the season. But that said, there truly is something special about summertime reading. Maybe it’s the memory of leisurely warm summer days as a kid where there was plenty of time to sit by the pool, picnic in the park, or […]
by Sparkle Abbey Today we’re thrilled to have a special guest stop by, friend and fellow author, Sharee Stover! We have some questions for you but before we dive into those, please tell our blog visitors a little bit about yourself. Hi all! I’m extremely grateful to be joining you today. I’m a Colorado native […]
by Sparkle Abbey We spent the weekend at a wonderful writers’ retreat aptly named “Only Books in the Building.” It was located at Honey Creek, a lovely southern Iowa resort. and though this was the first year for it, based on our experience, we know that it will continue to grow. There’s just nothing better […]
by Mary Lee Ashford Somehow there’s a lot going on in March. We are preparing for a discussion of our writing process and publishing paths – a program for our local Sisters in Crime chapter. And then at the end of the month, I’m moderating a panel at Only Books in the Building: A Writers […]
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 […]