I’m happy to welcome award-winning author Meg Benjamin. Today, Meg shares her new release, The Carrot…
Air Conditioning: The Invention We Can’t Live Without by Paranormal Romance Author C.D. Hersh…
What to you is the greatest invention in human history? The wheel? Sliced bread? Electricity (not…
Bed, Breakfast & Bones
BED, BREAKFAST, & BONES Carolyn L. Dean Review by Author Roy Murry When Amanda Graham…
Weekend Read – Fireworks, Frights & Cosy Nights in Lily Vale Village by Imogen Payne
Welcome to another Weekend Read post. My featured book this week is Fireworks, Frights & Cosy Nights…
Round Robin – Change in One’s Writing and that Learning Curve
How has your writing changed and what have you learned since you began? That’s this month’s…
Character Development Worksheet That Earns Its Keep
Most character development worksheet templates floating around online are inventories, not tools. Eye color, favorite food,…
TV Series Review: Gone
Gone is a British TV series starring David Morrissey. The story revolves around the disappearance…
What’s Happening in Your World?
It’s Friday! And my little get away is almost over. It has been fun taking a…
The Coffee Cottage Mystery
It had been fifteen days since Georgia last heard from her dad. Douglas A. Wight…
I hated that character!
How often do I read that phrase in reviews of books? ‘I hated that character.’ ‘I…
Happy Left Handers Day!
As a left-handed person, I love having a day to celebrate those of us for whom…
Book club at the library
Yesterday, I was invited to attend the local library to meet the book club. A group…
Book Deals and Award News – August 2026
How’s your summer been going? I am recovering from two cataract eye surgeries, so I haven’t…
Rant Review: Neon 1980s 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle (RoseArt, artist uncredited)
I’ve been mostly avoiding buying new puzzles for months, but when I saw this on sale…
New Releases in SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance for AUG 12
I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking…
RNA Conference Part II
Last week I began the account of a great weekend at the Romantic Novelists’ Association conference. …
Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space Plane – Now at Apple Books
Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space Plane – $1.99 at Apple Books – #YoungAdult #Scifi –https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/astrid-maxxim-her-hypersonic/id920612168?mt=11This…
Manners: They’ll Open Doors for You
Have you ever held doors open, offered your seat, or picked up something that someone dropped,…
The heat goes on
And so, ten days after my last post, the situation at the Crumbly Cottage MkII remains…
Finicky Princess Penny
Finicky Princess Penny, that’s me! Miss Penny speaking. Apparently, I’m a tad picky about my food.…
How Old Were They? Roget
Peter Mark Roget was 73 when the first issue of Roget’s Thesaurus, a project to scientifically…
Attending the 2026 Killer Nashville Author Conference
Will you be at Killer Nashville this month? If so, join me for great panels and…
This was my week, until it wasn’t
Yeah. I swear I got more accomplished when I held down a full time job. I…
10 More Yummy Thai Foods You (Probably) Don’t Know About
Today, Gentle Reader, we tackle more of the Thai food that no one (of my acquaintance)…