I write two mystery series, one set in the 1950s and one in current times. In…
Debra H. Goldstein
Let’s Make a Mystery
Let’s Make a Mystery Panel Moderator for SinC’s Desert Sleuths – June 21, 2023. The post…
Orphans & Other Realities
By Judy Penz Sheluk There’s a word that authors use to describe themselves if their publishing…
May Day is Today!!!!!
By Debra H. Goldstein Today, May 1, is often referred to as May Day. Traditionally, it…
TBR – To Be Read – To Be or Not To Be?
By Debra H. Goldstein Once again, my TBR (to be read) stack is out of control.…
From Violinist to Writer: A Personal Journey
By Erica Miner “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is…
GETTING UNSTUCK
By Anne Louise Bannon Knowing how many of my writer friends genuinely struggle to get their…
Coffins in the Living Room: a Triumph of Teamwork
By Sandra Benson When you imagine an author, what do you see? Is it someone bent…
It’s Not Always a Mystery – Until It Is
By Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell Thanks so much for inviting me over, Debra! It’s been such a…
That Devil Called Doubt
By Donnell Ann Bell Because Donnell’s hand is in a cast, we agreed for this guest…
Living our Best Lives by Maggie Toussaint, writing as Valona Jones
By Maggie Toussaint Are you living your best life? Topic information abounds, so it’s confusing to…
The Joys of Writing Something New
By Lynn McPherson It’s been a big year in my writing life. I got an agent…
How the Story Came Together
By Debra Sennefelder One question authors always get is where we get ideas from. Another top…
The Importance of Showing Up
By Grace Topping As a child, I enjoyed the stories my mother told my sisters and…
My Love of Bad Guys
By Annette Dashofy I grew up at a time when Westerns were all the rage on…
Halloween vs. Valentine’s Day
By Judy Penz Sheluk This post is scheduled for Halloween, which amuses me, because I’ve never…
Grammar Crimes
By Lois Winston Do you have a grammar pet peeve? I do, thanks to Peggy Riley…
Surprise! It’s a Sequel!
By Bethany Maines In this day of Marvel Universes and streaming limited– run shows, no, it’s…
Do You See What I See? by James M. Jackson
By James M. Jackson Answer me this: It’s summer. I point to any sugar maple in…
The Deep Thrill by Barbara Kyle
By Barbara Kyle Mystery. Thriller. Romance. Science Fiction. Horror. The publishing industry uses these labels for…
Art as Therapy – Filling the Well by Cheryl Hollon
As some of you know, writers today are responsible for a significant portion of their books’…
The Writer as Vagabond by Molly MacRae
The word vagabond strolled into my head the other day. I’ve always liked the word so…
Punderful Titles
By Meri Allen (aka Shari Randall) I’ll never forget the moment I opened the email from…
Countdown!
Five Belles Too Many, the fifth Sarah Blair mystery from Kensington, releases June 28th and there…
The Art Center Mysteries by Susan Van Kirk
By Susan Van Kirk For the past eight years, I’ve written a series called the Endurance…