By Susan Van Kirk For the past eight years, I’ve written a series called the Endurance…
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Putting a little thriller in the cozy
By Terry Ambrose One million words. It’s a big number. Right? Somewhere along the way during…
Welcome Home to Murder
By Rosalie Spielman Being a military spouse makes it challenging to have a career. Due to…
Back to Book Clubs
Galveston Author Saralyn Richard By Saralyn Richard The isolation of the pandemic led to creative solutions,…
Come Read-A-Long with Me
To: You – readers whom I adore From: Me – Debra H. Goldstein When: April 19,…
Give me the Beach
I’m writing this from the beach. Ostensibly, I’m on a writing retreat, but while it is…
What draws you to a book
By Vicki Batman OOH, OOH, Look at This Pretty Thing What draws you to a book–the…
Five Belles Too Many
Is anticipated to be the last book in the Sarah Blair series. Because I’ve been grateful…
What Happens When a Writer Gets Bored
By Kassandra Lamb I bore easily, which isn’t always a good thing. About a third of…
Love and Valentine’s Day
When I think about Valentine’s Day, which today is, I think about it in a commercialized…
When Setting is Also Character
By C. Hope Clark The most enticing books for me to read spin setting into character.…
What’s in a Name?
By Maggie King What’s in a name? With due respect to Mr. Shakespeare, who immortalized the…
How Did a Mystery Writer End up in IT? by Heather Weidner
I have been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. I’m a 70s kid, and…
For the Fun of It by Marilyn Levinson/Allison Brook
Reading cozy mysteries is fun, writing them even more fun because I get to create a…
Blessed Be the Little Children
Thanks for inviting me over, Debra, to help celebrate the release of Murder at the Lobstah…
My Mother’s Slippers
In November, I think about my mother. She was a driving force in my life until…
Variety in Writing
The below blog was a combination of an assignment given to me by my Hi-Lo writing…
Guest Blogger: Lois Winston – The Non-conforming Tropist
I’ve hit double-digits! October 4th will see the release of Stitch, Bake Die!, #10 in my…
Guest Blogger: Kassandra Lamb – When to End a Series
When to End a Series by Kassandra Lamb For the second time in my writing career,…
Poetry – Words of Beauty that I Simply Don’t Get
Sometimes I wonder why I feel such a passion for the written word and yet, I…
Guest Blogger: Charlotte Hunter – Looking for a Crime? Grave-Robbing
Looking for a crime? Grave-robbing by Charlotte Hunter For me, grave-robbing used to conjure thoughts of…
Guest Blogger Linda Lovely – Giving a Villain a First-Person POV
Giving the Villain a First-Person POV by Linda Lovely If the villain in a novel is…
Guest Blogger: Lynn Slaughter – Starting a Novel: One Writer’s Approach
Starting a Novel: One Writer’s Approach by Lynn Slaughter As both a writer and a voracious…
Guest Blogger: DonnaRae Menard – The Character Bio
Years ago I wrote for the fun of writing. I worked third shift and left chapters…