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A Few Of My Favorite ThingsI’m one of those people who loves Christmas music. All of it! From the good old songs by Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Brenda Lee to the...
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The Holiday Season in Three ActsHaving you ever noticed that going through the holiday season is a lot like writing a novel? Most writers of fiction are familiar...
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The Humorous Side of Writing a Mystery by Heather HavenI don’t always write funny. In fact, some of my books aren’t funny at all. Oh, there might be something humorous said by a...
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Simple Gifts“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. That’s the first line from the 1868 classic...
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Guest Blogger ~ Zaida AlfaroMany years ago, I became an avid reader of cozy mysteries. The story lines were intriguing, engaging, and funny at the same time. I...
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Guest Blogger ~ Roxanne Varzi“Very few of us are what we seem,” the thematic essence in Agatha Christie’s stories, is not only the kernel of a good murder...
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RABBIT HOLEThe holiday season is upon us! My tree is up, and we had a wonderful time visiting with my grandkids and their parents. Next will be decorating...
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MotivationI’ve been working on the sixth Anita Ray mystery since July, and now have 44,000 words. That by itself should tell you that I...
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The Art of Pumpkin PiePumpkin pie is my favorite pie — hands down! Afterall, it is a vegetable and a pie! Like some of my books are thrillers and mysteries....
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Setting the Scene by Karen ShughartAll the books in my Edmund DeCleryk cozy mystery series are set in Lighthouse Cove, NY, a fictional village on the south shore of Lake Ontario,...
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Guest Blogger ~ Pamela CowanI love diving into mystery and suspense thrillers because there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of seeing an everyday person take on...
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Seasons of Celebration and FrustrationIt’s mid-November, and our leaf color display in the Pacific Northwest this year has been nothing short of spectacular. Our drought is...
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My Muse and My Editor Talk About Challenges“Yesterday my critique group was chatting about challenges we’re facing with our works in progress,” I announce as I walk into my office....
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The Problems of Being Dumfungledby Janis Patterson Dumfungled is a Scots word that means to be physically and mentally worn out, which is as good a definition of burn out...
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Tis the Season for…Mystery Reads!Having been published in romance before I wrote mystery, I can remember hearing romance writers talk about listening to Christmas music in the...
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Nothing Ever Happens To MeBad luck comes in threes, right? You’ve heard that one. Where does that saying come from? In a post back in 2017, the website Folklore...
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Guest Blogger ~ Debbie BurkeWhat if a video goes viral showing you committing a crime? You’re innocent but how do you defend yourself when a million people on social media...
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Finding the Right Word by Heather HavenWriting a novel has its frustrations. For me, one of them is often having at hand a word that kinda fits what I’m trying to say, but...
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Guest Blogger ~ Ana DiamondThe Body Conscious series was born out of dark humor, in the same vein of light-hearted humorous cozy mysteries. I thought having a murder occur...
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Before I Begin WritingDuring a recent panel discussion at a nearby bookstore, a member of the audience asked the usual question about how we began our books. The three...
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Wilted DaisiesMaybe it’s the darkness of the day, the brown leaves dripping with rain, or Halloween around the corner. Whatever, it conjures stories of visitors...
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Guest Blogger ~ Douglas J. WoodOur Love Affair with Villains and Killers As a novelist who writes criminal procedurals (a genre name I hate), evil characters are...
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October by Karen ShughartOctober is without a doubt my favorite month, filled with a bounty of richness and color that I embrace before the landscape turns into subtle...
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Guest Blogger ~ Marla A. WhiteUnveiling the Fun Side of Crime: My Murder Research Adventure Maybe this should worry me, but there’s no shortage of people I want to kill...
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The End Is Nighby Janis Patterson For every beginning there is an ending… and conversely, for every ending there is a beginning… and sometimes it’s hard to...
