A Walk Through Winter Woods

Wintertime trees are honest trees, stark and bare, their dark branches rising in graceful shapes. Nothing is hidden, all is in plain sight. There’s something bracing about walking through winter woods with the scent of ice in the air. Limbs of wild blackberries reach out to snag the unwary and moss lays a carpet of […]

What’s Your Favorite?

To the authors who read my blog: As you write your new book, do you find that you have some chapters you prefer to other chapters? To the readers who read my blog: As you read a cozy mystery, are there chapters that stand out to you? And then, of course, there are favorite parts within each chapter. […]

Caught Between Two Dangers

Darcy Campbell, in The Cemetery Club, was caught up in more than one perilous situation.  Such was the time she and Flora found themselves between two killers and a very dark cave. Would we suddenly step off into a bottomless pit and disappear forever? Silently, I prayed that God would guide us. What a time […]

Storm Threat

Ned McNeil and Darcy Campbell have quite a lot in common, for example, getting caught in thunderstorms. In Grave Heritage, July is the rainiest month of the year, contrary to its usual behavior. But, that’s what makes a story, isn’t it–happenings that are far from the way things are supposed to be. Ednalee, Oklahoma is […]

Chapter Two, The Key

Chapter Two, The Key

What had caused the tear in the beautiful lining? Maybe I could repair it. Although I wasn’t much of a seamstress, surely I could mend that.  I ran my hand around the lining, noting its smoothness. What was this? Something hard was lodged between the lining and the leather. Turning the purse upside down and […]

It’s Contest Time

It’s Contest Time

Good morning. Lots of trouble going on in this old world. Lots of worries. BUT, lots of good things are taking place too! So, we’re going to celebrate the ending of May and the beginning of a brand new month. June is right around the corner. We’re going to celebrate the good. What better way […]