A special touch of magic is in the air…something fleeting, warm, and lovely. It must be the whisper of a coming special day–Christmas! Thanks to all of you who made Black Friday for Moonlight Can Be Murder a cozy success! For one day only, it was 99 cents on Amazon and now it is scheduled to […]
Nov 25, 2016
Moonlight is a Black Friday Special
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How much of me is written into my cozy mysteries? Specifically, in Moonlight Can Be Murder, how many of Ned’s thoughts are my thoughts? Would I react to chilling situations with her courage? Probably not. But then, I doubt that anybody is going to will me a Victorian house or a bank account or a lock box with […]
Nov 23, 2016
Ned McNeil is Thankful to be Alive
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As a Thanksgiving gift to you, my readers, I’m giving you a sneak preview of one of the chapters of my work-in-progress, By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. It is a sequel to Moonlight Can Be Murder. This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for you, the fans of Darcy Campbell, Flora Tucker, and Ned McNeil. […]
Nov 22, 2016
Words Are Weapons Too
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Was it really fifty-three years ago? How strange it seems to look back at the assassination of John F. Kennedy and realize it was so long ago. For those of us old enough to remember, we know where we were and what we were doing when we heard the unbelievable words that the President of […]
Nov 21, 2016
One Wheel’s Off of the Little Red Wagon
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Axle grease–a few years ago, it came in a can. It was black, tarry stuff that you smeared on the axle of a wheel to keep everything greased and going along as it should. Neglect it, and the wheel would start to squeak and, at last, fall off. Manners, courtesy, behavior–they’re sort of like axle grease, […]
Nov 20, 2016
Who Are You, Really?
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Does writing tend to call out the real person hiding inside some of us? Are you a closet writer? Who are you, really? The birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson was just a few days ago. His family wanted him to be a lighthouse keeper. He had other ideas and pursued those dreams. I’m very glad […]
