Three years ago, I wrote an article about changing real life mysteries into cozies. Here ’tis once more: How many of us remember when we were children, telling scary stories at night or listening to a spooky tale that some one else told? Those stories gave us a satisfying case of the shivers. Satisfying only because we knew […]
Mar 23, 2016
Put Your Feet Up and Take Two Cozy Mysteries
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Now and then the here and now get to be a little much. We need a break! We need to relax! We don’t need to spend a lot of money! A quick and easy way to improve your outlook on life, take a vacation without the hassle of packing or passports, and come back to […]
Mar 14, 2016
A Descent into the Depths
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A surprise: Although I don’t know how long the special price for this ebook will last, The Cemetery Club is on sale at Amazon for 99 cents. Here is an excerpt from that first Darcy and Flora cozy mystery: Flopping onto my stomach, I squeezed, head first, down the first two stone steps. I heard my […]
Mar 11, 2016
Righting a Wrong
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That’s what cozy mysteries are about…righting a wrong. And cozy mystery writers? Well, we write about it. And, the best part is, we not only write the wrong; we write the right. We make sure the perpetrator of mayhem is brought to justice and everything comes round right in the end. As a visitor to […]
Mar 9, 2016
Calling All Cozy Critters
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It’s that special time of the month again–time for the cozy critique. We’ll miss Judy but even when she moves to Texas, she’ll still be a Cozy Critter, a Lone Star Critter. She has promised to email me of what’s going on in her life. Once a Critter, always a Critter, even though we have to […]
Feb 23, 2016
The Full Moon and Gregg Shorthand
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There it was, sailing high above the maple in the back yard, white and full and serene. The Snow Moon, or Hunger Moon, shone down in all its brilliance. I, of course, thought of how mysterious it looked. Our scientists have pretty much proved it isn’t made of green cheese. It’s rocky and dusty and […]
