Today some friends will come over to visit, munch on cookies, drink tea and coffee and listen thoughtfully to words woven together to create what we hope is a pleasing pattern. Jane writes fiction for children and also poetry. Nancy writes inspirational stories based on experience, and I am the one of the mysterious mind. […]
May 17, 2013
Why Write a Mystery?
By · Leave a Comment
My granddaughter likes to write stories. And she is good at it. Her “Horse Named Friday” that she wrote when she was in the first grade was well thought out with a surprise ending. She reads constantly and her room is stuffed with books. She once asked me why I write mysteries. I think I […]
May 4, 2013
The Mystery of the Vanishing Spring
By · Leave a Comment
What happened to springtime? When I looked out my back door yesterday morning, I thought I must be dreaming. Fully an inch of snow lay on the picnic table. I listened to see if I could hear Twilight Zone music. But no, the only sound I heard was the cold wind. Sure enough, Old Man […]
Apr 2, 2013
It’s a Mystery to Me
By · Leave a Comment
As I grow older, I encounter more and more mysteries: why can’t I run like I used to? Instead of springing like a gazelle across the ground, why do I chug along like a car with bad spark plugs? Time was I could hear a whisper through a closed door. Now my conversations are punctuated […]
Mar 26, 2013
And Then Comes Morning
By · 2 Comments
I was up before daylight this morning, as usual. The world was dark but I knew morning was coming…morning! That grand and glorious start to a new day; new opportunities, new experiences, perhaps new thoughts about old problems. Hope rises with each morning as surely as the sun. One of my favorite songs is “Morning Has […]
Mar 11, 2013
What Makes a Mystery Writer Tick?
By · Leave a Comment
Saturday I attended a Northwest Arkansas Writers’ workshop. It was fun and encouraging. I like mingling with other writers and hearing them voice their concerns and triumphs. No matter how old I get, I always learn something new about a better way to write. One of the presenters asked for a show of hands of […]
