This is the last day that the second Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, Grave Shift, will be free as an eBook on Amazon. If your weather has been cold and rainy, as it has here in NW Arkansas, let me tell you, a good book is the perfect way to spend these days that […]
Oct 13, 2018
Warm Up a Chilly Fall Day
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What can warm up a chilly fall day? A free cozy mystery, of course! And, for two days only, Saturday, October 13 (today!) and Sunday, October 14, the second in the Darcy and Flora mystery series, Grave Shift, is absolutely free as an ebook on Amazon. As you know, Darcy Campbell, a retired investigative […]
Oct 7, 2018
Conversation With an Invisible Friend
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I saw a cartoon on Facebook something to the effect of authors talking to the characters in their books. Of course we do! I just hope nobody hears me sitting at my computer holding a conversation with an invisible person who speaks with a voice that is inaudible to everyone but me. Me: Ned, I don’t believe […]
Sep 29, 2018
Oh, Let’s Have a Cup of Cozy Mystery
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Remember this old jingle? “Let’s have another cup of coffee. Oh, let’s have a cup of Nescafe.” That long ago ad was meant to put people in the mood for a chat, a warm, easy beginning to a new day or a friendship, and, of course, a cup of Nescafe. That’s the sort of feeling […]
Sep 25, 2018
A Noise From Without
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Writing is wonderfully therapeutic. Sometimes, just writing with no particular plot in mind, letting your imagination roam, winds up with something unexpected–sort of like taking a paint brush in hand with an array of paints before you and letting your feelings flow out through the bristles of your brush. It’s, at times, unexpected, but […]
Sep 18, 2018
Landscaping and Building and a Mystery
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One of the many nice things about writing is that I get to go places and do things I could never do in real life. And, I get to live where I want, in the sort of house I like. When Darcy and Flora moved to their new home (Grave Heritage) I designed the […]
