After the ball is over, does the melody linger on? I can’t speak for all writers, but this writer is a puzzle, a bundle of contradictions. How can a book that I’ve worked on, groaned and moaned over, re-written, edited, worried about, fluffed up, lengthened, shortened, and at last declared finished, be so hard to […]
Jan 24, 2017
A Cup, a Comment, and a Contest
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Today, I am announcing a small contest which involves your comment and my cup. Read on. As I am finishing By the Fright of the Silvery Moon, I am more aware of something that I’ve suspected for quite some time: Manos Meadows Mysteries sometimes are not all that cozy. I mean, they certainly have their cozy […]
Jan 21, 2017
Staring into the Face of Evil
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Black hair threaded with gray, dark-eyed and with scruffy beards, these two stared down at me for several seconds before one of them spoke. “Miz McNeil?” asked the older gentleman. “Yes. Do I know you?” The man laughed, a sound like dry leaves crackling underfoot. “No, I doubt that you do or would want to. […]
Jan 16, 2017
Danger at the Old Church
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Something about that historic but deserted little church sitting between pine-covered hills draws Ned McNeil. She decides to pay it one more visit, this time, by herself. Twilight comes early to the valley and as shadows lengthen, Ned is unaware that someone else got to the church before she did–someone who is determined she will never […]
Jan 10, 2017
Guest Author Evelyn Cullet
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I am pleased and honored this morning to present guest author Evelyn Cullet. I was privileged to be guest author on Evelyn’s blog last week. Her author bio and why she is a writer are most interesting. Guess what? Some of her favorite authors are my favorite authors too, and I’ll bet they are yours. […]
Jan 8, 2017
The Carriage House Lives Again
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If you’ll remember, in Moonlight Can Be Murder, Ned McNeil’s carriage house burned to the ground. In its day, it had been quite a place and it figured pretty heavily in the mystery surrounding Granger Mansion. The burned-down building weighed on Ned’s mind, reminding her of recent unsavory happenings, so she had it re-built, true […]
