When I was in school, “Pop Quiz” were two of the scariest words around, but school was a long time ago and now, when I take a quiz, it is just for fun. That’s what this is this morning, a just-for fun quiz on my five published cozy mysteries. Pour another cup of coffee, get comfortable, […]
Feb 4, 2017
Trashy Mystery Solved Quickly
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Yesterday, something happened that has never happened before, in all my twenty-one (at least) years, a real-life, short-lived mystery. It was still dark when I got up and went to the trash can to empty some coffee grounds. My waste basket is tall, white plastic. At the bottom of the waste basket, a light shone–not from the […]
Jan 30, 2017
After the Ball Is Over, After the Book Is Finished
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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 […]
