Ned McNeil wanted to know about Marvie and she found the person who was a gold mine of information! Excerpt from Murder By Moonlight. It was one thing to say I wasn’t interested, but it was another to actually mean it. All that trouble at the deserted farm had happened a long time ago. Mrs. […]
Apr 9, 2024
A Gold Mine of Information
By Blanche Manos · 2 Comments
Filed Under: Mysteries · Tagged: authors, books, clean cozies, clues, cozies, fiction, information, Manos, memories, mysteriers, women writers, writers, writing
Apr 8, 2024
Tea and Cake
By Blanche Manos · 2 Comments
A frog and a toad have inspired generations of children and adults. Although they existed only on the pages of books by Arnold Lobel, these small amphibians taught real life lessons. Frog and Toad were friends and never a day went by that one didn’t go visit the other and, over a piece of cake […]
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: authors, books, children's stories, fiction, friendship, Frog and Toad, tea and cake, writing
Feb 13, 2024
Once a Year?
By Blanche Manos · 4 Comments
As I get older, it’s the small things that matter to me the most. As the song goes, Little Things Mean a Lot. For a writer, it’s a treat to get a special Valentine from a happy reader. I remember the email I received from a fan of The Cemetery Club. She enjoyed it […]
Dec 12, 2023
Nancy and Me and a Mystery
By Blanche Manos · 2 Comments
As a youngster, I learned many things from Nancy Drew besides what was on the pages of her books; I learned that Nancy was the kind of girl I would like to be. Nancy was a magnet who attracted mysteries. To anyone else, clocks were clocks and staircases were just staircases, but not to Nancy […]
Oct 24, 2023
A Knock on the Door
By Blanche Manos · 2 Comments
Another excerpt from my current work in progress: Chapter Four Sunday morning dawned bright and warm, as if the weather had no recollection of the dark, stormy time two days ago. Miss Tootsie sat down to a breakfast of ham and eggs, biscuits, and gravy. Sunday was a day of leisure and relaxation. With Cocoa […]
Filed Under: Mysteries · Tagged: authors, friends, intrigue, Manos, Miss Tootsie, mysteries, questions, women's books
Aug 15, 2023
Cloud Animals
Dr. Fitzhugh Dodson, Ph.D. included my poem about clouds in his Give Your Child a Head Start in Reading, available on Amazon. Fluffy, friendly dragons float across the sky Shapes of whales and dinosaurs that swim and soar and fly. I like to watch the changing clouds, their shapes are fun to see, And as […]
