It is very early this morning. Too early to be up but here I am, as awake as a night owl. Probably everybody else on my street is sleeping. And, boy, am I thinking profound thoughts! What is my view of life? What is your view of life? What is your outlook? Heavy questions this […]
Jan 13, 2015
Video Adventure
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Just for a change this morning, I’m going to put a video on for my blog post. I’m reading a little bit of Grave Shift with the fireplace as a backdrop. As you can tell, this isn’t a professional reading, it’s just me. And, near the end, I really do know that “begun” needed the […]
Jan 12, 2015
Dreadful Dreams
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What would you do if a ghost had you by the back of the neck? The night was cold and snowy (in my dream) and I was walking through hills of mounded snow. At least, I thought they were hills of snow but with no warning at all, those gentle mounds came alive. Well, I […]
Jan 10, 2015
Sauntering Through Saturday
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This morning, thoughts flit through my mind sort of like moths around a light bulb. It’s winter. It’s cold. A possibility of freezing rain is in the forecast and I’m wondering if that forecast will become a fact. Then, thoughts of mysteries, my own and those of other people. Yesterday, I finished reading Moonlight Can […]
Jan 6, 2015
I Declare; This Isn’t Just Fiddle Faddle
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Being brought up in Oklahoma, I’ve heard most of these Southern sayin’s all my life. I don’t think they’re odd. I thought everybody talked this way. They make perfect sense to me; don’t they to you? One thing I’ve learned through life is not to take things for granted–success in any field, particularly in writing. […]
Jan 5, 2015
A Mystery Writer’s 12 Days
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This is Twelfth Night, the Epiphany, the impetus for the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. With my family’s help, I added words that might be appropriate for a writer of cozy mysteries. Thanks, Matt, Dawn, Sara, Nathan! A Cozy Mystery Writer’s Sizzling Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas, Santa brought to […]
