Ah! So, it’s you, Mysterious Mystery Reader, checking in this morning. Good morning and may your day be as bright with blessings as the flowers blooming in summer gardens. I want to know something–an answer to a mystery. When you open the pages of a cozy mystery, any cozy mystery, what do you hope […]
Jul 10, 2019
The Word on the Street Is
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We read or hear this often, “The word on the street is…” Well, what’s that word doing there in the first place? “They had words.” “He was too wordy.” “All words and no actions.” “The word is…” Will you sit down with me this morning for a cup of coffee and a discussion of […]
Jul 8, 2019
Dick, Jane, Baby Sally, and Me
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Where would I have been without them? Dick and Jane, Baby Sally, Spot, Puff, Mother and Father–they people the paper back books of my first readers and I remember them fondly. They were good friends. “Oh, oh. See Spot. See Puff. Oh, oh.” Such simple little sentences, but leading on to other, bigger, greater things–the […]
Jul 7, 2019
Owl Notepad and Manos Mysteries Pen
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Help celebrate the launch of Moonstruck and Murderous. This is a simple contest and the prize is simple too–this cute owl notepad and a Manos Mysteries pen to some lucky person. Just share these links on your Facebook page or website or in an email to a friend, and tell me when you’ve done that. […]
Jul 2, 2019
Release Day
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Release day for the third Ned McNeil moonlight cozy mystery. Is this the shiveriest one yet? Moonstruck and Murderous is now available as a Kindle on Amazon, as well as a print book. Just click on this link: www.amazon.com/dp/B07TW83PDD The amazing cover picture to Moonstruck has a story of its own. The old house, […]
Jun 26, 2019
Wandering Into Wednesday
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The coffee is hot. The honey bran muffins are just out of the oven. Sky is overcast, as if it may rain today. Will it? Weather is iffy. You can’t count on it, except you can count on it to be changeable. A couple of years ago, I bought a dilapidated Woman’s World, December 1918. […]
