My Personal Top Ten
In the Friday Fatales posts that show up here now and again, Lois Karlin wrote an intriguing post about Dorothy L. Sayers, a fabulous writer of traditional mysteries. For many years I have belonged to...
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Hanging Out at Mystery Playground
One of the best things to originate in 2012 is the Mystery Playground blog owned and operated by our good friend Deb Lacy. In the spirit of the season I am linking to two of Deb’s more recent posts....
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Have Chalk Will Travel
Laura asked what we are doing in 2013. Well I consider writing to be my real job but I have several part time gigs. One is hanging out with any or all grandkids and another is agitating whatever...
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The Truth Sleuth
I have invited author Jacqueline Seewald to visit us and talk about her very entertaining Kim Reynolds series. Stay tuned because at the end of this interview Jacquie will be giving away a copy of The...
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And the winner of THE TRUTH SLEUTH is:
SALLY CARPENTER! CONGRATULATIONS Sally. I’m sending you an email requesting your mailing information so Jacquie Seewald can get THE TRUTH SLEUTH to you as soon as possible. Everyone else please stay...
View ArticleGIVEAWAY: THE RAINBIRD WAR by Alex Keto
Alex Keto has long been a friend of the Women of Mystery. He is a fabulously artistic photographer and as The Rainbird War confirms, his writing is as provocative as his photos. I am overjoyed that...
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AND THE WINNER IS:
ALICE DUNCAN. Congratulations to Alice who has won a copy of the fabulous suspense novel, THE RAINBIRD WAR by ALEX KETO. If any of you missed my interview with Alex talking about how this novel came...
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MTM: Ding Darling National Wildlife Center
If you Google “Ding Darling” one of the first pages that pops up is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and here is what it has to say: “The J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is located...
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Hooray for Me!
So, the May issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine finally arrived in my mailbox. I have been waiting not-so-patiently to read the new Dave Zeltserman story, “Archie Solves the Case.” Does he really?...
View ArticleOh, the games I play with my grandkids !
Little did I know that many family and children’s games have very odd and sometimes sinister origins. Click over to Criminal Element to find the history of some familiar games. And then be very...
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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
For my family Saint Patrick’s Day is the high holy day of our family history, our cultural legends, and massive tales told in both song and story. We all know at least the chorus of the Irish National...
View ArticleVisit Ed Gorman
I have told you many times that writer extraordinaire Ed Gorman is one of my all time favorites. Ed has been an outstanding writer in western, science fiction and mystery for decade. He has edited many...
View ArticlePick the next book Jim Winter releases
Our good friend Jim Winter is a bit confused. He can’t decide which one of his fabulous works to publish next. Well, I’ll let him tell you: “Bad Religion, the third Kepler novel, needs a lot of work....
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Is She Bragging About the Grandkids Again?
Why yes. Yes I am. Very recently two of my granddaughters, aged eight and ten “reviewed” a couple of graphic novels and I incorporated their commentary into a post on Criminal Element. You can read it...
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Research, My Favorite Part of Writing
So yesterday my daughter and I made one last trip to Fort Myers Beach, Florida which is the setting of my current WIP. I ‘ll be downloading the pics from my camera when I get home, so for now I have...
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Finding the Glitch
A while ago I promised David Cranmer, publisher of the fabulous short mystery fiction site, Beat to a Pulp that sometime around/before the First of May I would submit a story for his consideration....
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Giveaway at Mystery Playground
Hurry! Hurry! Deb Lacy, gatekeeper at the fabulously eclectic Mystery Playground Blog, is sponsoring a very special giveaway in honor of the final Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After, written by...
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Fort Myers Beach–Again
Fort Myers Beach–Map Here it is a large wall map of Fort Myers Beach which is made up of Estero Island and San Carlos Island. The big black “you are here” marker sits on Bowditch Point Park. The tip of...
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Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock and Friends
What a few days it has been! I attended both the Edgar Week Festivities in New York and the awesomely wonderful Malice Domestic Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, where the Agatha Awards were announced....
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Agatha Banquet at Malice XXV
Mostly, I was far too busy running around trying to discern the difference between one conference room and another so my camera was largely forgotten, but I did have time to take some pretty nice...
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