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MTM: The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium Fort Myers, Florida
I really can’t think of anything that is more fun than accompanying a couple of grandkids on a class trip. This time I got to go to The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium in Fort Myers, Florida. The...
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The Interloper by Dave Zeltserman
You probably know the fabulous author Dave Zeltserman as the creator of the wildly popular Julius Katz series but I can tell you that the variety of Dave’s writing knows no bounds. I once said of a...
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And the winners are: Cori Lynn Arnold and stephendrogers. I have email addys for you both, so if you haven’t received an email from me, please comment below and I’ll try again. Congratulations! Dave...
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The Bad Wife by Jacqueline Seewald
It is so nice to have our good friend Jacqueline Seewald visit us once again. You may recall that last year Jacquie stopped by and we had a chat about The Truth Sleuth, the third novel in her Kim...
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Helping Edgar Allan Poe
Okay so, there is this new writer in town, fancies himself a poet and gets cranky when folks call him Eddie. Of course he lacks a certain talent but to give him credit, he keeps plugging along. At my...
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Malice Domestic in Pictures
I rarely bring my camera anywhere and when I do, I forget to take it out because I am having so much fun. Bookends Literary Agency, home of my terrific agent Kim Lionetti, hosted a wine and cupcake...
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More Malice, More Pictures
The Agatha Banquet is always the most exciting part of the Malice Domestic Conference. Here is Art Taylor winner of the Agatha for best short story and his positively beaming editor, Janet Hutchings of...
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NYC Indie Film Festival
This coming October The NYC Independent Film Festival will be celebrating it’s fifth season introducing fine films to a grateful audience. It is a rousing event that draws more and more attention...
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A Ballad for Sallie by Judy Alter
Judy Alter is a prolific writer of non-fiction, westerns and mysteries. I recently was fortunate enough to win a copy of her well written, extremely authentic western, A Ballad for Sallie. The novel...
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The Joy of Copy Edits
After publishing short stories for nearly a decade I am delighted that my first cozy novel, Well Read, Than Dead is being released this summer by Berkley Prime Crime. Turns out the editing process for...
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Bouchercon Long Beach, CA November 13-16, 2014
What, you may ask, is Bouchercon? Well according to the website, here is the accepted definition: The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual...
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Giveaway at Mystery Playground
Janet Bolin is visiting Mystery Playground in honor of Crafty Thursday. Janet is quite handy with needle and thread. She created the above book bag which she is giving away along with a signed copy...
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Homes For Our Troops
June 14th has always been a significant date in America history. In 1775, the Continental Congress formally adopted a resolution that formed the Continental Army, and the United States Army has...
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“Dust to Dust” at Beat to a Pulp
From time to time we have spoken about the late poet and writer Kyle J. Knapp, the creative young nephew of Beat to a Pulp publisher David Cranmer. In remembrance of Kyle, Beat to A Pulp has released...
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Goodreads giveaway: Well Read, Then Dead
Thanks to the awesomely cooperative folks at Berkley Prime Crime, I am able to have a fantastic giveaway on Goodreads. Anytime in the month of July that you are moseying through Goodreads click over...
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We hold these truths to be self-evident…
So while everyone is enjoying picnics and boat-rides, eating potato salad and barbecue, let us remember that the reason we can do all that is because the Founding Fathers, a group of men with very...
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Happy Birthday–Get Your Thyroid Checked
Today is my birthday! I was born on July 8th many, many years ago. Then on July 8, 2009 I had surgery that was the first step in eliminating my status as a thyroid cancer patient and upgrading me to...
View ArticleVisiting the Femmes Fatales
We Women of Mystery have a lot of pals who hang out at the Femmes Fatales blog.On any given day you might pop in to hear what wonderful writers like Donna Andrews, Dana Cameron, Charlaine Harris, Dean...
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Best Blurbs Ever!
Judging by my advanced reader copy, when you open a copy of Well Read, Then Dead the first page has a banner on top that says: PRAISE FOR WELL READ THAN DEAD It is followed by the most fabulous blurbs...
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Blog Tour!
Last Friday I started my fourteen day whirlwind blog tour. I am going to link the places I’ve been so you can stop by and say hello, or in some cases post a comment to win a terrific prize. Over on...
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