Yesterday, my son and I shared a good conversation over a couple of cups of Starbucks. It was the highlight of my day. If I were a doctor, along with each prescription for medicine, I’d prescribed a quiet talk with a trusted friend. A cozy conversation works wonders. Our ears are bombarded with sound. We […]
Oct 17, 2017
Out of the Shadows, The Cemetery Club
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The Cemetery Club, the first Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, was written as a joint effort between my friend Barbara Burgess and me. You see, it happened this way: Barbara and I had a mutual friend, Levern, who introduced us. We three were in Rogers one beautiful Arkansas day, in an upstairs tea room in […]
Oct 16, 2017
Why On Earth Do You Read (or Write) Cozy Mysteries?
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So many books from which to choose. The world is awash with books, rooms overflow with them, including mine. So, with all the fiction and non-fiction at your fingertips, why do you choose to read cozy mysteries? Is it the appeal of the name, sort of contradictory. How can a mystery be cozy? Or is […]
Oct 13, 2017
Who Is the Real Ned McNeil?
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Who is Ned McNeil? She is the main gal in two cozy mysteries concerning a historical house and moonlight. She doesn’t actively go looking for trouble, but it always finds her. She has courage but she also has her share of doubts and fears. I think you’ll like her. I do. Ned is the shortened […]
Oct 2, 2017
And There, in the Dark, Dusty Recesses of Some Forgotten Corner
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Before I continue with my saga of the deep, dark, dusty recesses of the corners of my garage, let me tell you that I just saw an armadillo. He was hurrying, if armadillos can hurry, across my neighbor’s driveway to disappear around the corner. Aha! A night forager, a nocturnal snoop. And now, believe it […]
Sep 29, 2017
Taking a Peek into a Journal
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Today, we are taking a peek at a page in the journal of Ned McNeil. You can read about her and her friends and her lovely but mysterious old house in Moonlight Can Be Murder and By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. September 29 — It is hard to believe that September is almost […]
