If you haven’t watched the book trailer for Grave Shift, I invite you to do so now. It is a glimpse into one of the scariest of the Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries. As I wrote it, along with the make-believe, I mixed in the real event of Oklahoma earthquakes. That, plus the uncovering of […]
Jan 26, 2018
Put Your Feet Up and Take a Few Cozy Mysteries
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When you need a break from reality and the winter doldrums threaten, grab a cup of coffee, sit down, put your feet up, and take a large helping of cozy mysteries. They’ll whisk you away to another reality found within the pages of a fascinating book. Cozies come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Some […]
Jan 8, 2018
And the Fog Settled Gently All Around
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As soft as a whisper, as silent as a shadow, fog sifts through starkly bare trees and shutters the town in a damp grayness. Perspective changes; familiar things become alien. Across the street, something moves. A cat shadow creeps from behind a tree and moves with focused intensity across the lawn. What mission is she […]
Jan 5, 2018
A New and Spooky Look at an Old, Old Song
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A re-print from a few years back. I hope you enjoy it, this second time around. 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 […]
Dec 30, 2017
A Shelter in the Storm
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Yesterday, we left Darcy and Flora in Goshen Cemetery where they had made a grisly discovery. Today is a continuation of Chapter One of The Cemetery Club. “Somebody cut off Ben’s finger,” Mom whispered. As we stood, mesmerized by the horror in front of us, a strange silence descended on the graveyard. I raised my […]
Dec 12, 2017
The Strange Case of the Invisible Mystery Writer
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This is a strange case and could be thought of as fiction–it all depends on your experience, as a reader. My experience comes from the viewpoint of a writer. Maybe this is all make-believe, pretend, the stuff from which imaginary tales are made. Or, maybe it isn’t. What if it could be true? What if, […]
