Don’t you love new beginnings, fresh starts, mornings? Yesterday, I noticed the sky as the sun was coming up and couldn’t resist a picture. A new day, a fresh, clean white page in front of me. What a privilege! Yesterday’s Sunday School lesson was on Joseph. Joseph was betrayed by his brothers, yet God worked […]
Oct 19, 2014
Teasers
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Teaser for The Cemetery Club Goshen Cemetery lay quiet and peaceful under a benevolent spring sky. Darcy Campbell and her mother, Flora Tucker, had no inkling that in a few moments, the scene would change and they would face a horror on the ground and a threat from above, beyond their imaginations. Becoming entangled in […]
Oct 18, 2014
A Drift of Ireland’s Mist
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Since my return from Ireland, I seem to be in two places: one, the here and now with the excitement of books about to be published, the other, a mystical island in the Atlantic, where ancient towers still keep watch on the surrounding countryside. I close my eyes and see swans floating on the River […]
Oct 17, 2014
Launching the Mysteries
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One of the best places to give a book talk is among people you like and those who like you. That’s where I was yesterday at the senior luncheon. After eating, Milly introduced me and I told the group about my three Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries, The Cemetery Club, Grave Shift, and Best Left […]
Oct 16, 2014
Crows, Critiques, and Cozies
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“Use active voice instead of passive” was one of the suggestions heard around the critique table yesterday. As for the critique itself? Well, there was nothing passive about it. It was active with lots of readings and suggestions laced with a copious amount of laughter. Words are important! Words have changed the course of history […]
Oct 15, 2014
Coffee, Candy, and Critique
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It’s that time again–one of my favorite days in the month. It’s time for another cozy critique and a gathering of all the cozy critters. We’ll read, listen, offer suggestions, share triumphs and maybe a few tears, and talk about the world of words. And, of course, I’ll tell them more about my trip to Ireland. […]
