Writing Cozy Mysteries With An Edge

This week, I thought I’d share a “Coffee Chat” post that first appeared on AllyShields.com. For those of you unfamiliar with Ally, she’s the author of 13 Urban Fantasy novels, which you can read about on this link. Here’s the beginning of...

Remembering Sue Grafton

On December 28, 2017, the mystery community lost a legend in the genre with the passing of Sue Grafton, author of 25 Kinsey Millhone “Alphabet” mysteries. Grafton’s first Millhone novel, A is for Alibi, was published in 1982. Her final novel, Y is...

Researching Tarot

For my final post in 2017, I’m reblogging my December 21st post that originally appeared on Kristina Stanley’s blog. Here’s the intro… If you’ll pardon the pun, tarot was never in the cards when I began writing Skeletons in the Attic. I knew...