Cozy Mystery Crew Word Search Puzzles
You’re in the right place if you want to do some word search puzzles! If you’ve mysteriously stumbled upon this post, and you enjoy reading cozy mysteries, you should really do yourself a favor and...
View ArticleBut Is It Necessary?
Fiction authors play fast and loose with the truth. Some of us even have t-shirts that say “I lie for a living” in a fading elegant red font. So, imagine my delight at stumbling on some fun and...
View ArticleMs Clark, at the Kitchen Table, with a Blog
They staged the musical “Clue” in my little town recently. If you’re not familiar, it’s a play based on the board game. It has snappy numbers like “Corridors and Halls,” “She Hasn’t Got a Clue,” and...
View ArticleOne Hand Forward, One Hand Back
Last night I presented my Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel workshop at the local Arts Center as a “member only” benefit. They paid me the most money I’ve ever received for public speaking so I really...
View ArticleBecky’s Heroic Journey
The other day I saw this meme and it made me laugh, so I reposted it to my Facebook page. Many of my friends saw it and laughed with me, proudly confessing they had at least one exactly like it, but...
View ArticleBKYLAND IMJUSAYN
I read an article in the Denver Post about a woman who ran afoul of the Department of Motor Vehicles because of her love of tofu. She just wanted to share her affinity for this gelatinous soy product...
View ArticleLeap Day is Blowing My Mind
I had a weird coincidence today, February 29th. In my new manuscript BEATEN, the theme is “things aren’t always as they appear.” If you were paying attention while reading BOOKED, PLOTTED, and BOUND,...
View ArticleStories Are My Jam
I love them. I really do. Books, of course, but also TV, movies, and spoken word. I set a timer to sit down at three o’clock on Saturday afternoons to listen to The Moth Radio Hour whenever I’m home....
View ArticleIt’s that time of year again!
Anyone who has been to my house knows I’m not a clean freak. There’s a ten-minute period in April every year, however, when I feel intense shame at the filthiness of my windows. The sun is at...
View ArticleDrinking the Tea
I was eating an apple and reading a profile of Gregory Maguire. He’s the author of “Wicked,” among other things. He was talking about earning his doctorate later in life and how it taught him to be...
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