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The Best Way to Tell Facts Is to Write Fiction by Sophy Smythe
There's a saying that truth is stranger than fiction. But in my experience, truth also hides better. It disguises itself ...
KNIFE RIVER: CRIME FICTION & MUSIC – WHEN ARTFORMS INTERSECT by Baron Birtcher
In recent months, I have been doing a number of talks and signings in support of the release of the ...
COZY & CO. – The Importance of Surrounding Yourself With Kindred Souls by S. C. Merritt
When I began my author adventure in 2020 at the ripe, old age of 58, I decided I may have ...
Irondale Public Library Grand Opening Featured Adult Author – October 11 – Irondale, AL
Debra is the featured adult author at the Irondale Public Library's Grand Opening. Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, she'll be signing ...
The Light Enables Mystery Writers to Explore the Dark by Bobby Mathews
Here's a surprising twist on crime and mystery writers that you might not know: these writers who deal with some ...
Two Truths and a Lie: What Being a Veterinarian Taught Me About Writing Cozy Mysteries by DL Mitchell
When people hear I'm both a veterinarian and a cozy mystery author, their eyes widen. A veterinary career is surprisingly ...
Writing What You Know, Or Writing What You Want to Know by Carl Vonderau
You're supposed to write about what you know. So what do you do if you're a banker and you write ...
AWC Conference – September 12-14 – Orange Beach, AL
Valerie Burns and Debra will teach a workshop on “The Long and Short of Writing Fiction: How to write long, ...
Keeping Track of Chaos by Lynn Cahoon
Reading the past contributions, I thought I'd talk about one thing no one ever mentioned to me when I started ...
Killer Nashville – August 21-24 – Nashville TN
Debra, a former Silver Falchion winner, will be a panelist on several craft related panels.
Will They or Won’t They? By Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell
Thanks so much, Debra for having me back to your blog. My next Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, Murder at ...
Triangle Sisters in Crime – August 9
Triangle Sisters in Crime Chapter will host Debra on Zoom to teach a “Conflict” workshop
Reading the World by Miranda James
I discovered juvenile mystery series when I was ten or eleven. My introduction to them was The Secret of Shadow ...
The Joy of the Amateur Sleuth by Valerie (V.M.) Burns
Cozy mysteries almost always feature an amateur sleuth. These individuals aren't trained members of law enforcement and aren't getting paid ...
Animals in Cozy Mysteries by Sharon Marchisello
One of the tropes in cozy mysteries is a furry pet, likely a cat or a dog. More often than ...
A Foolproof Plan by Judy Penz Sheluk
For those of you who don't know me, I'm an author. I'm also an editor, as well as the owner ...
Curious South – Or Five Weird Things About My Writing by Lexi George
Hi, I'm Lexi, and I write fantasy and southern-fried paranormal romance set in Alabama. While there is no right or ...
Family Ties and Writing Inspiration by Ann Michelle Harris
As writers we want to tell compelling stories to keep readers turning the pages. One way to do that is ...
ShortCon – June 7 – Alexandria, VA
Debra will be attending a special workshop for short story authors.
Writing Under The Gun by Cindy Goyette
When I wrote my first book, I did so with a gun on my hip. I worked at the New ...
A Happy Accident by Jenny Adams
I sometimes call myself an "accidental" mystery writer. I'm not an accidental writer, by any means; I've been telling stories ...
If Walls Could Talk: Historic Houses in Crime Fiction by Kate Michaelson
Old homes have always fascinated me. Maybe it's because I grew up in a hundred-year old farmhouse hearing stories about ...
Malice Domestic – April 24-27 – Bethesda, MD
Debra will be moderating the Influencers in the Cozy Community panel featuring Heather Harrisson, Tiffany Gullion-krieg, Dru Ann Love, and ...
Mysteries to Die For Podcast – S8 E7: OPERA DINNER CLUB by Debra H. Goldstein – April 18
The podcast of Debra’s short story, Opera Dinner Club, will drop on Mysteries to Die for hosted by TG Wolff ...
Opera Dinner Club Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies – April 15
Opera Dinner Club will appear in the anthology, Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies Prefer to read your mysteries? Check ...
The Gift that Keeps on Giving by Carmen Amato
"If the police show up, make sure you're holding the package." The fellow CIA officer prepping me to meet a ...
Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties – April 14
Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun: Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties releases on April 14 from Down & Out Books. ...
Release Day by Bethany Maines
Today is the official release day for Elevator Ride- Book 1 of the Valkyrie Brothers Trilogy-an action-packed, age-gap, rom-com mystery! ...
How to Write a Complex Plot by Maggie Toussaint aka Valona Jones
It is an accomplishment to write the first draft of a book, but it is an even greater feat to ...
Living in Interesting Times by Lois Winston
We live in interesting times. Then again, I suppose all times have been and always will be interesting in one ...
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein
I write long and short - novels and short stories. Most writers prefer one to the other because they require ...
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying – February 4
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying is available from White City Press (https://whitecitypress.com/product/fire/MM/8) and wherever you find quality ...
My Favorite Writing Advice by Lynn Slaughter
I'm currently mentoring a gifted fourteen-year-old author who's writing a novel. Each week, I share a quote with her from ...
Murder on the Menu – February 2, 2025
On February, 2, 2025, in Wetumpka, Alabama, Debra will be a Murder on the Menu panelist. Murder on the Menu ...
Murder in the Magic City – February 1, 2025
Debra will be a panelist at Murder in the Magic City on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at 9:50 a.m, at ...
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying – NOW Available for pre-order
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying, a collection of eighteen of Debra's award-winning short mysteries, from cozy to ...
It’s Not Always a Mystery: Following a Series Protagonist’s Journey by Erica Miner
It's been said that San Francisco considers its opera only slightly less sacred than the Holy Grail. The city is ...
Farewell to a Decidedly Eventful 2024 and a Wish for All for 2025 by Debra H. Goldstein
When 2024 began, it appeared that all but one thing would be status quo. The only change would be the ...
Lifelong Learner by Mary Seifert
From Lord Byron's Don Juan (1823) "Tis strange-but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction." In our quest ...
Spycraft 101 by Terry Ambrose
Have you ever wondered what, exactly, cracking a secret code involves? Wonder no more. We're going to dive into the ...
TRAVEL INSPIRATION by Anne Louise Bannon
The classic answer to the perennial "Where do you get your ideas?" question is that ideas are everywhere. They truly ...
WRITING SATISFYING ANTAGONISTS IN COZY MYSTERIES by Korina Moss
My number one reminder when writing a cozy? Keep it cozy. It must have a comforting feeling, much like a ...
Falling into…Everything! by Maggie Toussaint/Valona Jones
Autumn leaves show us their fall colors first and then they flutter to the ground. Oh, how I enjoyed jumping ...
Shazam! When the Secret Magic Happens by Martha Reed
I'm often asked what compels me to write mysteries. I know I've always been interested in crime fiction because that's ...
It’s Not Always a Mystery…Even When It Is by Judy Penz Sheluk
You'd think a multi-author anthology titled Larceny & Last Chances: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense would only include stories ...
The Big, White Hotel Calling My Name by Kathleen Kaska
The Luther Hotel is located on the Texas Gulf Coast in the small town of Palacios. You can walk out ...
All I Know is What I Read in the Papers by Mary Dutta
Audiences have a seemingly endless appetite for ripped-from-the-headlines plots, as thirty years and multiple iterations of the Law & Order ...
Disturbing the Universe by Susan Van Kirk
The third and final book of my Art Center Mysteries just came out, and it is designed to end a ...
Button-Pushing Characters by Lois Winston
I'm currently reading a book about a less-than-likable protagonist. If I were reading it for pleasure, I would have stopped ...
Why a Story or Idea is Never a One and Done Deal by Debra H. Goldstein
Usually, I introduce you to writers you might not otherwise know through my blog. This time, I'm going to tell ...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas and How Do You Organize Them? by Heather Weidner
I am often asked about where my ideas for stories come from. Generating ideas has never been a problem. Finding ...
The End: Wrapping Up a Story by Dianna Sinovic
When you sit down to write a short story, do you have the ending in mind? Or do you let ...
The Writer as a Mollusk by Molly MacRae
My last guest post for Debra's blog was about being a vagabond writer-one who likes the adventure of taking her ...
Investing in a Character by James M. Jackson
I recently read a highly rated thriller. It was a page-turner, with action, and cliff-hangers, and more action. Good guys ...
The Delights of Becoming a Musical Mystery Series by Erica Miner
In my 21 years as a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, I discovered a number of things. ...
Tax Day, Crime Fiction, and Who We Owe by Jack Sharman
April 15 is Tax Day, a day that reminds us, as citizens and as writers, that we owe. Owing something ...
Jumping Ship, But Not Overboard by Elizabeth Crowens
Stephen King has done it. J.K. Rowling has done it with a pen name. What am I talking about? When ...
The Perfect Watson: Finding a Memorable Sidekick by C.B. Wilson
Sidekicks can make or break a story. In a great mystery, the main character's "helper" is as important as the ...
2024 Alabama Writing Workshop – Get Your Writing Published March 15, 2024 – 9:30 a.m. – 5: 00 p.m.
Embassy Suites Birmingham (Woodcrest Place) - Debra will be teaching a master class in Creating Conflict from 10:30 a.m. - ...
THE WRITING OF ‘WINTER’S END’ by Barbara Pronin
As the author of seven cozy mysteries, beginning to write a historical novel was like hiking an unexplored trail. A ...
Kirkwood by the River Book Club – Birmingham, Alabama – March 8, 2024 – 2 p.m.
Debra will lead a discussion of One Taste Too Many, the first book in the Sarah Blair mystery series.
WHEN REALITY INTERFERES by Lisa Black
More than once, I've come up with a great, dramatic scene, one that would make chills run up and down ...
Should You Take a Shower with a Friend or Thank Your Local Weatherman? by Debra H. Goldstein
Today, February 5, according to the National Holiday Calendar, celebrates both Take a Shower with a Friend Day and National ...
Using Past Lives as Fuel – Meredith R. Lyons
I like to write stories with an element of fantasy or supernatural. I've tried to write "normal, real world" stories, ...
Artificial Intelligence-A Gift or Return Item? by Linda Lovely
With the holiday gift season coming to a close maybe it's time to decide if Artificial Intelligence is a present ...
The Bethlehem Writers Group and The Bethlehem Writers 2024 Short Story Award Competition by Marianne H. Donley
I'm a member of The Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC (BWG), a community of mutually supportive fiction and nonfiction authors based ...
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS: What You Don’t Know About the Genre May Keep You from Reading a Great Book! by Lisa Malice
E.B. Davis is one the many amazing authors with whom I blog-share Writers Who Kill. Her November 15th post spotlighted ...
Every Main Character Needs a Sidekick by Sandra Murphy
There comes a time in a mystery where the main character needs to recap the clues, red herrings, misguided non-help, ...
Noir at the Bar – Pepper Place
The Red Cat Coffeehouse@Pepper PlaceFebruary 24, 2024 - 6 p.m. CST Eleven authors + music = a fun Noir at ...
Cozy Mystery Party Holiday Take – Over Event
December 16, 2023 - 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST From December 15 thru December 17, 2023, fifty plus cozy ...
Branching Out? By Rosalie Spielman
Thank you, Debra, for hosting me! I am one happy gal in the fall. Like many of you, I adore ...
The Long and the Short of It by Roger Johns
Debra, thank you for inviting me to be on It's Not Always a Mystery. In my case, the title of ...
A Beach Bum’s Journey to Becoming an Author by George Cramer
Until my late sixties, I never thought of writing fiction, let alone a novel. In high school, I rarely did ...
THE FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR PLAN by Josh Pachter
My first short story appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1968. Since then, I've been fortunate enough to sell ...
We Must Remember by Debra H. Goldstein
Twenty-two years have passed since September 11, 2001. Twenty-two years since terrorists hijacked four airplanes to carry out suicide attacks ...
2023 Silver Falchion Best Book by an Attending Author
Debra was presented the 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Best Book by an Attending Author for Five Belles Too Many ...
What Preoccupies Us as Writers Keeps Showing Up by Lynn Slaughter
The first time someone asked me to present a workshop on writing for young adults, I prepared not only by ...
One Size Does Not Fit All by Lois Winston
A Crafty Collage of Crime, the twelfth book in my Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series, released this past June. I've ...
The Tension between Truth and Verisimilitude in Historical Fiction by Karen Odden
One of my favorite funny stories about writing comes from my friend Susan Elia MacNeal, who has published ten Maggie ...
Atlanta Chapter of Sisters in Crime – Writing the Mystery Novel: Writing is Not a Crime Workshop – November 11, 2023
Debra, Sharon Marchisello, and Kathy Nichols will participate in a “Pacing and Building Suspense” panel moderated by Angela Costa at ...
Kensington Cozy Con Midwest– October 14, 2023
Several Kensington cozy authors, including Debra, will join together for an event sponsored by 2 Dandelions Bookshop (Brighton Michigan) on ...
Killer Nashville – August 17-20, 2023
In addition to being the Killer Nashville Friday Lunch Keynote speaker, Debra will teach her “Conflict” workshop and present a ...
Plenty Downtown Bookshop – August 12, 2023
Three Cozy Authors Discuss Murder Over Tea and Cookies with Valerie Burns, Gretchen Archer, and Debra. This mystery author extravaganza ...
Guest Blogger: G.P. Gottlieb – Have You Always Wanted to Write a Book?
Have you Always Wanted to Write a Book? I could never get above a B in Honors English. My family ...
It’s Not Always a Mystery – But it’s Always a Puzzle! by Valerie Burns
Debra, thanks for inviting me to "It's Not Always a Mystery." I've loved mysteries since I read my first Encyclopedia ...
Sleuthfest – July 6-9, 2023
Debra will be featured on the “How to Write Back Copy,” “Writing Your Own Newsletter Content,” and “The Importance of ...
Story Fodder by Susan Van Kirk
Recently, I read a blog post by writer Annette Dashofy in which she mentioned an idea that gave me pause. ...
Digging Up a Story: Weaving Fact into Fiction by Kathleen Kaska
I write two mystery series, one set in the 1950s and one in current times. In plotting the mysteries, I ...
Something Old and Something New by Francelia Belton
Aah, who doesn't love a good wedding? The flowers, the cake, and most important of all, the beautiful bride in ...
Let’s Make a Mystery
Let’s Make a Mystery Panel Moderator for SinC’s Desert Sleuths – June 21, 2023.
Murder We Write Podcast
Murder We Write Podcast with Carol Goodman Kaufman featuring Debra H. Goldstein - June 5, 2023 (available on Spotify and ...
Red Hats and Cummerbunds
“Red Hats and Cummerbunds,” Tales From the Golden State of Mind, published May 18, 2023.
The Rabbi’s Wife Stayed Home
“The Rabbi’s Wife Stayed Home,” written by Debra H. Goldstein was released as a Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast on May 2, ...
Should Have Played Poker
Should Have Played Poker: a Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery reissued in trade paperback and e-book (April ...
Promophobia
Promophobia, edited by Diane Vallare, which Debra has a chapter in, wins the 2023 Agatha Award for non-fiction.
Malice Domestic – Kicking Off a Story
Malice Domestic – Kicking Off a Story: First Chapter Panelist with Anne Cleeland, Jeff Cohen, Edwin Hill, and Steve Steinbock ...
Left Coast Crime – Trouble in Tucson
Left Coast Crime – Trouble in Tucson– Culinary Mystery Panelist with Lee Hollis and G.P Gotlieb (March 2023).
Murderous March Virtual Mystery Conference
Murderous March Virtual Mystery Conference – Comfort Food: Cozy Mysteries That Feed Your Imagination – Panelist with Leslie Budewitz, Korina ...
So Beautiful, or So What
"So Beautiful, or So What," was published in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the songs of Paul Simon (October ...
Death in the Hand of the Tongue
"Death in the Hand of the Tongue," appeared in An Element of Mystery: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales of Intrigue ...
The Girls from Cabin Three
"The Girls from Cabin Three," was published in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #12 (August 2022)
Orphans & Other Realities
By Judy Penz Sheluk There’s a word that authors use to describe themselves if their publishing contract has been terminated: ...
May Day is Today!!!!!
By Debra H. Goldstein Today, May 1, is often referred to as May Day. Traditionally, it is associated with celebrating ...
TBR – To Be Read – To Be or Not To Be?
By Debra H. Goldstein Once again, my TBR (to be read) stack is out of control. I know I shouldn’t ...
From Violinist to Writer: A Personal Journey
By Erica Miner “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating ...
GETTING UNSTUCK
By Anne Louise Bannon Knowing how many of my writer friends genuinely struggle to get their novels completed, it would ...
Coffins in the Living Room: a Triumph of Teamwork
By Sandra Benson When you imagine an author, what do you see? Is it someone bent over a desk, passionately ...
It’s Not Always a Mystery – Until It Is
By Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell Thanks so much for inviting me over, Debra! It’s been such a delight to be on ...
That Devil Called Doubt
By Donnell Ann Bell Because Donnell’s hand is in a cast, we agreed for this guest post to be an ...
Living our Best Lives by Maggie Toussaint, writing as Valona Jones
By Maggie Toussaint Are you living your best life? Topic information abounds, so it’s confusing to navigate the choices. The ...
The Joys of Writing Something New
By Lynn McPherson It’s been a big year in my writing life. I got an agent and, very recently, signed ...
How the Story Came Together
By Debra Sennefelder One question authors always get is where we get ideas from. Another top ten question is how ...
The Importance of Showing Up
By Grace Topping As a child, I enjoyed the stories my mother told my sisters and me at bedtime about ...
My Love of Bad Guys
By Annette Dashofy I grew up at a time when Westerns were all the rage on TV. Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The ...
Halloween vs. Valentine’s Day
By Judy Penz Sheluk This post is scheduled for Halloween, which amuses me, because I’ve never been much of a ...
Grammar Crimes
By Lois Winston Do you have a grammar pet peeve? I do, thanks to Peggy Riley Hughes, my seventh and ...
Surprise! It’s a Sequel!
By Bethany Maines In this day of Marvel Universes and streaming limited-- run shows, no, it’s not a surprise that ...
Do You See What I See? by James M. Jackson
By James M. Jackson Answer me this: It’s summer. I point to any sugar maple in the Upper Peninsula of ...
The Deep Thrill by Barbara Kyle
By Barbara Kyle Mystery. Thriller. Romance. Science Fiction. Horror. The publishing industry uses these labels for what they call “genre” ...
Art as Therapy – Filling the Well by Cheryl Hollon
As some of you know, writers today are responsible for a significant portion of their books' virtual and in-person promotion ...
The Writer as Vagabond by Molly MacRae
The word vagabond strolled into my head the other day. I’ve always liked the word so I was happy to ...
Punderful Titles
By Meri Allen (aka Shari Randall) I’ll never forget the moment I opened the email from my editor announcing the ...
Countdown!
Five Belles Too Many, the fifth Sarah Blair mystery from Kensington, releases June 28th and there still is so much ...
The Art Center Mysteries by Susan Van Kirk
By Susan Van Kirk For the past eight years, I’ve written a series called the Endurance Mysteries. Their setting is ...
Putting a little thriller in the cozy
By Terry Ambrose One million words. It’s a big number. Right? Somewhere along the way during my writing journey, I ...
Welcome Home to Murder
By Rosalie Spielman Being a military spouse makes it challenging to have a career. Due to moving often, if you ...
Back to Book Clubs
Galveston Author Saralyn Richard By Saralyn Richard The isolation of the pandemic led to creative solutions, and I was fortunate ...
Come Read-A-Long with Me
To: You – readers whom I adore From: Me – Debra H. Goldstein When: April 19, May 17, June 21, ...
Give me the Beach
I’m writing this from the beach. Ostensibly, I’m on a writing retreat, but while it is a time to hopefully ...
What draws you to a book
By Vicki Batman OOH, OOH, Look at This Pretty Thing What draws you to a book--the author, the cover, the ...
Five Belles Too Many
Is anticipated to be the last book in the Sarah Blair series. Because I've been grateful to have so many ...
Capitol Crimes
Capitol Crimes - Mystery Writers Virtual Panel with Wanda Morris and Roger Johns - May 14. Event >>
Mystery Author Roadshow – Scrawl Books
Featuring Ellery Adams, Libby Klein and Debra H Goldstein - Share in the fun of Libby launching her new Poppy ...
What Happens When a Writer Gets Bored
By Kassandra Lamb I bore easily, which isn’t always a good thing. About a third of my closet is full ...
Love and Valentine’s Day
When I think about Valentine’s Day, which today is, I think about it in a commercialized sense. Although the holiday’s ...
Murder in the Magic City and Murder on the Menu
Debra will be live at Murder in the Magic City - Birmingham - February 5 and Murder on the Menu ...
When Setting is Also Character
By C. Hope Clark The most enticing books for me to read spin setting into character. In other words, the ...
Mystery Rat’s Podcast features
Harvey and the Red Head We are doing something a little different with this episode, we are offering a story ...
What’s in a Name?
By Maggie King What’s in a name? With due respect to Mr. Shakespeare, who immortalized the catchphrase in Romeo and ...
Say it with Flowers
was published in SEEDS “I can’t believe Daisy is gone.” Officer Monroe stared at the picture in his hand, a ...
How Did a Mystery Writer End up in IT? by Heather Weidner
I have been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. I’m a 70s kid, and my Saturday ritual was ...
For the Fun of It by Marilyn Levinson/Allison Brook
Reading cozy mysteries is fun, writing them even more fun because I get to create a world to my liking ...
Blessed Be the Little Children
Thanks for inviting me over, Debra, to help celebrate the release of Murder at the Lobstah Shack at the end ...
My Mother’s Slippers
In November, I think about my mother. She was a driving force in my life until her unexpected death in ...
Variety in Writing
The below blog was a combination of an assignment given to me by my Hi-Lo writing coach (a Hi-Lo series ...
Guest Blogger: Lois Winston – The Non-conforming Tropist
I’ve hit double-digits! October 4th will see the release of Stitch, Bake Die!, #10 in my Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery ...
WRITING RACE
WRITING RACE by Laurel S. Peterson First of all, thanks, Debra, for having me on It’s Not Always a Mystery. ...
Guest Blogger: Kassandra Lamb – When to End a Series
When to End a Series by Kassandra Lamb For the second time in my writing career, I’m facing the decision ...
Poetry – Words of Beauty that I Simply Don’t Get
Sometimes I wonder why I feel such a passion for the written word and yet, I don’t love poetry. I ...
Guest Blogger: Charlotte Hunter – Looking for a Crime? Grave-Robbing
Looking for a crime? Grave-robbing by Charlotte Hunter For me, grave-robbing used to conjure thoughts of 18th-century resurrection men prowling ...
Guest Blogger Linda Lovely – Giving a Villain a First-Person POV
Giving the Villain a First-Person POV by Linda Lovely If the villain in a novel is intelligent, resourceful, and relentless, ...
Guest Blogger: Lynn Slaughter – Starting a Novel: One Writer’s Approach
Starting a Novel: One Writer’s Approach by Lynn Slaughter As both a writer and a voracious reader, I’m always fascinated ...
Guest Blogger: Judy Penz Sheluk – Paying it Forward
Paying it Forward by Judy Penz Sheluk I love short crime fiction, and while I’ve written a few short stories, ...
Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast features Pig Lickin’ Good!
King River's Life's Mysteryrat's Maze Podcast features Debra's Pig Lickin' Good short story. Pig Lickin' Good, originally was published in ...
Guest Blogger: DonnaRae Menard – The Character Bio
Years ago I wrote for the fun of writing. I worked third shift and left chapters hanging around the plant. ...
Guest Blogger: Connie Berry – THE DOMESDAY BOOK: Don’t Worry, It’s Not the End of the World
One of the themes in my Kate Hamilton Mystery series is the effect of the hidden past on the present. ...
Review: Modern Cat Magazine
The editor of Modern Cat Magazine picked FOUR CUTS TOO MANY as one of her five Spring/Summer book club picks! “Cozy mystery fans will ...
Guest Blogger: Diane A.S. Stuckart – Living the Dream…Or Not
Living the Dream…Or Not by Diane A.S. Stuckart Running a bed and breakfast inn has been my dream business for ...
Guest Blogger: Sophy Smythe – Corruption in the Medical World
Guest blogger: Sophy Smythe - Corruption in the Medical World Sophy Smythe is my pen name. I am a Dutch ...
Guest Blogger: Maggie Toussaint – Staying in Character
Staying in Character by Maggie Toussaint When writing a series mystery, writers should strive for all their characters to “stay ...
Guest Blogger: Lynn-Steven Johanson – The Cat in the …Book
The Cat in the…Book by Lynn-Steven Johanson I’m a cat lover as well as a dog lover. I live with ...
Storytelling and the Ides of March
Storytelling and the Ides of March by Debra H. Goldstein Today is the Ides of March. Originally thought of as ...
There’s Cooking and There’s Baking by Kaye George
There's Cooking and There's Baking by Kaye George I know Sarah Blair doesn’t like to cook, but I’m not ...
Our World by Debra H. Goldstein
The trees outside my window are bare. When we moved into this house a few months ago, the leaves were ...
Patience and Personality
Patience and Personality by Debra H. Goldstein I am not a patient person. It isn’t that I want it yesterday. ...
Guest Blogger: Joanne Guidoccio – What Will You Do When Your Characters Misbehave?
What Will You Do When Your Characters Misbehave? by Joanne Guidoccio When I first heard this question at a creative ...
Guest Blogger: Judith Gonda – Reflections on 2020: Publishing My First Book During a Pandemic
Reflections on 2020: Publishing My First Book During a Pandemic by Judith Gonda 2020 started out with such promise. The ...
Guest Blogger – Janis Wilson – Time for History
Time for history by Janis Wilson Victorian England is the setting of my novels. In Goulston Street, I wrote about ...
Guess Blogger: Judy Penz Sheluk – It’s Not Always a Murder
It’s Not Always a Murder by Judy Penz Sheluk The first thing I do after writing The End is to ...
Guest Blog: FOUR AUTHORS Tell All About Four “Tails” of Miscreants and Murder
Teresa Inge FOUR AUTHORS TELL ALL ABOUT FOUR "TAILS" OF MISCREANTS AND MURDER To Fetch A Villain, the third book ...
Guest Blogger: Judy Alter – Never Throw Out a Manuscript
Never Throw Out a Manuscript by Judy Alter Back in the day we used to say every author had a ...
Guest Blogger: Edith Maxwell/Maddie Day – Two Releases in One Month!
Two Releases in One Month! by Edith Maxwell/Maddie Day First, big thanks and a (virtual hug) to my buddy Debra ...
Guest Blogger Susan Van Kirk: The Mix-Ups of Multiple Mysteries
The Mix-Ups of Multiple Mysteries by Susan Van Kirk Several years ago, when I spent winters in Phoenix, I heard ...
Guest Blogger: Donnell Ann Bell – My Scrap File: Then and Now
My Scrap File: Then and Now by Donnell Ann Bell When I was a new fiction writer, I joined a ...
New Beginnings – But With Old Friends
New Beginnings – But With Old Friends To put it mildly, the world is in a crazy state. Hugs, sitting ...
Guest Blogger: Mary Feliz – Joseph Campbell’s 17 Stages of Myth – The Seamstress’s Journey
Joseph Campbell’s 17 Stages of Myth–The Seamstress’s Journey Covid-19 transformed my life into an epic adventure, aligning neatly with the ...
Guest Blogger: Nancy Nau Sullivan – Location, Location, Location
Location, Location, Location by Nancy Nau Sullivan My sister asked me if I knew of a ghost writer. I tried ...
A Parade of Caring by Debra H. Goldstein
A Parade of Caring by Debra H. Goldstein Tonight, a group of my friends gave me a “get well quickly” ...
Guest Blogger: Cathy Perkins – Write What You Know
Write What You Know by Cathy Perkins Every author has heard that mantra at least once—and probably a lot more ...
Guest Blogger: Kaye George – Vintage Sweets?
Vintage Sweets? by Kaye George Are you wondering how on earth I came to write a series based on that ...
Guest Blogger: Grace Topping – Never Give Up, Never Surrender
Never Give Up, Never Surrender by Grace Topping I often hear people say they would like to write a book, ...
Guest Blogger: Kristine Raymond – Writing in First Person Through the Eyes of Finn Bartusiak
Writing in First Person Through the Eyes of Finn Bartusiak by Kristine Raymond Writing in first person is an entirely ...
Guest Blogger: Carol Newhouse – The Value of Writing a Newsletter Column
The Value of Writing a Newsletter Column by Carol Newhouse I write a column, By The Book, that appears in ...
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Malice Domestic XXIV has ended – amazingly! As a dedicated cozy mystery reader (and writer), I have long realized that ...
Guest Blog – Gail Handler – A Writer With Special Vision
Gail Handler Thank you, Debra, for inviting me to write a guest post. I’m not a mystery/thriller writer, although ...
Guest Blog: Who is F.M. Meredith aka Marilyn Meredith?
ABOUT MARILYN AND HER WRITING -- IN HER OWN WORDS: Since I’m brand new to this blog, let me tell ...
Toss in Those Red Herrings by Sally Carpenter
Sally Carpenter How can stinky fish help you write a mystery? “Red herrings,” a staple in classic/traditional mysteries, refers to ...
Winners & Miscellaneous
Sometimes a crazy week means the best one can blog is that one is surviving. I've had that type of ...
For the Love or Hate of Blogging by Debra H. Goldstein
Author Debra H. Goldstein For the love or hate of blogging.... As a writer, I understand the need to blog, ...
Guest Blog: A Passion for Chocolate-or Chocolate for Passion? by Judy Alter
Judy Alter One night friends sat in my living room talking about chocolate and addiction, and I admitted to loving ...
MAYBE I SHOULD HUG YOU ……..by Debra H. Goldstein
Author Debra H. Goldstein When I turned 50, it was like a switch flipped and caused my knees to ache, ...
Guest Blog: Those Voices in My Head by Lois Winston
Lois Winston and Mop Doll Two kinds of people listen to the voices in their heads -- schizophrenics and mystery ...
The Bobbsey Twins and Agatha Christie
When I was a child, I was given a copy of The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope. ...
LET FREEDOM RING!
LET FREEDOM RING! July 4th, not the day independence was declared, but the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. ...
I Love Independent Bookstores!
I love independent bookstores. I don’t think of them as being a salon of knowledge or a place to meet ...
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Release Day by Bethany Maines
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
Today is the official release day for Elevator Ride- Book 1 of the Valkyrie Brothers Trilogy-an action-packed, age-gap, rom-com mystery! For me, “release day” always conjures visions of a novel in a cage with the barred door being slowly raised in a darkened Barnes & Noble. Slowly, the novel takes its first steps into its […]
How to Write a Complex Plot by Maggie Toussaint aka Valona Jones
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
It is an accomplishment to write the first draft of a book, but it is an even greater feat to polish that book into something that sparkles. This post is written by a mystery author, but elements of it can be applied in total or in part to other genre fiction. As I’ve published in […]
Living in Interesting Times by Lois Winston
By Debra Goldstein | | Blogpost, Women Writers
We live in interesting times. Then again, I suppose all times have been and always will be interesting in one way or another. I’m someone who has always found plots and characters for my books in current events-from local to worldwide. Everything I read about, see on the news, and observe winds up parked in […]
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