Sandy Parshall, Lonnie Cruse, Sharon Wildwind, Julia Buckley and Elizabeth Zelvin are blogging for mystery lovers as Poe’s Deadly Daughters at www.poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com. They’d love visitors to comment and will be looking for guest bloggers, so they have invited interested parties…
Attention Novella Authors
The folks who give out the Nero awards have announced the new Black Orchid Novella Award which is to be given annually in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (AHMM). The prize is $1,000 and publication in AHMM — and…
A Sunset in Alaska Two Weeks Before Christmas
Today I wasn’t sure what to write in the blog. I’m still in the throws of clearing clutter and yesterday I picked up a couple boxes from the post office that my sister had sent. They contained a few cookbooks…
CLEARING CLUTTER
Today I am in the process of clearing my clutter. I know this morning I had the best of intentions about getting down to my writing, but then, well, what can I say, the spirit had left me by the…
The Beginning of a Writers Lament
I’m up early and I hope that is a good sign. There’s a lot on my mind and old projects buzzing around my head wondering if I’m ever going to get to them. There seems to be a particular level…
Another trial regarding picture sizing
There is peace of mind when looking at a sunset. It seems that all worries are taken care of for that day and the colors that wash across the darkening sky sooths away the troubles that have been looming throughout…