Here's another in our author guest interview series from the Peace, Love, and Crime anthology. We have a wonderful mix of first-time and long-time published authors and hope you'll pick…
Before the interview, I'll let you in on a special deal. If you like music and short mystery stories, you'll want to get the Music Mystery Bundle. Peace, Love, and…
Sending out one's manuscript or short story is one part relief--you think it's ready for publication--and one part suspense--will it be accepted? Does the editor like it? Does it suit…
This post could have been titled "Looking Ahead," as that's what I'm doing now. But looking forward captures that plus my anticipation of coming days with fewer restrictions and upcoming…
I'm working on some site changes and other things and am not posting this week. I'll be back next week.
My mother, Claire Mildred (Cunningham) Murray, would have turned 100 this past January. She lived through many trials and tribulations, including a severe glandular infection in her neck when she…
Today, 4/28/21, marks the 2nd anniversary of Pat's passing from complications due to Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). As someone recently said, "yes, we should commemorate these events." I agree. Why?…
Many novelists also write short stories, and Dawn Dixon is no exception. Winner of the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers, Dawn went on to complete and hone…
Writers have a wealth of digital tools available to them. During a Zoominar Sunday morning, five of us discussed a tool that was demoed in a conference a few of…
Today, we’re speaking with Sandra Murphy, award-winning author and freelance editor. After selecting and editing the 22 stories in Peace, Love, and Crime, Sandy hung in there when there was a…