#DBQ… Guest Post: Tam Binh talks Travel and Adventure and A Shot in the 80% Dark 30 Aug 2022 Giveaway Ends 9/1 Travel and Adventureby Tam Binh I’m Tam Binh Saveur. Maybe you’ve heard of me. My husband Stewart and I are travel and food bloggers, and we homeschool…
Book Bites… Guest Post: Meet Baby by Valerie Burns #Review 26 Aug 2022 Giveaway Ends 9/4 Meet Baby, the English Mastiffby Valerie Burns In my upcoming release, Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder, Maddy Montgomery inherits a bakery, a house in the fictional…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: My Writing Journey By Stacy Wilder 17 Aug 2022August 17, 2022 Giveaway Ends 8/24 My Writing Journeyby Stacy Wilder My first major in college was Journalism. I switched to business and embarked on a career in accounting and human resources, leaving…
#DBQ… Guest Post: My Favorite Fan Moments By Elizabeth pantley 6 Aug 2022 My Favorite Fan Moments By Elizabeth pantley One of the unexpected joys of being an author is finding a fan out there in the world randomly. Not at a conference…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: The “Over-the-Top” Character by Stephen Kaminski 4 Aug 2022 Giveaway Ends 8/10 The “Over-the-Top” Characterby Stephen Kaminski Quirky, charming, cunning, relatable, inquisitive … all of these traits are core to characters in a cozy mystery. But I also feel…
#DBQ… Book Bites and a QandA: End of the Line by AG Meiers 22 Jul 2022August 14, 2022 What does it mean to you to be called an author? Oh wow, that’s a great question. I don’t know if anybody has actually ever asked me this before. Well,…
#DBQ… Guest Post: Making Your Story Perfect by Terry Korth Fischer 19 Jul 2022August 14, 2022 Giveaway Ends 7/25 Making Your Story Perfectby Terry Korth Fischer Writing, revising, and editing are part of the writing process. The trick is to know when to do each and…
Book of the Day… Character Guest Post: Meet Gary Presser! 13 Jul 2022 Giveaway Ends 7/18 Meet Gary Presser! Hello, my name is Gary Presser, better known as the Watson to Shell McMillan’s Holmes in the Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries! I didn’t…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Introducing A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder 8 Jul 2022July 8, 2022 giveaway ends 7/15 Introducing A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murderby Dianne Freeman I write the Countess of Harleigh mystery series, Victorian era who-dun-its that take place among the aristocracy…
Book of the Day… Character Guest Post: Mystical Musings by Cass Donovan 7 Jul 2022July 7, 2022 Giveaway ends 7/11 Mystical MusingsBy Cass Donovan I’m Cass Donovan, and I own Mystical Musings, a psychic shop on Bay Island, a small island between the north and south forks…
#DBQ… Guest Post: MEET THE CHARACTERS FROM THE CASE OF THE CAT CRAZY LADY 23 Jun 2022August 14, 2022 Meet the Characters from The Case of the Cat Crazy LadyBy Debbie De Louise Instead of a blurb, excerpt, or a plot synopsis, character profiles are a great way to…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Mind Games and Writing by Debra H. Goldstein 22 Jun 2022 Mind Games and Writing by Debra H. Goldstein Have you ever felt like you’re losing your mind? Perhaps, you go to introduce two people, but go blank on the name…
#DBQ… Guest Post: From Poirot to Gamache – Stealing from the Great Mysteries 21 Jun 2022August 14, 2022 From Poirot to Gamache – Stealing from the Great Mysteriesby Patrick Kelly What could be more boring than a clean, traditional mystery? Other genres might offer the loving embrace of…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Meet Ricki James-Diaz from Bayou Book Thief 9 Jun 2022 Meet Ricki James-Diaz from Bayou Book Thiefby Ellen Byron Hi, I’m Ricki. It’s short for Miracle— full name, Miracle Fleur de Lis James-Diaz. I’m so excited to be here! On…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Creating Cozy Elements by Jeanne Quigley 8 Jun 2022 Creating Cozy Elementsby Jeanne Quigley Thank you for the invitation to present my new cozy mystery, The Double Exposure Murder. The book is the first of the Robyn Cavanagh Mysteries…
Book Bites… Guest Post: Why you Should Step out of Your Box Once in a While by Elizabeth Pantley 20 May 2022 Why you Should Step out of Your Box Once in a WhileBy Elizabeth Pantley We all have our favorite kinds of books to read. Our favorite places to read, and…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Story and the Characters’ Freedom by Shelly Frome 5 May 2022 Story and the Characters’ Freedomby Shelly Frome An example of a tale devoid of characters with a life of their own is Raymond Chandler’s The High Window. Unlike his previous…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: “Murder Next Door” – Where Vampires Meet Rear Window by Michele Pariza Wacek 27 Apr 2022April 29, 2022 4/19 -5/2 “Murder Next Door” – Where Vampires Meet Rear Windowby Michele Pariza Wacek Growing up, I loved watching Alfred Hitchcock movies. (I even liked his short-lived Alfred Hitchcock Presents…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Why I Write Cozy Mysteries by Rose Kerr 22 Apr 2022April 29, 2022 4/18 -5/1 Why I Write Cozy Mysteries by Rose Kerr I’ve been a long time reader in the mystery genre and it started with the TrixieBelden series. I moved from…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Coln Akeman, Cirencester and the British Cotswolds by Victoria Tait 14 Apr 2022April 15, 2022 Coln Akeman, Cirencester and the British Cotswoldsby Victoria Tait The Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery series is centred around Akemans antique centre and auction house which occupy a converted mill, on…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Writing Inspiration by By Nellie H. Steele 12 Apr 2022 I recently was interviewed for a podcast and the interview focused on writing inspiration and the creative process. While this is different for everyone, lots of people draw inspiration from…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Plotting a Murder Board by Rebecca McKinnon 8 Apr 2022 Plotting a Murder Boardby Rebecca McKinnon It all started with walking through the school supply section of Target. I noticed a box of cute push pins, and my husband jokingly…
Crime… Guest Post: Playlist for The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden 5 Apr 2022 THE ART OF THE DECOY: My Playlist! This is a playlist of the songs I listened to while writing THE ART OF THE DECOY. Some of them like Colder Heavens…
Book Bites… Character Guest Post: Meet Gladys Bellwether 31 Mar 2022 Meet Gladys Bellwether Greetings from Sierra Pines! My name is Gladys Bellwether and I’m here to tell you my story. That is, how we came to live with Julia Winston…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Behind The Scenes with Author Katherine H. Brown 25 Mar 2022 Behind The Scenes with Author Katherine H. Brown Hello! I’m Katherine and I’m so happy to be here chatting with you today. I live in Texas, in the same tiny…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Why Spy Thrillers? by Susan Ouellette 22 Mar 2022 Why Spy Thrillers?Susan Ouellette (THE WAYWARD ASSASSIN) Ever since I read my first Nancy Drew book in elementary school, I wanted to solve mysteries. I was going to be the…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Book Titles and Inspiration by Joanna Campbell Slan 21 Mar 2022 Book Titles and Inspiration by Joanna Campbell Slan author of INK, RED, DEAD Did you know that authors under contract with publishing houses typically don’t get to choose their book…
Cozy Mystery… Guest Post: My name is Peggy and I didn’t want to write this… 18 Mar 2022 My name is Peggy and I didn’t want to write this… Hi everyone! My name is Peggy and I didn’t want to write this, but my best friend, Irene asked…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Meet Derrick by Cara Bertoia 14 Mar 2022March 14, 2022 Character Guest Post:Meet Derrickby Cara Bertoia Yeh, I’m Derrick from Donegal. I’m the table games director at the Night Hawk. Don’t believe what people say about me especially that tight…
Book of the Day… Guest Post: Tough on the Outside, Soft and Squishy on the Inside by Paty Jager 3 Mar 2022 Tough on the Outside, Soft and Squishy on the Inside by Paty Jager Since the first book in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series came out, I’ve had several readers…
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