Humor
In the beginning…
On Friday one of my favorite cozy writers, Nancy J. Cohen and I presented a program to a group of visual artists in Boca Raton, Women in the Visual Arts http://www.floridabooknews.com/2017/01/women-in-visual-arts.html. In discussing our work as cozy mystery writers, we showed some of our book covers. Although Nancy and I had both experienced publishers who gave us…
Read MoreToo cold for a ghost
We have only been here in our winter home for a few weeks, but managed to avoid an early winter snow in Upstate New York. My neighbors sent me a picture of our cottage covered in the white stuff, and that got me thinking about our resident ghost in the cottage, Fred. I thought I…
Read MoreTales from the Hayloft: A Smile and A Laugh
Growing up on a farm was lots of fun, and I was never bored although I had few other children as companions. As I indicated last week, being alone sharpened my imagination, and I credit being an only child with my becoming a writer. I was reminiscing about my childhood and thinking of stories…
Read MorePlaying Pranks
I’m now beginning the second week of my blog tour for Failure Is Fatal. If you haven’t stopped by yet, you’re missing the opportunity to win a free ebook. Here’s the schedule for the tour: May 8 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW May 9 – Brooke Blogs – CHARACTER GUEST POST May 10 – Island Confidential –…
Read MoreBook Blog Tour: Giveaways, Reviews, Interviews and A Few Secrets
Beginning in May, Failure Is Fatal will go on tour. Someone at Professor Laura Murphy’s college appears to be playing a joke on her by planting sexually explicit stories in her research results, but the joke turns deadly when one story details the recent stabbing murder of a coed. Laura’s close friend, Detective Derrick Pasquis from the…
Read MoreShe’s Baaaaaaack!
Failure Is Fatal, the second mystery in the Laura Murphy Mystery Series is out and available in a variety of ebook formats and in paper. Here’s what our donut eating, snoopy gal with the hot flashes is up to this time: Someone at Professor Laura Murphy’s college appears to be playing a joke on her…
Read MoreCats and Spies and World War II, Oh My!
Here’s a woman I’ve never met but who I know I love. She writes about cats who solve mysteries using the memories of their ancestors, and now she had a new series with a protagonist who loves to stick her nose into what’s going on on the home front during the second world war. What’s…
Read MoreOur September Chuckle, Funny Man Steve Shrott
Our Guest this month is Steve Shrott. His mystery short stories have been published in numerous print magazines and e-zines. His work has appeared in ten anthologies—two from Sisters-in-Crime (The Whole She-Bang, and Fishnets.) “Lucky Man,” his newest story, will be in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18. He has had two humorous novels published, Audition…
Read MoreSharing a Laugh: Sally Carpenter
It’s the first Sunday of the month, the day I feature a humorous excerpt from a mystery. Today Sally Carpenter is joining us with The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper. Cruising on the high seas was never so much fun… or so deadly. Sally is native Hoosier now living in Moorpark, Calif. She has a master’s…
Read MoreYour Sunday Chuckle: Molly MacRae Visits
It’s the first Sunday of the month, and that means I’m posting a humorous excerpt from another writer on the blog. We can all use a laugh from time to time (I know I sure can). This is an opportunity for all you mystery writers out there who like to write funny to share your…
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