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Book tour for Scream Muddy Murder
Just in time for the holidays! Scream Muddy Murder, book 3 in the Big Lake Murder Mysteries is on tour with Escape with Dollycas Book Tours. https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/great-escapes-virtual-book-tours/upcoming-great-escapes-book-tours/scream-muddy-murder-big-lake-murder-mysteries-by-lesley-a-diehl/ The tour includes -blogs from me, -blogs from some of the characters in the book, -reviews, -recipes and -spot lights on the book. You can also enter a contest for…
Read MoreGuest Blogger Judy Penz Sheluk
I’m please to have Judy Penz Sheluk pay another visit to my blog. She is the Amazon international bestselling author of the Glass Dolphin Mysteries and the Marketville Mysteries. Her short stories appear in several collections. Judy is also a member of Sisters in Crime International, Sisters in Crime – Guppies, Sisters in Crime – Toronto, International…
Read MorePolitical Dirty Trick: Suspense by James R. Callan
James R. Callan, one of my favorite writers and a writer friend releases Political Dirty Trick, a mystery/suspense set in Texas with Crystal Moore as the protagonist in a deadly game set up to spread lies about a political candidate. I was delighted to be one of the book’s beta readers. Jim is one of the few male…
Read MoreUsing juxtaposition in your work
Decades ago, in another century, I completed my doctorate with a research project on curiosity motivation in preschoolers. I was particularly interested in one theory of curiosity motivation that had been tested with animals, but not with humans. The theory postulated that curiosity was a function of several stimulus variables including novelty, complexity, change and…
Read MoreBlog Tour Schedule for Killer Tied
Here’s the tour schedule. Stop by and leave a comment and you will be eligible for a free copy of the book. Winner to be announced at the conclusion of the tour. March 15 – Books Direct – GUEST POST March 15 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT March 16 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW March 16 – StoreyBook Reviews –…
Read MoreA new Eve Appel caper
Released by Camel Press, March 1. Eve Appel Egret is adjusting to married life with Sammy and their three adopted sons in Sabal Bay, Florida. While still running her consignment stores, she is going pro with her sleuthing by becoming an apprentice to a private detective. Until her marriage, Eve’s only “family” was her grandmother…
Read MoreThe small village in a cozy mystery
I write cozy mysteries, so all my books are set in a small community, feature an amateur sleuth (although Eve Apple is now dabbling in the world of the private detective) and have no graphic violence or sex on the page. I’m also careful about the language I use. My books are all series, and…
Read MoreWhat I don’t know
Last weekend my husband and I went to the coast for our usual New Year’s celebration. Our celebrating is tamer than it used to be. Now we dine at a great restaurant, come home and usually end up asleep long before midnight. This year we stayed up to see the new year; we were…
Read MoreRescuing the Princess
One day the music teacher for the elementary school walked into my second or third room classroom and said she was going to play us a piece of classical music. She instructed us to use our imaginations and draw a picture of what we saw as the music was playing. I drew a picture of…
Read MoreOutdoors in Late Summer and A Treat for my Readers
The summer months were a struggle with showers almost every day. Now that the days are cooler, the rain seems to have left us for a time, and we’re happy to have the sunshine. Beginning the first of August, the sun found us just in time for the county fair. Yes, of course, we…
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