Posts by LesleyADiehl
Blog 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 MoreIt’s that time of year
It’s that time of year again, the time when the birds on our canal engage in their mating rituals. I witnessed one the other day between two large herons that was spectacular—strutting and carrying their wings out to their sides, making themselves look larger than they already are. Turtles, too, engage in their lovemaking, no…
Read MoreRural Florida: Perfect for Recycling Bodies
As some of you know, we spend our winters in Florida, in rural Florida where alligators, cattle and vast expanses of prairie and fields for grazing make up the landscape. People are almost incidental to this area. Without air conditioning, bug spray and fire ant killer, people would not have ventured more than ten miles…
Read MoreSources for ideas: Jobs and family
All writers get the question from readers—where do you get your ideas? Some of them come from my employment experiences. I love Eve Appel who is so unlike me in most ways (she’s taller, better dressed, thinner, and snoopier), but we share a love of used items from clothes to furniture. I think writers…
Read MoreIt’s too cold to write!
This is going to be difficult, I say to myself as I bundle my shivering body into several layers of clothing, a double hood, neck scarf and my leather gloves. I’m living in southern Florida and I must do all this to take my morning walk. For those of you living in the North 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 MoreNot just white collar and blue collar
This blog will be a departure from my usual sassy stories about my writing. I want to address the issue of sexual predation more directly than I have done in my mysteries, although it is a theme in several of my books especially the Laura Murphy mysteries. The workplace for many women has been revealed…
Read MoreSinging the computer blues
Note: I have not posted my blog for several weeks. My excuse is: I’m lazy; I’m overwhelmed with settling into the house here in Florida; My computer is new and not used to me yet; I’m a total idiot when it comes to a new computer; Take your pick of the above. I think…
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