Your Chance to Meet Eve Appel

By LesleyADiehl | April 19, 2015 |

A Sporting Murder, the third book in my Eve Appel mystery series will be released by Camel Press in July, but you don’t have to wait that long to read about Eve and her friend and business partner, Madeleine Boudreau.  There are three short stories about Eve and Madeleine available now on Kindle for $0.99…

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Rethinking a Literary Muse

By LesleyADiehl | March 29, 2015 |

Yep, that’s a picture of a Florida Gator.  He doesn’t look so fierce with about twelve feet of duct tape on him.  But… Many of you know I have a ghost for a muse.  Fred is a friendly guy with a sense of humor.  He likes to play practical jokes, funny but not harmful.  For…

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I funny…What?

By LesleyADiehl | March 8, 2015 |

Last week the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America held its annual conference.  Along with being responsible for on site regitration with my husband, Glenn Nilson, I also was a member of a panel on writing humorous mysteries. I was thrilled to be among some very talented writers: Sandra Balzo, Don Bruns, Tom Turner,…

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Two Heads Make it Funnier than One

By LesleyADiehl | February 15, 2015 |

I have Morgan St. James as my guest this week, and she has some specific ideas about how to take the grisly act of murder and create out of it a funny mystery.  You’ll be impressed with her background, her books and the work she has done for mystery writers. Former interior designer, MORGAN ST…

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Ilene Schneider, Rabbi and Author says humor is subjective

By LesleyADiehl | December 15, 2014 |

Like me, Ilene Schneider had one career, then retired to yet another.  I’m so happy she did because she writes funny cozy mysteries, some of the funniest you’ll ever read.  You’ll understand why when you rad waht she has to say about writing funny. Rabbi Ilene Schneider, Ed.D., one of the first six women rabbis…

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