Graham Robb and Middle Earth
I’m a mystery writer, so I read a lot of mysteries, most often books by friends or those recommended by friends or bloggers that I respect. Then there are the…
Category: Sheila’s Posts
Reinventing Yourself
I’m at my cottage in Ireland at the moment, just chilling out after a rather challenging first half of 2018. I have to say that the country (the place and…
Happy or Sad
A week or so ago on Facebook I posed a question to cozy readers about how much of real-world issues they wanted to see in cozy books or series. Cozy…
Fireworks
No, I’m not going to give you the entire history of fireworks (wasn’t China involved, a long time ago? Or was that gunpowder?) Since the Fourth is upon us, I’ve…
A Change of Scene
Liz Mugavero kindly offered to let me take over her slot today, because my new book in a new series is coming out today: Murder at the Mansion, the first…
Talking and Silence
Years ago, I had a friend who said she thought in colors. This would have been handy for her, since we were both studying art history, but I never quite…
Happy Holidays
by Sheila Connolly Yesterday was one of the major holidays in the religious world—Easter. This year, by coincidence, April 1 was also the fixed date of one of the silliest…
Cozy Cats and Authors
Recently Fellow Wicked Edith wrote a great post in defense of genre books, which some cluless people consider less important than so-called literary fiction, You know, those books that the…
