Snowdrop, or, How Books Have Changed
I’ve said before that when I’m in Ireland I go to the Skibbereen Farmers Market every Saturday. After doing this for enough years, I now have a number of friends,…
Category: Sheila’s Posts
Have You Met Any Spirits Lately?
Halloween is past. That’s the day when spirits of the dead are said to walk the earth, if briefly. But if you ask me, I think they’re around far more…
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…
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…
