June Bugs: Good Luck
The June bug looks a lot like an Egyptian scarab, which symbolized good luck and rebirth. Wickeds, do your characters have a good luck talisman? How about you? Edith/Maddie: What…
Guest Ellen Byron plus #giveaway
Edith/Maddie from north of Boston in the middle of June, happily writing and gardening her brains out. And also super happy to present my dear friend, the talented and hilarious…
Fete Accompli
Jessie: In New Hampshire, plucking away at the seventh Beryl and Edwina novel. I am delighted to report that the annual assault by blackflies is at an end in my…
Sprouting Ideas by Sharon Dean
Hello, all. Please welcome author Sharon Dean to the blog. Sharon is visiting in support of her newest novel, Calderwood Cove, her third Deborah Strong mystery. And it’s set in…
Let’s Talk About Books
by Julie, enjoying the warmer weather in Somerville This week a friend asked if I’d heard about a a trend on TikTok called Read Return Challenge. I hadn’t, so I…
June Bugs: Pet Peeves
This week, using June bugs as a prompt, let’s talk about what bugs our characters. How do these bugs inform your characters? Do you share any of the bugs? Jessie:…
Guest Amy Pershing plus #giveaway
Edith/Maddie writing from north of Boston a week ago, so who knows what the weather is like today. Weather, schmether – it doesn’t change my warm welcome for my fellow…
Thrillerfest and a New York City Holiday
by Barb, just home from the Big Apple Back in March when Omicron was raging and no one was doing much of anything, I got an offer too good to…