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by Sheila Connolly Readers (and some authors) may think we’re writing sparkling new original stories from our own imaginations, but in fact most of us writers borrow a lot from…
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A Gala Event Book Birthday
Today, due to an embarrassment of riches, we’re celebrating a Wicked Book Birthday a few days early. Congratulations to Wicked Cozy Accomplice Sheila Connolly whose ninth Orchard mystery, A Gala…
A Book for All Seasons
by Sheila Connolly The Wickeds were talking here last week about fall and how we feel about it. To me, September feels like a time of beginnings (can you tell…
Romance and Mystery
by Sheila Connolly Last month I spent four manic days in New York with 2,500 romance writers. I joined Romance Writers of America over ten years ago, based on the…
Changes
by Sheila Connolly Recently a major publisher (one which I share with a lot of my writer friends) announced a major restructuring of those imprints we hold dear—that is, the…
Happy Book Birthday – Privy to the Dead
Sheila Connolly’s latest Museum Mystery came out last week – so this is a Happy Belated Book Birthday to Privy to the Dead! Lift a glass to our very prolific Wicked…
Shoes and Trash
News Flash: Pernette Wells is the winner of Farmed and Dangerous! Congratulations, Pernette. Please contact Edith at edithmaxwellauthor at gmail dot com. by Sheila Connolly Behold a ratty collection of antique…
The Poem You Can’t Forget
by Sheila Connolly The lovely poem that Edith cited here not long ago reminded me of another poem which seems particularly appropriate for writers. It’s a villanelle by Sylvia Plath,…
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