Guest Chick: Leslie Budewitz

Please join us in welcoming Leslie Budewitz, award-winning author of the Seattle Spice Shop and Food Lovers’ Village mysteries, to Chicks on the Case! We’re thrilled to have you visiting us today, Leslie. What Do You Mean, It’s Tuesday? It was a cold, wet Saturday. I’d walked to work in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, where I run a spice shop, from my loft on Western … Continue reading Guest Chick: Leslie Budewitz

Guest Agents: Frances and Jordan from Literary Counsel

  Hey, it’s Kathleen, and I’m so excited to welcome Frances Black and Jordan Breindel of New York literary agency, Literary Counsel, which represents me. They are fantastic and I adore them! But enough fan-girling from me. Let’s hear about the agenting world from today’s amazing guest experts, who I’ve decided to call guest-perts. Take it away Fran and Jordan! What does a literary agent … Continue reading Guest Agents: Frances and Jordan from Literary Counsel

Guest Chick: J.C. Kenney

Ellen here, and I’m so happy to welcome J.C. Kenney to the Chicks for the first of what we hope will be many times. J.C. writes The Allie Cobb Mysteries. Do you love cats? Read this flat-out charming post, my friends… Happy Birthday, Maria! Hi, folks! I’m J.C. Kenney, author of The Allie Cobb Mysteries, and I’m so excited to be hanging out with you … Continue reading Guest Chick: J.C. Kenney

Guest Chick Nancy Lynn Jarvis: Sometimes Characters Surprise Their Creators

Leslie Karst here. I’m pleased to welcome today Nancy Lynn Jarvis, one of my fellow members of Santa Cruz Women of Mystery, whose new book, The Glass House, has just been released. And I’m also tickled that, back in my days as a research and appellate attorney, while spending long days researching cases at the county law library, I too became friends with the fabulous … Continue reading Guest Chick Nancy Lynn Jarvis: Sometimes Characters Surprise Their Creators

Release Day: Fatal Cajun Festival

Join the Chicks in wishing a Happy Book Birthday to Ellen! FATAL CAJUN FESTIVAL, Book 5 in her Cajun Country Mysteries, is now available wherever books are sold! USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Ellen Byron cranks it up to eleven in the fifth fast and funny Cajun Country mystery. Louisiana B&B owner Maggie Crozat kicks up her heels at a country music festival–but she’ll have … Continue reading Release Day: Fatal Cajun Festival

Guest Chick: PR Maven Samantha Lien

Becky here, jumping up and down, waving wildly to get your attention. Have I got it? Good. Now I can introduce you to Samantha Lien. She’s a dynamo in the best sense of the word. When I was looking to hire a publicist, I put out the word and everyone pointed me toward Sami. She definitely knows her industry, so I wanted to make sure … Continue reading Guest Chick: PR Maven Samantha Lien

Guest Chick Elka Ray: On Character Diversity

Today the Chicks are thrilled to welcome Elka Ray, who lives in and writes about both Vietnam and Vancouver Island. Her new Toby Wong novel is DIVORCE IS MURDER. So glad you could visit us here, Elka! When my daughter was five or six, like many little girls, she said she wanted to be an actress when she grew up. She’s a great mimic with … Continue reading Guest Chick Elka Ray: On Character Diversity