Unveiled for the first time anywhere, here’s the cover of the next Lila Maclean Academic Mystery: The Spirit in Question!* As you can probably guess from the orange and black, it’s set during Halloween. If you’ve read the first two books, you already know that there are holiday celebrations depicted within–(also) Halloween for The Semester … Continue reading
Last week, edits for the third book in the Lila Maclean series were due (and by “edits,” I mean big revisions) AND final grades were due (and by “final” grades, I mean multiple stacks of projects to be commented on plus final calculations for four classes). I stumbled across the finish line somehow (it’s a … Continue reading
*Not all mystery writers. Not only mystery writers. Not all the time. Not without good reason. Discuss mysteries. We never tire of this subject, so don’t even try to make us stop. Read new books, then proceed to tell the author and everyone else how much we love them. See #1. Talk at length about … Continue reading
Dear Good Intentions: Where did you go? This was supposed to be the year of decluttering and more veggies, remember? You’re here somewhere…under the clutter and mac-n-cheese, right? Dear Semester: How have you managed to best me already? Normally it takes at least three months before I fall into the Slough of Despair. I am trying … Continue reading
Here’s a little bit of whimsy for your Wednesday. These look like perfectly helpful pronunciation guides, don’t they? But they’re something altogether different. Beyond noting that it’s parody, I can’t even describe what’s happening. You just have to listen for yourself. And here’s one especially for Sherlock fans: I stumbled across this series online one … Continue reading
It’s Thanksgiving week, and everyone is surely off to spend time with loved ones–or in the midst of packing! shopping! cleaning!–so we won’t keep you long. Two quick things, though. First, please accept our thanks, dear Friends of Chicks, for coming here and hanging out with us–imagine that we’re going around the table and saying … Continue reading
There are plenty of delightfully scary haunted library stories. But it’s one thing to read about a haunted library and quite another to be in one. So many of the libraries I visited in my youth seemed to have some sort of … presence. Now I’m not saying there was definitely something there. But … Continue reading
