Today, the Chicks are pleased as wine punch to welcome back the marvelous Edith Maxwell, who has a new book releasing next week. Take it away, Edith! My Chickie Inspirations Thanks so much to the Chicks for inviting me back to celebrate the release of Deadly Crush, my second Cece Barton mystery! The book will be out next Tuesday. Since this is the Chicks on … Continue reading Guest Chick: Edith Maxwell
Like many people I start each January with a list of resolutions of all the things I’m going to accomplish during this calendar year. You know the list – ambitious, optimistic, unrealistic goals. Most people give up on their New Year’s resolutions by March and have forgotten all about them by April. Not me. I stop actively pursuing those goals by March, but I tell (lie to) … Continue reading Never too late to start writing
Last weekend, I got to experience an emotional high when I visited St. Louis for Cozy Con 2024. The Novel Neighbor and St. Louis County Library hosted a fabulous event. Held at the Clark Family Branch, we authors even got to sneak in through a secret door to go onstage. And there was beautiful attendance, with exactly my kind of people. I recognized a few … Continue reading Top of the World
The Chicks are over the moon and clucking with delight to host Guest Chick Keenan Powell. The award-winning author of the acclaimed Maureen Gould Legal Thriller series, Powell is an active member of the crime fiction community, an attorney, and a talented baker. Today, she shares some sweet insights and a chance to win her wonderful latest release. How the Cookie Crumbled AND A GIVEAWAY! … Continue reading Guest Chick + Giveaway: Keenan Powell
Hi! Ellen here, on the road from Chicago to L.A. after a lovely day spent at the Midwest Mystery Conference and long weekend in this awesome city where many of hubby Jer’s college friends live. (He went to Marquette in Milwaukee, if you’re wondering, and is from St. Louis. He’s got some serious Midwest bona fides.) I never intended to be on and off the … Continue reading Big Tree Energy
Today the Chicks are chatting about books we read as kids that we weren’t supposed to–or at least that we thought were verboten. Hiding in the cellar, reading it under the covers at night? What books did you sneak behind your parents’ backs?
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A warm welcome to Phyllis Betz, who’s the editor of the Writing the Cozy Mystery anthology! Read on to find out why she thinks this collection of essays is so important. Why I Put Writing the Cozy Together Phyllis M. Betz Sherry Harris’ essay in the anthology demands that the cozy be treated with respect. This is the reason why I thought bringing together cozy … Continue reading Guest Chick: Phyllis Betz
Welcome to Election Week, where there are big questions to be answered! In the meantime, here are a few tiny and random ones. Please feel free to answer any or all of the following: What is your favorite (Halloween or otherwise) candy of all time? What is something you’re watching on tv right now? What is one food or drink you’ve recently discovered and would … Continue reading Just Wondering
We’re so happy to welcome back wonderful author Kim Davis! Kim is the baker behind the delicious website, cinnamonsugarandalittlebitofmurder.com. Today she shares about how the website inspired her cozy mystery career. She’s got a giveaway for one lucky reader too… A huge thank you to Ellen and all the Chicks for hosting me on your blog today! It’s an honor to be amongst such talented … Continue reading Guest Chick: Kim Davis and a Giveaway
The coming of autumn heralds Robin’s and my annual return to Hilo, Hawai‘i, where we hunker down for six months avoiding the brutally cold and wet Santa Cruz winters. (Yes, that was a joke. But seriously, the weather is far more pleasant in the islands this time of year than in Northern California.) As I write this, we’ve been back on the Big Island for … Continue reading Aloha, Hilo!
I’ve been promoting FRENCH QUARTER FRIGHT NIGHT all over the place, which has brought up the irony that I wasn’t a fan of Halloween growing up. I have one photo of me in a costume from my childhood and I can barely muster up a smile. Partly because my mother pulled my hair into the tightest, most painful bun of my life, and partly because … Continue reading Memories of Halloween
The Chicks are super delighted to welcome author Korina Moss, whose fifth Cheese Shop Mystery is out now! (Congratulations!) We’re so excited to get a peek behind the scenes… Thanks for inviting me to be a guest Chick! I’m so excited to have Fondue or Die, my fifth Cheese Shop Mystery, out in the world! This one takes place at the autumn Dairy Days, a … Continue reading Guest Chick and Giveaway: Korina Moss
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