Ellen here and I am so happy to welcome Howard Michael Gould to the Chicks. Howard is a fellow sitcom and writer/mystery novelist, author of the awesome Charlie Waldo mysteries. He just completed shooting on the film version of Last Looks, the first book in the series. It stars Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson, and I can’t wait to see it! A Daughter Inspires a … Continue reading Guest Chick: Howard Michael Gould
When I began writing mysteries, I knew that a lot of the promotion would fall on me. What I didn’t know is that I’d have to pick up some new skills. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are useless if you don’t have cool stuff to post on them. The thing is, I have the attention span of a gnat, which gives me a pretty shallow … Continue reading I can’t believe I know how to…
Today we are thrilled to welcome Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich, the dynamic duo behind the wonder that is Left Coast Crime, as well as that fabulous web resource for all things mystery, Stop, You’re Killing Me! 1. Can you tell us a bit about the history of Left Coast Crime (LCC), and how you came to be such an integral part of this wonderful … Continue reading The Chicks Check in With Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich
The Chicks are delighted to welcome the fabulous Margaret Mizushima, author of the award-winning Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries! Going to the Dogs When I married my veterinarian husband thirty-seven years ago, little did I know that my life would soon be filled with dogs of all kinds, but mostly big ones of the working dog variety. The dogs that have joined our family over the … Continue reading Guest Chick: Margaret Mizushima
The Chicks are delighted to welcome back author Liz Milliron! HEAVEN HAS NO RAGE, the next book in her Laurel Highlands Mysteries, will be out in August. Construction Ahead Thanks so much to Cynthia and the rest of the Chicks for hosting me! One of the things that most surprised me last year when Root of All Evil came out was how quickly readers bonded to … Continue reading Guest Chick: Liz Milliron
Please join us in welcoming the wonderful Jennifer Kincheloe, whose third book in the award-winning Anna Blanc mystery series, THE BODY IN GRIFFITH PARK, is out now! Writing as a Team Sport I recently had lunch Lee Child and a bunch of other extremely talented authors. I’m calling out Lee Child, not because he’s fabulously successful, but because he said this astounding thing. He said something … Continue reading Guest Chick: Jennifer Kincheloe
The Subject of Malice by Cynthia Kuhn–book 4 in the Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series–is now available wherever books are sold!
Those of you who’ve read any of my Sally Solari mysteries know that, in addition to food and cooking, there’s a fair amount of music in the books: from Mozart and Puccini to Ella Fitzgerald and the Beatles. Music has been a part of my life since childhood, when I first started playing the clarinet in my elementary school band. I studied clarinet through college, … Continue reading Music in my Blood
It’s mid-summer, and The Chicks are relaxing in their favorite outdoor spots with piles of books and pitchers of lemonade. (Okay, we’re actually writing, but you get the idea.) What creepy-crawly critters do we least want to join us? Pass the pesticide, and we’ll tell you… Continue reading “Bug-a-boos: Pests We Do Not Love”
Today, the Chicks are thrilled to welcome acclaimed author, Mary Feliz, who pens the Maggie McDonald mysteries, featuring a professional organizer-turned-amateur-detective and her sidekick golden retriever. The newest in the series, Cliff Hanger, was released just yesterday! Read on, to learn about some fabulous books that may be outside your radar, but which you might very well want to check out: Fans of the traditional … Continue reading Guest Chick Mary Feliz: Genre-Hopping for Cozy Mystery Fans
It’s July, and many of us authors are packed off, some kicking and screaming, with our manuscripts to virtual Camp NaNoWriMo for a marathon month of “focus.” Lisa has fallen behind, so she is cheating by posting her required letter home from 3 years ago (with a few updates). Please cheer her on–and for the love of Fluffernutters, don’t tell her counselor! Continue reading This Summer, at Writing Camp: A Letter Home from NaNoWriMo
I tend to avoid personal growth like the plague. Or pleated pants. If something’s going to inspire soul-searching, introspection or the pain of change, I’m out. But Vickie’s great post about Twitter got me thinking, which led to that dreaded introspection—and a discovery. I’m afraid of social media. I’m terrified of Twitter, petrified of Pinterest, and intimidated by Instagram. I can Facebook. Kind of. … Continue reading Social Media for the Socially Awkward (AKA: me)
Chicks on the Case 