In her guest post on the Chicks last week, talented author Julie Hennrikus shared some insights about moving past our fears. She posed a question that got me thinking. Do we push ourselves on a regular basis to do things we didn’t think we could do? I’m not as brave as my protagonist Liv McKay, who plans killer parties while tracking down murderers. And I’m … Continue reading Fun, Fearless Scribe?
What were your favorite childhood books, the ones you cherished and read a thousand times and still remember vividly today?
This week, the Chicks are going deep as we talk about … bucket lists! Okay, so it turns out none of us actually has a little piece of paper enumerating everything we hope to accomplish before we kick the proverbial bucket. But we are ready to share some of our lifetime must-do’s, as well as some of our already-dids. What about you, readers? What’s on your theoretical bucket list?
A month ago, the Chicks shared what we love and miss about our hometowns. This week, we take a look at the flip side of that, and share what we don’t miss.
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Moving Day – nightmare or new start? Maybe both. The Chicks share their own moving stories and lessons learned. Procure pre-assembled boxes. Measure twice before lifting that heavy, oversized sofa. Even treasures can be lost in transit, and found much, much later. And a word to the wise: tightly seal all the condiments.
Are you ready for some football? We’re hearing big cheers from one Chick — and maybe a few jeers and unprintables from the “cheep” seats. But whether you’re a fan or foe of pigskin games, ’tis the sporting season — so read on and take it away, C-H-I-C-K-S!!!!
You can’t wear white after Labor Day. Right? From being fashionably late to embracing sentence fragments, the Chicks share what common fashion, etiquette and grammar rules we dare to break.
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School’s in! All the Facebook photos of first day of high school and dropping kids off to college have the Chicks strolling down memory lane. Read on for some of our favorite memories from our freshman years.
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To celebrate the release of Lisa’s newest book, Fashionably Late, we’re talking about our own personal fashion faux pas. (Fun fact: “faux pas” is spelled the same for both singular and plural, although it is pronounced differently so you don’t get the two confused.) Tell us yours in the comments below!
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We Chicks are a peripatetic lot, having made our nests in cities across the country. But there will be always be a special place in our hearts for our origin homes, and here’s why.
Continue reading “Home Sweet Home: The Chicks Reminisce”
The Chicks are preparing for a big Hollywood premiere next week! That would be the debut of our very own Kellye Garrett’s mystery Hollywood Homicide. So we thought it would be fun to talk about some famous Tinsel Town murders, many of them still unsolved. But we do have some theories…
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Continuing this week’s important discussion on diversity in the mystery genre, the Chicks are recommending our favorite books/series by authors who are of color and/or LGBTQ.
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Chicks on the Case 