Guest Chick: Judy Penz Sheluk

Lisa here, delighted to play hostess today for amazing mystery author, anthology editor, and indie publishing expert Judy Penz Sheluk. Welcome back to Chicks, Judy–and hold onto your feathers, Everyone, because Judy’s here to tell us about her new step-by-step guides (1 recently published, 1 coming soon) that are sure to provide both inspiration and information to countless aspiring (and veteran) authors, no matter which publishing path they choose. Continue reading Guest Chick: Judy Penz Sheluk

Chicks on the CaseSeptember 27, 2023September 27, 202336 Comments

Lisa Q. Mathews

Mystery Author Kristee: Writer of Worlds

We haven’t heard from Lisa since Barbenheimer—and it’s her day to post here at Chicks on the Case. But someone calling herself Mystery Kristee offered to step in for her. As you can imagine, we were in quite a bind, so what could we do? Take it away, uh…Kristee… Continue reading Mystery Author Kristee: Writer of Worlds

Lisa Q. MathewsJuly 24, 2023July 24, 202331 Comments

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Guest Chick: Karen C. Whalen

Today the Chicks are delighted to welcome author Karen C. Whalen, author of The Dinner Club Mysteries and The Tow Truck Mysteries, to the blog. She’s sharing both a giveaway for joining her newsletter and her thoughts about why she writes. Take it away, Karen! Continue reading Guest Chick: Karen C. Whalen

Chicks on the CaseJuly 12, 2023July 9, 202331 Comments

Lisa Q. Mathews

A Girl and Her Typewriter – Redux

Recently Lisa returned to Portland, Maine for a quick weekend trip–and had the chance to revisit the super-cool Press Hotel. She couldn’t stay there, because it’s super expensive now and she was plum out of hotel points. But she felt nostalgic for this typewriter post–and thought she might share it again, for all you QWERTY fans…. Continue reading A Girl and Her Typewriter – Redux

Lisa Q. MathewsMay 15, 2023July 22, 202332 Comments

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Guest Chick: Patricia Raybon

Lisa here, just back from Left Coast Crime in Tucson. It was great to see so many of you, as well as several fellow Chicks. Today we’re thrilled to introduce Patricia Raybon, author of the Annalee Spain Mysteries, as our guest. Take it away, Patricia! Continue reading Guest Chick: Patricia Raybon

Chicks on the CaseMarch 22, 2023March 22, 202325 Comments

Lisa Q. Mathews

Plotting with Robots

Will robots write our books in the near future? True, we writers spend plenty of time pounding our heads instead of our fingers on the keyboard. But will we hand over our jobs to artificial intelligence? Lisa asked an AI bot to come up with 2 short mystery plots, just for fun … Continue reading Plotting with Robots

Lisa Q. MathewsJanuary 30, 2023January 29, 202340 Comments

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Guest Chick: Judy Penz Sheluk

Lisa here, delighted to welcome amazing author, anthology editor, publishing entrepreneur, and our good friend Judy Penz Sheluk to Chicks today. Even though we can’t imagine the prolific Judy ever procrastinating on anything, she’s sharing a little secret… Continue reading Guest Chick: Judy Penz Sheluk

Chicks on the CaseNovember 30, 2022November 29, 202234 Comments

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Time for a Chick Pic

Cozy readers—and especially Chicks on the Case readers—are some of the most creative folks on the planet, so we’re asking you to play Chick Pic with us! Give us a couple of sentences: Who is this character? What’s their back story? Victim, murderer, nosy neighbor, innocent suspect? The more ridiculous the better!

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Chicks on the CaseNovember 4, 2022November 3, 202212 Comments

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Guest Chick: Diane Vallere

Lisa here, thrilled to welcome multi-talented mystery author and our ever-fashionable past Sisters in Crime president Diane Vallere to Chicks today. Even though it’s not technically Easter time (hey, candy is candy!), we readers always enjoy the thrill of the egg hunt. Join Diane as she shares how she hides those fun little nudge-nudge-wink-winks in her books… Continue reading Guest Chick: Diane Vallere

Chicks on the CaseOctober 26, 2022October 25, 202228 Comments

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Guest Chick: Lori Roberts Herbst

Lisa here, and I’m delighted to welcome first-time Chicks guest Lori Roberts Herbst, who recently burst onto the cozy mystery scene with her fabulous Callie Cassidy Mystery series. Book One, SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, was just awarded the 2022 Silver Falchion for Best Cozy Mystery, as well as 2nd Runner Up for Best Book of 2021. Take it away, Lori! Continue reading Guest Chick: Lori Roberts Herbst

Chicks on the CaseOctober 5, 2022October 4, 202225 Comments

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Guest Chick: Karina Bartow

Happy Wednesday, Everyone–which means we Chicks have a wonderful new guest for you to meet, if you haven’t already: the very inspiring Karina Bartow, whose latest book BROTHER OF INTEREST is now available. Take it away, Karina! Continue reading Guest Chick: Karina Bartow

Chicks on the CaseMarch 16, 2022March 15, 202225 Comments

Lisa Q. Mathews

The Big “What If?”

Remember that hilarious scene in Home Alone where the McCallister family runs around the house like crazy people before they leave for the airport and everything’s a mess? Yep, that is my house right now. And those people are me. I hope you’ll read on, but you’ve been warned… Continue reading The Big “What If?”

Lisa Q. MathewsDecember 6, 2021December 5, 202139 Comments