Author: Kristy Schnabel
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Book Review: So Far Gone
Our book group selected So Far Gone by Jess Walter, and I’m so glad they did. It was thoroughly enjoyable, and I recommend this novel. There are a few ways I know a book is a winner. One, I want to read it again. Two, it made me laugh. And three, it made me cry.…
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I Want Corn on the Cob
The prompt for this story was “write a story from a dog’s perspective,” which was fun to contemplate. The backdrop theme was “the dog days of summer,” which led me to recall the days we had a heat dome in the Portland Metro area. Although other places in the world are accustomed to temperatures as…
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Video: What Creature Visited Our Bedroom at 1:00 a.m.?
I debated whether to post this to my blog, since this is personal and not related to my upcoming cozy mystery novella. But it does have to do with a mystery. Watch this one-minute video until the very end to see a picture of the creature that visited our bedroom at 1:00 a.m.
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Willful Obsession: Cozy Mystery Cover Reveal
This is the fifth video to tease my upcoming cozy mystery novella: Willful Obsession. Regarding the title, the story revolves around a missing will with huge stakes. Additionally, the heroine sleuth is willful. Here’s the video: It’s time for my debut cozy mystery cover reveal of Willful Obsession. See that dog in the middle of…
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I’m Your Match
In this short story, I enter the domain of speculative fiction. The prompt for this story was: “One character is an artificial intelligence. The other is a human being. Your reader must struggle to tell which is which.” I really had to think about this one before writing. A couple of readers had kind comments.…
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