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  • Cozy Mystery Novella with 5-star Reviews is Ranked 5th on Amazon

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    Rankings on Amazon are fleeting, so I struck while the iron is hot. I put my cozy mystery, Willful Obsession: A Lake Waluga Mystery, into a Kindle free promotion for three days. The response has been overwhelming, and somehow, I’m ranked 5th in this category: Kindle Store>Cozy Crafts & Hobbies Mystery. The hobbies in my…

  • Video: Cozy Mystery Published

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    My novella, Willful Obsession: A Lake Waluga Cozy Mystery, is now officially published! It’s a joke among writers that it’s really difficult to describe their book simply because we’re too close to it and we know too much. But I challenged myself to describe my novella in one sentence! Watched the 30-second short video to…

  • Video: Willful Obsession On Sale Next Week

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    My cozy mystery novella, Willful Obsession, is on sale next week! Here’s my short video on the edge of our property with blackberries talking about it.

  • The Long and Winding Road to Self-Publishing

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    You’ve got a novel in you How many times have you heard someone say they’re working on a novel? Or more likely, that they have a book in them, and they just need the time. It’s a familiar story because I used to be one of those people. I even started a book once, but…

  • Book Review: So Far Gone

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    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.…

  • I Want Corn on the Cob

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    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…

  • Video: What Creature Visited Our Bedroom at 1:00 a.m.?

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    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.

  • Willful Obsession: Cozy Mystery Cover Reveal

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    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…

  • I’m Your Match

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    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.…

  • Book Title Reveal For My Upcoming Cozy Mystery Novella

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    This is my fourth video in the series of revelations about my upcoming cozy mystery novella. The title for my upcoming cozy mystery novella is … Willful Obsession. For you insiders, I’ll share that the initial title was The Will. That was too generic, so I opted for The Garden Plot. I loved that title…