Tag: cozy mystery
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Twilight Splash Book Cover Reveal
I can’t wait to tell you about the second book in the Lake Waluga Cozy Mystery Series. I wrote Willful Obsession as a standalone novella. Honestly, I didn’t even dream of there being a follow-up story, and then there was. The second book in the series, Twilight Splash, is novel-length. It sets up the final…
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Cozy Mystery Update On All Three books
I’m not sure how this happened, but this year so far, I’ve been juggling three books at once, and it’s crazy. Here’s what’s going on with each — the big news is at the end. Willful Obsession: This is the novella that started the Lake Waluga Cozy Mystery series. It takes place in February 2024.…
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Connecting Through Stories: An Airport Llama Adventure
Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936) said, “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” But in the age of Instagram, do we take the time to think of more than a word or two while we’re thumbing through dozens of images of our friends, family, and others in a few minutes? I had an enthralling experience this…
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From Novella to Trilogy: My Writing Journey
When I wrote my novella, Willful Obsession, I had low expectations. I figured it would be an e-book, and that’s it. Now, it’s a paperback, and I have visions of creating a large print version, and want to explore an audio version. I wrote Willful Obsession as a standalone and didn’t even consider a series.…
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Creating Character Sketches for Effective Storytelling
Author’s Note: The upper blog image was created using Gemini AI. It came out pretty good. BUT, there’s a typo with the word “sketches” that is misspelled ” as “skeches.” Yikes. I didn’t notice, but my husband did. I tried to fix it after the post date without success. I decided to leave it as…
