THE WOMAN WITH THE 1000-WATT SMILE
This woman. Right there. With the thousand-watt smile. I've written about Kathy before. We met when I decided I needed horses back into my life and started volunteering at a therapeutic riding stable near my home. I thought volunteering for people with spec...

SHORT STORY PUBLISHED IN MYSTERY WEEKLY MAGAZINE!
December 2018 Mystery Weekly Magazine featuring "The Brew" by Connie Johnson Hambley Christmas came early for me this year! I'm thrilled my short story, "The Brew," was published in December's Mystery Weekly Magazine! Here's a writer's truth. "The Brew" is ...

A Glimpse Inside an Author's Life
Okay. I'm writing this in an exhausted state. For all of you who think being an author is a life of writing by the warm hearth with a mug of steaming tea by our sides, with the occasional foray to events in our literary honor, stop reading and slap yourself...

An Inside Glimpse Into an Author's Life
Okay. I'm writing this in an exhausted state. For all of you who think being an author is a life of writing by the warm hearth with a mug of steaming tea by our sides, with the occasional foray to events in our literary honor, stop reading and slap yourself...

NEW BOOK: TORY ROOF by Jill C. Baker
Technology Can Be an
Author’s Best Friend             Jill C. Baker As a long-time writer, but first-time author, getting a book
out of my head and into someone’s shopping cart seemed a daunting task. I
talked with numerous authors in various genres, includ...

Gotta Love That Writing Research
Writers of all stripes know the fine line between hyperbole and solid facts. No, I'm not going to go there in this post. From writing a term paper in high school to creating good fiction, writers need to know the solid facts before they put their spin into ...

The Ups and Downs of Writing
You haven't heard from me in a while. Oh, I've posted a few things here, but I haven't written to you directly. I've been ghosting my own blog. It's not like I haven't been working every single day on my writing. Fall arrives with its events, both family an...

Hartford Outdoor Book Fair
Many Sisters in Crime New England authors received a special invitation to return to Barnes & Noble and meet their avid readers! We will be signing their books at an outdoor street fair hosted by Barnes & Noble UCONN and the Hartford Business District at th...

Light Shines on GOING DARK by Jolene Grace
I'm always excited to read a new author. I met Jolene at a Sisters in Crime event and was immediately drawn to her intense and clear manner. Learning she was a foreign correspondent before penning her new book didn't surprise me. The more I learned about he...