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Happy Thanksgiving! Today we continue the November theme ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Today we continue the November theme of time and place with Anne McGee's journey from New Zealand to novels about Civil War era Georgia, including an excerpt from Anni's Attic. Leave a comment - you might win a copy of Annie's Attic or The Mystery at Marlatt Manor. ~ Sheila



From New Zealand to American Civil War



by Anne McGee



My journey to another
time and place came

Mysterious Time Travel with Guest Author Ellen Larson

My guests have been exploring time and space all month, and today Ellen Larson takes on the topic from a new angle, talking about her dystopian murder mystery involving forensic time travel. Cool! Ellen is offering a signed
first edition hard cover of her book In Retrospect, and for a mysterious number of other winners, sets of seven postcards featuring
art from the very cool trailer. You can

Doing Research in Paris by Guest Author Yves Fey

Setting is a critical element of many books, and when settings are real places, accuracy of both fact and feel is vital. After all, many of our readers have been there, wherever "there" is. Today we continue the "place & time" theme" with author Yves Fey and her approach to research in The City of Lights. ~ Sheila





Doing Research in Paris

by Yves Fey



I’ve been to Paris to research my

History is My Plaything by Guest Author Maia Chance

How do writers walk the line between accuracy and entertainment? Today my guest author Maia Chance offers her approach to this challenge with a special focus on historical fiction. Welcome, Maia!  ~ Sheila



History is My
Plaything

by Maia Chance



I’m in a bind: I respect the notion of History.  However, I read and write historical genre fiction. 
When readers pick up a cozy mystery, they

My One-Minute Commute with Guest Author Edith Maxwell

November is "Place & Time" month here on my blog, so the posts focus on those topics in terms of where and when writers write or "where and when" as elements in their work. Or both! Come see where my guest Edith Maxwell writes - welcome back, Edith!  ~ Sheila





My One-Minute Commute

by Edith Maxwell



For the past four years I was a full-time technical writer and a
full-time fiction writer.

Writing Time and Place with Guest Author Terry Shames

Where and when do you do your most creative work? That's a question writers are often asked. My theme for November is "Time & Place." Some of this months posts will focus on the theme in their work (see Kaye George's post from Monday about researching an ice-age mystery). Others will be showing us where and when they write, and author Terry Shames leads off today with her (not that) messy desk

Researching a Time Past with Guest Author Kaye George

Time & Place - that's my blog theme for November, and author Kaye George starts us off in a time machine. Come along to learn about how she researched the details of her Neanderthal mystery series - fascinating stuff. Leave a comment, and you might win the cool mug shown below (the winner will be chosen at random from those who leave comments - be sure to check back to see if you won!). Welcome

Where We Write - A (Not So) Scary Room with Guest Cecilia Dockins

Boo! It's Halloween, and horror writer Cecilia Dockins is here to carry us into my Place & Time theme for November with a (shhh - careful) peek into her writing space. What's that, you ask? A dark room in the basement? Here's the door.  (You sure you want to go in there?)  ~ Sheila





A
Not So Scary Room



by Cecilia
Dockins



When
people ask what I do I usually hesitate before responding.

Feeding Your Spirit(s) at Celtic Halloween with Guest Author Cait Johnson

It's a magical time of the year, so I'm posting this extra treat today, the day before Hallowe'en. Put that candy away and enjoy some serious food for body and soul! I'm delighted to welcome my beautiful, brilliant friend Cait Johnson, author of Witch in the Kitchen, whose prose and recipes are both delicious. Dig in! ~ Sheila 



Feeding Your
Spirit(s) at Samhain, the Celtic Halloween

by Cait

A Writer's Response to Domestic Violence with Guest Author Sandra de Helen

Writers are in a position to cast light on social problems, and many of us find ways to do so while entertaining our readers as well. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and several of my guests this month have addressed the topic from different perspectives. Today I welcome author Sandra de Helen, who talks about how the spectre of violence can haunt a writer and what she can do about