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Welcome back to my fellow Midnight Ink author, Kathleen E...

Welcome back to my fellow Midnight Ink author, Kathleen Ernst, who asks a deceptively simple question: How much do you know about your own heritage, especially the darker side? Kathleen is also offering a book giveaway, so read on to find out how you can throw your name in the hopper! ~ Sheila




Dark Secrets Hidden in Norwegian Traditions:

About Heritage of Darkness by Kathleen Ernst

Where In the World is Sheila Blogging Today? Part II

I've just wrapped up the second week of my blog tour celebrating release of The Money Bird, Animals in Focus Mystery #2, which is now available. 
The Money Bird rejoins animal photographer Janet MacPhail, her Australian Shepherd Jay, and her orange tabby Leo, who got their start as amateur sleuths last year in Drop Dead on Recall.  You can learn more about the books on my Mysteries Page.

Deep History of Place with Guest Author Erin Farwell

To Know A Place – The
History Beneath



by Erin Farwell



As
writers we strive to create characters that resonate with our readers. Often we
know more about our characters than we will use in our stories. This allows us
to see them as fully formed people and our writing is inherently stronger. What
some of us miss is value of having that same detailed knowledge of our setting.



Whether
a

Where In the World is Sheila Blogging Today?

If you follow this blog or my Facebook Page or Website, you already know that The Money Bird, Animals in Focus Mystery #2, is now available. Yay! 

The Money Bird rejoins animal photographer Janet MacPhail, her Australian Shepherd Jay, and her orange tabby Leo, who got their start as amateur sleuths last year in Drop Dead on Recall.  You can learn more about both books on my Mysteries Page.

Switching Genres with Guest Author Christy English

It's my great pleasure to welcome my friend Christy English back as my guest. I can't think of Christy without smiling, and although I'm not generally a romance reader, I love Christy's books, regardless of genre. I'll let Christy tell you about switching between them, which she has accomplished with elegance and grace. ~ Sheila



Switching Genres


by Christy English

Author of LOVE ON A

Dog Days, GSD Style, with Guest Author Tracy Weber

It's my pleasure today to welcome debut mystery author Tracy Weber, whose first Downward Dog Mystery, Murder Strikes a Pose, will be out from Midnight Ink in January. Don't forget to sign up for Tracy's mailing list ~ you might win a beautiful Downward Dog mug!  ~ Sheila





Dog Days—German Shepherd Style!

by Tracy Weber

I’m delighted to help celebrate the dog days
of summer! Since my

A Synergy of Image, Text, and Dogs, Part 2

Dogs Days continue with part 2 of two posts about how texts and images featuring dogs have been combined since human beings began to do such things. You can find Part 1 here. Thanks for being here - comments welcome!  ~ Sheila



A Synergy of Image, Text, and Dogs, Part 2

by Sheila Webster Boneham





Medieval and Renaissance artists often depicted saints in the company of faithful dogs. Saint

Guest Author Laurien Berenson Confesses - She's Out of Control!

It's my great delight today to welcome one of my favorite authors of doggy mysteries today. I was reading her long before I ever thought of trying to write a mystery of my own, and she set a high standard. So here she is - sit! stay! and help me welcome Laurien Berenson!  ~ Sheila






Confessions
of an Out of Control Author

by
Laurien Berenson





I can’t control my characters. There, I’ve

Doggie Lit for Dog Days with Guest Lois Winston

Dog Days continue today with author & agent Lois Winston, who has some observations on the rise of genre "doggie lit." Welcome back, Lois!  ~ Sheila



Doggie
Lit?

by Lois Winston



Over the last few years there have been many
sub-genres of lit-fic cropping up. It started back in the late nineties with an
onslaught of chick lit. These were stories not about furry yellow-beaked farm
critters but

The Reinvented Writer with Guest Author Terry Albert

It's a real pleasure to continue my August Dog Days theme with one of my favorite author and artists, Terry Albert. Terry and I have never (yet!) met, but we share so many interests that it sometimes feels we have. One of these days, huh, Terry? Be sure to click on Terry's links, especially those that take you to more of her art work. ~ Sheila



What’s
next for this writer?

By Terry Albert



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