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And we have winners!

We have winners to announce… Drumroll, please!

First, for our Happy Holidays Contest that ended last Sunday, the winner is Vaunda B.

Yay, Vaunda!!

And for Emily James’s giveaway of a free ebook during her interview, the winner is Michael N.

Congrats, Michael!!

For more giveaways, join our Facebook group, misterio’s Magical Mystery Ride!

And stay tuned for our Winter Contest, which will be announced in early January.

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Crime Writers Interview: Emily James (and a Giveaway)

We love introducing you all to authors whom we enjoy ourselves. Here’s one of my favorites, cozy writer Emily James.

Emily James grew up watching TV shows like Matlock, Monk, and Murder She Wrote. (It’s pure coincidence that they all begin with an M.) It was no surprise to anyone when she turned into a mystery writer. Alongside being a writer, she’s also a wife, an animal lover, and a new artist. She likes coffee and painting and drinking coffee while painting. She also enjoys cooking...

Christmas: It’s the Most Stre-ess-ful Time of the Year!

by Kassandra Lamb ~ Christmas is indeed the most stressful time of the year. So Ive compiled, from previous posts, the most helpful hints for dealing with holiday stress.

And just for fun, Ive created some new lyrics for this old classic!  See below and sing along.

Its the most stre-ess-ful time of the year!
Therell be much to and froing,
And tempers a blowing
When loved ones are near.
Its the most stre-ess-ful time of the year.

Its the crab-crabbiest season of all!
With the holiday shopping
and...

Gratitude During a Pandemic

by Kassandra Lamb ~ It may have been a little difficult, this Thanksgiving, to drum up a lot of gratitude during a pandemic, especially if there were empty seats at your table.

There were in our case, due to family members in quarantine, currently struggling with mild to moderate cases of Covid that we are all praying stay mild to moderate.

photo by Przykuta CC-BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to bring to light the areas of strength and those of vulnera...

Happy Thanksgiving! (Plus A New Contest and Other Goodies)

First, we want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving! If you can’t be with loved ones in person, here’s hoping your Zoom sessions are full of fun and love.

We at misterio press are extremely grateful for you, Our Readers!!

We also wanted to announce that we now have Topic Pages posted with Mental Health Tips, and on Relationships, Stress Management and other related subjects.

This page, on Gender Differences, may be particularly helpful as we weather a few more weeks of sta...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Re: Relationships

by Kassandra Lamb

One of the big names in the field of researching marriage and divorce is Dr. John Gottman. He uses this line (from Revelations in the Bible)—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—to describe the four warning signs that best predict divorce.

I will briefly describe them, then talk about their opposites; in other words, what you need to do instead, if you want a healthy long-term relationship.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse re: Relationships

Criticism – Of cour...

Myths and Challenges regarding Love and Marriage

by Kassandra Lamb

As we move into the stress of the holidays, adding it to what we’re already dealing with during this crazy year of 2020, I thought it worthwhile to review and add to the info in this blog about maintaining healthy relationships. Over the next few weeks, I plan to revisit several posts I’ve done about relationships, refreshing and re-presenting the information in a more concise form (hopefully). And I will have an additional post or two with new info.

Today, I want to addr...

Our November Contest and Other Off-Week Goodies

by Kassandra Lamb

Our November contest — “Fall” in Love with Reading — has started. Prizes are this cute tote bag and four ebooks.

Click HERE for more details and to Enter!

Writers (and maybe Readers too), you may find this interesting.

I guest-posted last Thursday on Janice Hardy’s Fiction University, about how to write light (as in cozies or light romance) without it just being “fluffy.”

Check the post out Here!

Coming up soon…

And as we approach the holid...

Ouija Boards Debunked, Maybe (an encore)

A couple of weeks ago, I thought, “Hey, I should do a blog post for Halloween about what really makes Ouija boards work.” Then I went browsing through our old posts and discovered we’d already done one, back in 2013! So here is an encore presentation of Ouija Boards Debunked, Maybe.

This is a combination psychology and paranormal post, written by me (Kassandra Lamb) and Kirsten Weiss.

Kirsten here to start things off.

I’ve posted in the past on the origins of Ouija boards. That post g...

Coming Soon to a Blog Near You…

Just a quick “off-week” peek at what’s coming up here at misterio press.

First, we have a winner for our October Contest — Sharon B. of Colquitt, Georgia.

Congratulations, Sharon!!!

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And for our November contest prize

We have found the coolest tote bag ever.

Check it out!

This contest’s starting date will be announced next week.

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This year’s Halloween blog post

It’s possible that I’ve been blogging too long…

I had this brilliant idea the other day that I ...