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January 8, 2018
Shannon’s Unrest Story and 2018 Changes on the Blog
Happy New Year, Everyone!
In order to spend more time writing great stories for you all, we’ve decided to cut back a bit on our blogging schedule in 2018. We will be posting every other week, unless something particularly interesting or cool comes up during the “off” weeks.
This week’s interesting thing is this post by misterio press co-founder Shannon Esposito on her own blog:
by Shannon Esposito
I just watched this documentary UNREST by Jennifer Brea, about her life after sh...
January 2, 2018
House Guests High Jinks
by Gilian Baker
Ever had a house guest you thought would never leave? You may have just experienced this over the recent holiday season.
Even the most patient among us would agree that having house guests can be 
taxing. According to Psychology Today, it’s normal to feel stressed when you put someone up. Even someone you love dearly!
This is due to the shift in control from us to our guests. They are essentially in charge, and we do anything and everything we can to please them.
This lack of...
December 23, 2017
Doggie Doings Over Christmas Break
by Kassandra Lamb
Our blog is officially on hiatus over the holidays, but I thought I’d divert you to a fun post on my site about a dog’s view of the world. Plus below are some YouTube renditions of some of my fave Christmas songs, to keep you humming your way through the holiday season!
A Dog’s Dictionary to Describe the World
I took my dog for a walk the other day. And as I was dragging him away from his fascination with a crumpled leaf in the road, I thought about how the world must seem t...
December 18, 2017
Séances, Spirits and Murder, Oh My! (and a New Cozy Mystery for You)
by Gilian Baker
Each society mourns and honors their dead differently, and yet one thing remains a constant—humans have been attempting to reconnect with their lost loved ones since the dawn of time.
Séances and mediums first became all the rage during the Victorian era. So it may make you scratch your head that, in our modern age, we’re witnessing a resurgence of interest in the occult.
But all you need do to observe this revival in action is look at the bookshelves in your local shop or ch...
December 12, 2017
Where the Research Takes Us and a New Release in Historical Mysteries!
by K.B. Owen
I’m so happy to announce the release of the next Concordia mystery.
It seems that, no matter where the lady professor may go, trouble is sure to follow. Not even wedded bliss can stop our intrepid Concordia from getting involved in something dangerous…
When a killer crashes the honeymoon, three’s a crowd…
It’s the summer of 1899, and Professor Concordia Wells—now Mrs. David Bradley—eagerly anticipates their honeymoon in the Hamptons. She has one errand along the way, to visit a f...
December 5, 2017
5 Tips for Surviving the Most Stressful Time of the Year (Plus New Releases!)
by Kassandra Lamb
I’m over at Barb Taub’s blog today giving some tips on surviving the holiday season…
Christmas: It’s the Most Stre-ess-ful Time of the Year!
I’ve got some new lyrics for this old classic! See below and sing along.
It’s the most stre-ess-ful time of the year!
There’ll be much to and froing,
And tempers a blowing
When loved ones are near.
It’s the most stre-ess-ful time of the year.
It’s the crab-crabbiest season of all!
With the holiday shopping
and pushing and stompi...
November 27, 2017
An Attitude of Gratitude
by Kassandra Lamb
Thanksgiving is always a reminder that one should be grateful for one’s blessings.
I found this harder to do this year.
The last six months have been a rough time in my household. We seem to have been slammed with one stressor after another—some of them neutral, some of them bad, none of them all that good.
With all that has been going on, I’ve been way too near the edge of stress overload, and when I’m in that spot, I get depressed. Which doesn’t help one bit.
Well-meaning...
November 20, 2017
‘Tis the Season: 19th century Shoplifters
by K.B. Owen
As “Black Friday” rapidly approaches, the official opening of the holiday shopping season in the U.S., we thought it would be fun/interesting to look at a related activity, past and present.
According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, retailers lose $13 billion (that’s a 13 with nine zeroes after it!) in merchandise each year. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is prime-time for such thefts, when professional and amateur alike hit the crowded store...
November 13, 2017
“Working Through” Instead of Pushing Past the Past
by Kassandra Lamb
Believe it or not, this is a Veterans’ Day post. I’ll get back to that.
As is the case with everything from clothing to baby names to the size of one’s car, mental health is affected by trends in our society. During most of my career as a psychotherapist, the trend was to explore one’s past for explanations of one’s neuroses, so that one could heal whatever trauma lurked back there and then move on. (Key words: Move On!)
This trend was fortunate for me, since I discovered th...
November 7, 2017
“Impostor Syndrome” and What To Do About It
by Kassandra Lamb
Today I’m guest posting over on Jami Gold’s site on the subject of Impostor Syndrome in writers. But there are nuggets of truth in the post for everyone on the topic of believing in the quality of one’s work, filtering feedback, and letting the good stuff in to bolster our self-esteem.
Why Writers Feel Like Impostors Sometimes (and What to Do About It)
“Impostor Syndrome”—it’s the bane of a writer’s existence. Am I really a writer? Am I really any good at this writing thing?...
