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March 27, 2023
Interpreting Dreams: Myths and Realities
by Kassandra Lamb ~ I belong to an online chapter of Sisters in Crime. Awhile back, someone started a conversation on there regarding inner monologues and mental images. That was interesting enough, discussing the variety of people’s experiences. (Apparently, not everyone talks to themselves internally, and some folks cannot visualize things in their minds readily.) And then the conversation segued into how we dream and how we should go about interpreting dreams.
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March 20, 2023
Off-Week Goodies: Two Book Reviews
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Check out these two book reviews of first-in-series stories:
Pineapple Lies, A Pineapple Port Mystery, #1 by Amy Vansant ~ Free on KU, 99¢ to buy
If one can suspend disbelief early on, this is a lighthearted but intriguing cozy mystery.
Orphaned Charlotte is raised by her grandmother in a retirement community, and when her grandmother dies, the other residents take over as surrogate parents. Now 26 years old, Charlotte still lives in the Pineapple Port 55+ commun...
March 13, 2023
The History of the Ides of March~An Encore (Plus a New Release)
by Kathy Owen ~ Since tomorrow is March 15th, this seemed like a good time to re-run my post about the history of the Ides of March. So here it is, chock full of fun facts.
Plus we have a new release from Kirsten Weiss, coming out on St. Patrick’s Day~The Banshee Detective!
The Ides of March: more than the Shakespeare play you read in schoolI first heard the phrase “the ides of March” in ninth grade, when we were assigned Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. It’s a great play for your average...
February 27, 2023
A Crime Writers Interview with Debra Goldstein
We love bringing you info about great authors we’ve found, so here’s another Crime Writers Interview with Debra Goldstein!
First the formal bio:
Judge Debra H. Goldstein writes Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series. Her novels and short stories have been named Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Silver Falchion finalists and won IPPY, AWC, and BWR awards. Debra served on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and was president of the Guppy and SEMWA chap...
February 20, 2023
An Off-Week Goodie ~ The Juggling Act of Writing Two Series
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Belated Happy Presidents’ Day, Everyone!! And here’s an off-week goodie for you, a behind-the-screen peek at the juggling act of writing two series at once.
Last week, I was a guest blogger on The Stiletto Gang’s website, talking about the challenges and rewards of juggling between two mystery series, as I’m finishing up one and starting another.
Here’s the beginning of that post. Hop over to their site for the rest…
The Writer’s Juggling Act Writing Two Series
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February 13, 2023
Mind Over Matter: the Main Ingredient in Beauty (and a New Release)
by Kassandra Lamb ~ I had planned a different blog post for today, but then I stumbled over this 2014 post. I wrote it originally for a Blog Fest called The Beauty of a Woman. In it, I explore what truly makes a woman beautiful and what is the main ingredient in beauty.
So, on Valentine’s Day, when we’re likely to be getting gussied up to look good for our significant others, I figured it was a great time to share this with you all. Also, it’s a good reminder for me, as I’m letting my nat...
February 6, 2023
Some Off-Week Valentine Announcements ~ Sales and a New Release!
Just a few quick Valentine announcements on this “off” week. One, Kirsten Weiss has a New Release coming out on Valentine’s Day. It’s available for Preorder now! (see below)
Two, Kirsten has made Steeped in Murder, Book 1 in that same series, FREE now through Valentine’s Day!
Three, I have Collection II, Books 5-7 of my Marcia Banks and Buddy Mystery series, ON SALE for Just 99¢ (also see below), through 2/14/23 as well!!
Here’s Kirsten’s New Book:
The Sword in the Scone, A Tea and T...January 30, 2023
Confessions of a Lifelong Horse Lover, Plus a New Release
by Kassandra Lamb ~ It’s not an accident that the protagonist of my cozy mystery series ends up with a horse. (Or that the daughter of the previous series’ protagonist has a pony.) You all might not know this, but I’m a lifelong horse lover.
I fell in love with horses when I read Black Beauty as a kid. But I was thirteen before I had a chance to ride anything other than a pony walking in circles at the county fair. That year, we moved to the rural part of Baltimore County, Maryland, and I was...
January 23, 2023
Letting Go of Beloved Characters
by Kassandra Lamb ~ I’m ending a mystery series this month, for the second time in my writing career. And letting go of beloved characters isn’t any easier this time around.
The logo on each book (© Majivecka; permission to use purchased through Dreamstime.com) There are lots of good reasons for ending a series, one of them being that the main character(s) have reached the culmination of their character arc. They start out with flaws, issues, neuroses to overcome, and over the course of th...
January 16, 2023
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day…
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re giving away an ecopy of Police Protection this week, in our Facebook readers’ group.
Hop over and check the group out HERE. Comment on any post and once you are approved to participate, you can enter the giveaway.
Police Protection, A Kate Huntington MysteryA story ripped from real-life headlines.
A police detective is found in an alley, standing over the body of an unarmed African-American boy. Groggy from a concussion, he has no...
