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November 19, 2017
Writing in Shorts- Joanna Campbell Slan
This is the fourth of fourteen interviews to celebrate Happy Homicides 6: Cooking Up Crime.
Introducing the fabulous Joanna Campbell Slan. She is the national bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 books. RT Reviews has called Joanna Campbell Slan “one of mystery’s rising stars.” In her work, Joanna likes to explore mysteries of the heart.
I have know Joanna for over a decade and I’ve interviewed her before. So, you’d think I’d have nothing new to learn about her. Wrong. Lemo...
November 12, 2017
Writing in Shorts– Loulou Harrington
This is the third of fourteen interviews to celebrate Happy Homicides 6: Cooking Up Crime.
Loulou Harrington writes the Myrtle Grove Garden Club cozy mystery series and recently contributed to the mystery anthologies Happy Homicides 5: The Purr-fect Crime & Happy Homicides 6: Cooking Up Crime.
She is also the author of nine romances for Harlequin. Check out the covers. Aren’t they great?! Classic Harlequin.
Loulou is a gardener herself and is always posting the loveliest photos of flow...
November 5, 2017
Writing in Shorts-Amy Vansant
When I asked Amy for a short biography, this is what she sent me.– Amy Vansant specializes in fun, comedic reads about accident prone, easily distracted women with questionable taste in men. So, autobiographies, mostly. Currently, she is a nerd and Labradoodle mommy who works at home with her goofy husband.
Fun-loving is the perfect one-word (Okay, it is actually two words with a hyphen cheater.) descriptor for her. Just look at her author photo. And, her books keep to the punny theme. I love...
October 29, 2017
Writing in Shorts-Vincent H. O’Neil
This is the first of fourteen interviews to celebrate Happy Homicides 6: Cooking Up Crime.
This is the picture of Vincent H. O’Neil that appears on his books and all offical author-y things.
Doesn’t he look respectable, polished, and sophisticated?
That is not the Vincent I know. I mean he does look like that when he wears a suit and tie. The Vincent I know is named “Vinny”. Vinny wears cargo shorts and a t-shirt (with a movie or pop-culture theme). Vinny sits on the lobby couch at SleuthFes...
October 20, 2017
Food, Crime, & Crafts!
Drum roll, please!
I have a new release!
It is a short story anthology and I am one of 15 award winning authors in it. You will note the 6 after Happy Homicides. This is volume six of a very successful series. Each anthology has a theme. Sometimes it is a holiday, but this time it is FOOD! Each of the fifteen stories has a food element to it. There is also a bonus pdf file of recipes and crafts. (Instructions on how to get the bonus are on the last page of the anthology.) You will want the...
October 5, 2017
Oh Maria, Maria, She reminds me of a West Side Story
Maria hit Puerto Rico 15 days ago.
La Isla del Encanto is indeed enchanting. I lived there for over a year. I met my husband there (but didn’t know it at the time). I still have friends and family (in-laws and Cuban cousins). My connection to Puerto Rico is strong—- as is the USA’s connection. It is a complicated history.
Take a moment to read up on what and how Puerto Rico has contributed to the USA. Beyond the musicians and actors : Rita Moreno, Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee, Hector Levoe, Ra...
July 14, 2017
Summer is my Winter.
Miami mornings in the summer are 90% humidity at 85 degrees BEFORE sunrise. Trust me when I say it feels like you are walking in pea soup. The air is so thick your lungs feel like there is a 50 lb weight on your chest. So, when I say Summer is my Winter, I mean it is my time to hibernate. Instead of a warm cave, it is my AC chilled living room. It is my time to recharge and do nothing.
So far, I’ve done a lot of catching up on series. I highly recommend GLOW on Netflix. It gets the late 80s...
May 31, 2017
To Live & Write in FLA- Sezin Koehler
Sezin Koehler “Zuzu” has lived in 18 cities in 13 countries. That certainly makes her unusual but not nearly as unusual as what she writes. Her first novel, American Monsters, is a postmodern feminist horror story set in Southern California’s rave scene. Her second novel, Crime Rave, is a supernatural noir novel with feminist zombies and a smog goddess. Sezin is also the first person I’ve ever heard compare Marilyn Monroe to Frida Kahlo. If you can’t tell by Sezin’s head-dress, she, like me...
May 16, 2017
To Live & Write in FLA- Stephanie A. Smith
No need to give you a lengthy introduction to my next interviewee. Stephanie A. Smith has a diverse list of published books. She studied with Ursula K. Le Guin and she, too, has suffered through 1st vs 3rd POV. (I’m in that swamp right now! Send me help.)
How long have you lived in FLA?
I have lived in Gainesville, Florida since 1990, twenty-seven years now. I moved here to take a job as a Professor of English at the University of Florida, after doing my PhD in American Literature at U...
April 30, 2017
To Live & Write in FLA- Irina Gonzalez
Do you see me doing cartwheels? Well, I am. At least in my imagination as I was never good at them IRL. My excitement is over this installment’s guest, Irina Gonzalez. She is Cuban-Russian. Yes,that is a thing. Those of you that have read my novel Jeweler’s Mark know that is has a Russian theme and even a minor character with a Cuba-Russia connection. (The butcher in the Russian shop.) The Russian theme will continue in book two of the series and now I have a research source other than Google...
