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Sorry, Knot Sorry (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

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 ABOUT 'SORRY, NOT SORRY':

 

Sorry, Knot Sorry (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) 

Cozy Mystery13th in SeriesSetting - New Jersey & New York City 

 Independently Published (June 4, 2024) 

Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pagesDigital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CXTY8D76 

 

 

Magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack may finally be able to pay off the remaining debt she found herself saddled with when her duplicitous first husband dropped dead in a Las Vegas casino. But as Anastasia has discovered, nothing in her life is ever straightforward. Strings are always attached. Thanks to the success of an unauthorized true crime podcast, a television production company wants to option her life—warts and all—as a reluctant amateur sleuth.

Is such exposure worth a clean financial slate? Anastasia isn’t sure, but at the same time, rumors are flying about layoffs at the office. Whether she wants national exposure or not, Anastasia may be forced to sign on the dotted line to keep from standing in the unemployment line. But the dead bodies keep coming, and they’re not in the script.

Craft tips included.

 

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🎂🎈🎉 ~ How to Craft a CraftyBirthday Party ~ 🎉 🎈 🎂

By Lois Winston

 

I write theAnastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, a humorous amateur sleuth series where myprotagonist is the crafts editor at a women’s magazine. She’s also drowning in debtand dealing with a loan shark demanding fifty thousand dollars, thanks to herdeceased husband and his love affair with Lady Luck – an affair Anastasia knewnothing about until after he dropped dead in a Las Vegas casino. She thought hewas at a sales meeting in Harrisburg, PA.

That’s theopening of Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun, the first book in the series. Sinceit debuted in 2011, the series has grown to thirteen books and three novellas. Sorry, Knot Sorry, is the latest release. Each book features a differentcraft.

Even thoughAnastasia’s financial situation is more dire than most, most of us deal withbudgets. If you have young children, you know how expensive it is to throw abirthday party these days. Most of us aren’t rolling in the kind of dough ittakes to rent out the local cineplex or skating arena. We’re more the Play-dohand pizza dough types.

So what do youdo when it’s time to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of your very ownchip off the old block? Some parents tell their kids they can only invite asmall number of friends to a birthday party – five kids for the fifth birthday,six for the sixth, seven for the seventh, etc. Try explaining to a six-year-old thathe wasn’t invited to his friend’s birthday party because he didn’t make thecut.

Instead oflimiting the number of kids and causing all sorts of hurt feelings, as well asyears of therapy (don’t we parents always get blamed for everything?), plan aparty that doesn’t cost the equivalent of your next mortgage payment. Invite allyour child’s friends to a crafting party.

Forget the partyfavors. Instead, buy inexpensive T-shirts at your local crafts or big box store.Washthem ahead of time to remove the fabric sizing, but skip the fabric softener.

Depending onthe age of the kids, buy supplies for either sponge painting, rubber stamping,or fabric painting. Fabric markers or crayons work best for very young children. Supplybuttons, pompoms, or “jewels” for embellishment. Make sure the paints, inks, andglue are made specifically for working with fabric. Many white glues aren’twaterproof. Read the labels.

You’ll alsoneed a sheet of cardboard for each shirt (cut up those shipping or cereal boxesyou normally recycle) and either plastic grocery bags or plastic wrap to coverthe cardboard. Slip the cardboard into the shirt to keep the paint frombleeding through and the front from sticking to the back.

Working outsideat a picnic table is ideal, but if the weather isn’t cooperating, make sure youcover your floor with a plastic drop cloth and use one on the table.

Now, let thekids have fun. They’ll have a blast creating their own shirts and take home aparty favor that won’t break or be consumed within five minutes of leaving.

Afterwards, putyour feet up and relax with a glass of wine and Sorry, Knot Sorry, the newestAnastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery. 😀

 

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ABOUT AUTHOR LOIS WINSTON:

USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Lois Winston began her award-winning writing career in 2006 with Talk Gertie to Me, a humorous novel about a small-town girl in Manhattan and the mother bent on bringing her home. That was followed by the romantic suspense Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception. Lois wrote her first mystery thanks to a conversation between her agent and an editor looking for a crafting-themed cozy series. Thus, was born the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, which Kirkus Reviews dubbed, “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” The series now includes thirteen novels and three novellas. To date Lois has published twenty-two novels, five novellas, several short stories, one children’s chapter book, and one nonfiction book on writing, inspired by the twelve years she worked as an associate at a literary agency. Learn more about Lois and her books at http://www.loiswinston.com.

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