This is one of my all-time favorite posts. It first appeared on my blog in April of 2012. I came to writing rather late in life–at the age of thirty-five. That’s when these people moved into my head and wouldn’t go away until I wrote their stories. And I remember wondering when I could call myself a writer. Have you …
Happy Tuesday!
Today I’m just sharing a photo of my sister and me when I was about 8 and she was 4. Note the matching dresses in different colors. 🙂 And note she got the cowboy boots and I got saddle oxfords! And if you’d like to read about the year Santa brought the doll…here’s a link to a post I did at Suzanne …
And the winner is…
Things have gotten so crazy at my house, this will be my last original post for 2017…but I’m planning on rerunning one of my favorite blogs next week. Now for last week’s Mystery Question, answer, and winner! Blotter Reports. Three statements are actual blotter reports and one I made up. A Maine police department is warning residents to steer clear of black market …
Crazy Blotter Reports
On this last blog until after the first of the year, I thought I’d do a funny Mystery Question on Crazy Blotter Reports to give us all a good laugh. But first last week’s Mystery Question and answer: It’s 1982 and a man breaks into a home in Memphis, Tennessee, and takes a fifteen-year-old girl captive. He keeps her prisoner in …
Reader Friday – One Step Back
This week I spent time with my agent, Julie Gwinn. We talked about my research, and she thought I should share this story with you. I have a nurse on speed dial to help me with various plot complications…like how would a snake bite be treated and what would be the standard operating procedure in an ER. Those kinds of things. …
Killer Nashville and Relz Reviewz
Check out my post on Killer Nashville AND Relz Reviewz! Relz is giving away Justice Buried!! And check Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Christianbook.com for some great deals on my eBooks in December.
Kidnapped!
Can you believe it’s the first of December? I love Christmas time. I’ve noticed people are usually kinder and more thoughtful toward others during this season and wish it were so all year round. Now on to last week’s Mystery Question. It’s 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, and a police officer spots a Lincoln with California tags going the wrong direction on …
Reader Friday – Ten Seconds ‘Til
A few weeks ago I mentioned I’d read a couple of novellas and would write a review the next week…well, here’s the first one, only a few weeks late. 🙂 The first story is TEN SECONDS TIL… A New MedAir Series Crime Thriller from Critically-acclaimed Author Braxton DeGarmo A serial-bombing vigilante is on the loose, and when an explosion kills three well-known …
How durable are fingerprints?
The year is 1880. English scientist Sir Francis Galton established that fingerprints are not inherited and that even identical twins had different ridge patterns. Two years later, Galton published a book from his studies, Finger Prints. From this book, a police officer in India established five basic patterns and instructed his forces to start using dactyloscopy — the term used …