BREAKING NEWS! Justice Betrayed was chosen as a Fresh Pick by Fresh Fiction. This is HUGE! since the Fresh Pick is chosen by a group of readers and is never a purchased advertisement or promotion…read more here! Now back to our regularly scheduled post… Last Saturday afternoon was a pleasant 87 degrees with low humidity, rare for North Mississippi in July, and my …
HaPpY DaNcInG Around Here!
Well, I can finally announce that Justice Buried is a finalist for the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Carol award! The winner will be announced at the gala at the ACFW conference September 23, but no matter the outcome, being a finalist is already winning. If the award is in God’s plan for me, then good! But if not, good, too. …
Too Dumb to Be True
This past week has been interesting…Montgomery Bell State Park was wonderful. The photo to the left is of a church built in 1810 and is the birthplace of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. When I entered the old church, I experienced such peace. The windows are stained glass and rays of the sun were reflected on the wooden pews. Unfortunately, I …
More Criminals Who Want to Get Caught
The next couple of weeks will be super busy with a remodel going on at my house. (photos to follow – before and after) Plus I’m teaching at the TenKen Writer’s Retreat this week and taking that trip to Natchez the next! So, I’m going back to the criminals who want to get caught stories. 🙂 But first last week’s Mystery …
Do Some Crooks Want To Get Caught?
Sorry, no Natchez photos this week. For those who missed my post Friday, Alberto sort of messed with my plans. On the last date I could switch my hotel stay without paying for a night I might not use, I checked the weather for Natchez. Alberto was coming ashore and all day rain and thunderstorms were predicted for the two days …
They Walk Among Us
I don’t know about you, but we went straight from winter to summer. It’s been hovering above 90 degrees here the past couple of weeks. Now, I want you to know I.AM.NOT.COMPLAINING! Just making an observation. lol. I’m off to Natchez to do more research this week, so I may be sporadic in answering comments, but be sure to leave …
What the Dickens is GDPR? And More Dumb Criminals
Have you ever wondered what I do with your information when you comment on a post/page or subscribe to updates or enter a giveaway? Given I’m a suspense writer, do you think that maybe I’m holding your email address hostage? (Definitely not) Did you even have a clue what GDPR was?? Europe started all of this, and I didn’t have …
Edits In!
I am HaPpY DaNcInG!! Just turned in the edits to Justice Delivered, the fourth book in the Memphis Cold Case series! Such a satisfying feeling!! 🙂 I can’t wait for you to read Justice Delivered! Unfortunately, it will be next year…BUT…June 5th, Justice Betrayed releases!! Now for last week’s Mystery Question. It was very interesting. A man went on a business trip. He and his …
Who Did It? Tuesday Mystery Question
This week has been beautiful in Northeast Mississippi, but I’ve been chained to my computer, working on edits for the next Memphis Cold Case novel, Justice Delivered. They’re due tomorrow, so I’ll get right to last week’s puzzle. And the answer is… The man with the cast Explanation: Reason-1: The blood stain was on the left side of the dead man …
A Puzzle
Another weekend spent looking for places to hide bodies on the Natchez Trace, this time up around my neck of the woods in the southeast corner of Alabama. The smaller photo is of the Tennessee River and taken just off the Trace. The larger photo is at a Nature Trail on the Trace…very isolated… I have been known to move rivers and …