Back to Crazy Crimes 6 is this week’s Mystery Question. You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to come up with a plausible crime that is as crazy as the real ones! Now for the photo and verse. Saturday I took a research trip up the Natchez Trace to the Buffalo River for my next book, Deadly Connections. It was a …
Whispers of a Southern Moon ~ Reader Friday
Whispers of a Southern Moon by Priscilla Bettis is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line of this amazing collection of short stories and poems. “Emma Jean and me were fraternal twins, but we was nothing alike.” I can’t wait to talk about this amazing book, but first the photo that was taken by Priscilla Bettis back in June …
Story Magic ~ Reader Friday
Story Magic by Terri Lynn Thompson is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: In Ireland magic was real. I knew if I could make it through the school year to summer, we would pack our bags and fly to that wonderful land of fantasy, where strong men fought dragons to save their fair ladies, where fairies lurked behind every …
More Funny Lawyer Gaffes #3 ~ Mystery Question
More Funny Lawyer Gaffes #3 is this week’s Mystery Question. It looks like I might have a good run of funny gaffs… But first the photo and verse. I was looking through my photos and found this nighttime photo I took when in St. Louis for a conference. We stayed within walking distance of the Gateway Arch, and I’m glad …
The Hemlock Aperture ~ Reader Friday
The Hemlock Aperture by Steve Hooley is this week’s Reader Friday post. I’ve had requests from readers for a book for their middle-grade reader and didn’t know where to point them. But once I read one of Steve Hooley’s Bolt Series books, I was hooked. I had someone to recommend. A little background on Steve. He’s a retired doctor who …
The Hunted Heir ~ Reader Friday
The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first paragraph: ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S Eve, and Nona Taylor’s prayer remained unanswered. Still. The digital clock on the microwave read 6:20. Five hours and forty minutes until midnight. Five hours and forty minutes until she begged God—again—to grant her one, her only, request. But first the photo …
More Crazy Laws #63 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #63 is this week’s Mystery Question. I had fun with this one! And I think you did, too. One fun thing–the true crazy laws were all in the same state! But first the photo and verse. A very good friend emailed me the photo of this beautiful rainbow. Rainbows make goosebumps on my arms every time I …
A Will and a Way ~ Reader Friday
A Will and a Way (Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farms Book 11) by Johnnie Alexander is this week’s Reader Friday. here’s the first line: “One last tiny stitch, a snip of the thread, and the gentle application of a bandage brought an end to the lifesaving operation.” But first this week’s photo and verse. I took the photo at a …
More Crazy Laws #61 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #61 is this week’s Mystery Question. I never would have believed there are so many crazy laws on the books. Some are from years ago, but believe it or not, some are from the present day! I shake my head at them. But first the photo and verse. When I took the photo, it was for the …
Rescued ~ Reader Friday
Rescued by Jerusha Agen is this week’s Reader Friday blog. Oh, my goodness. This fast-paced book will keep you reading way into the night! It’s one of five in the anthology, Cold Escape, that you won’t want to miss! Here are the first few lines: The screaming blare sought her in the darkness. A smoke detector? The children. The thought …










