Welcome to Fashion Friday, where we take a look at an item or aspect of 19th century fashion. It’s typically a shorter post than the rest of the week. After all, we all have to get ready for the weekend, don’t we? We’re progressing through accessories that have been dying out over time. Last week(…)
Perry Mason, Master of Mystery
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. We leave the kid detectives this week and return to(…)
Masters of Mystery: The Three Investigators
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. We continue with our favorite kid detectives this week, with(…)
Return from Malice Domestic: full suitcase and memories
Malice Domestic 23: what made it special? Was it the planning, the cool panel topics (check Wed’s post for some highlights), the book riches, the hotel accommodations? While all of these helped make it an enjoyable convention, Malice Domestic would have been nothing without the wonderful people who attended. I was fortunate to meet a(…)
ISFJ Writer Hits the Road for the Malice Domestic Convention, part 2
I survived Malice Domestic. Sounds like it should be a t-shirt from an amusement park’s thrill ride, doesn’t it? In a way, it was a thrill ride (not including the lurching, glass-walled hotel elevators that made me a little woozy). I met big-time authors, brand-new authors (there’s a special breakfast for them to introduce themselves(…)
Nancy Drew: girl detective, Master of Mystery
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to the mystery genre. You are invited to challenge yourself with a short detective quiz, and see the answers to the previous week’s quiz. I’ve just returned from a wonderful weekend at Malice(…)