Gertrude Atherton – Shocking Victorian California by Kirsten Weiss The Californians, published in 1898, was my first introduction to Gertrude Atherton. The novel is creepy. The novel is gothic. And the novel was scandalous when first published. Gertrude wrote from life. Gertrude was born on October 30, 1857, in San Francisco. Childhood finances were sketchy(…)
Sounds like a bad riddle, doesn’t it? For me, they were the Fab Triumvirate of items that kept me sane during the past two weeks, while I was speed-writing with a group of fellow first-draft writers. We were writing the “Emotion Draft” – a program put together by the multi-talented Rachel Funk Heller, who designed(…)
Thanks to the fabulous Kirsten Weiss, a fellow Misterio Press author who writes the Riga Hayworth series of super-cool, humorous paranormal detective stories, I now have a book trailer for my debut mystery, Dangerous and Unseemly. I’ll tell you a bit more about Kirsten in a minute, after you check out the video: Isn’t that terrific?(…)
Hi, everyone! Yesterday, I had the privilege of giving a talk to two sixth grade classes about writing novels. The Language Arts teacher is just starting a novel-writing unit that’s really cool, where the kids will come out of the process with a 30-50 page novel of their own creation, illustrated, bound and “published.” So(…)
Today I’m guest-posting over at mystery writer Jill Edmondson‘s blog, talking about my fave childhood sleuths! Check out how Nancy Drew and Scooby have come to influence my 19th century historical mysteries. I know – strange, right? Also, you’ll get to grab the next clue in the Whodunnit giveaway. See you there! Thanks, Kathy Be the(…)
Happy Monday! With the new theme up, and things running sort-of-smoothly (after a lot of trial and error), this post from last year caught my eye. Hope it gives you a good laugh. I’m keeping all of the original marvy comments, too. Take heart, O Tech-Challenged Ones! ——————————————- My blog has been requiring me(…)
A few days ago, in my post Art Nouveau as Inspiration (which was also when I launched the new site theme), I promised you all that I’d reveal the front cover to my upcoming novel, Dangerous and Unseemly: A Concordia Wells Mystery. Here it is, created by super-talented artist Niki Smith: Doesn’t it look terrific? I’m so excited(…)
Welcome to the NEXT BIG THING Blog Hop. What is a blog hop? Basically, it’s a way for readers to discover authors new to them. I hope you’ll find new-to-you authors whose works you enjoy. At this stop along the blog hop, you’ll find a bit of information on me and one of my books,(…)