To give you a sense of what Fast Draft is all about, along with the craziness that gets mixed in along the way, I’m going to adopt a tactic by humor writer and blogger Leanne Shirtliffe. Here is… Fast Draft, by the numbers: 14 – days of Fast Draft 20 – page goal per day 13 –…
Ah, the Scooby-Doo Phenomenon: what started out as a popular 1970s Saturday-morning cartoon soon grew into a pop-culture icon of teen-mystery-solving grooviness. And it doesn’t matter that you’re all grown-up and don’t watch cartoons anymore (although if you’re lucky enough to have kids, you have an excuse to watch the episodes again). Scooby-Doo is different.…
I’m so excited to have August McLaughlin here today, as our guest cookie baker/tea barista! Not only is she sharing her fab recipes with us (homemade chai? sign me up!), but she’s also giving us some interesting background from her own family’s relationship with tea, along with a little Indian tea history. Squee! Can I keep her?…
Like any aficionado, mystery fans enjoy delving into and expressing enthusiasm for their subject in creative ways. Check out the weird collectibles I featured in two earlier posts: items like gun-shaped salt and pepper shakers and Crime Scene Police-Tape Bedsheets are sure to please the mystery lover in your life. We mystery fans also seek out the…
I am on a mission: to photograph hummingbirds. Every summer, I try my hand at it, with mixed (mostly blurry) results. Those critters are FAST! But I make the attempt, just the same. Here are some of my best pics so far (only from the last two summers; the earlier ones weren’t worth putting up,…
Please join me in welcoming fellow mystery writer Rachel Funk Heller here today! She’s going to continue the discussion on MacGuffins that we started over at her blog yesterday, with my guest post. You have to watch out for us mystery writers; when we start collaborating, you never know what kind of sinister plot mischief we’ll cook…
Today’s post is the first installment of an occasional recipe series that I will feature here, called Tea and Cookies! Tea is such a versatile beverage: hot or iced; herbal, green, white, or black; caff or decaf; loose or bagged. There are even medicinal teas for colds, sick tummies, sleepless nights, or that “time of…
Welcome to Masters of Mystery, where we feature a classic detective. Today we’re turning to the Juvenile detective category, and looking at: Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Some interesting facts about Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and the series: 1. Marjorie Sharmat has written over 130 children’s books since 1969, with the most popular being…
