Welcome to Masters of Mystery, an ongoing series which features a fictional detective and examines his or her unique contribution to mystery fiction. This month: Ellery Queen Some interesting facts about Ellery Queen and his creators: 1. Ellery Queen is both the name of the fictional detective and the nom de plume for the writing…
Gack! I missed it – the “Round of Words in 80 days,” where writers support each other by publicly stating their goals, and posting their weekly progress. I participated in the last go-round, and found it so beneficial. Folks I’d never met before visited my blog and cheered me on. I did the same for…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Here at Casa Owen this past weekend, we got to enjoy a visit from my parents. My dad was celebrating his 75th birthday, and he wanted to share it with us. How cool…
The ever-fab Fabio Bueno, blogger and young adult fiction writer, has tagged me in the “Lucky 7” excerpt challenge. Oh, sure: easy for him, he has three WIPs going at the same time, LOL. And he did a terrific job, too. Click here to see for yourself! So here’s how the Lucky 7 game works: 1.…
Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a look at a fascinating bit of pop culture history, usually from 19th century America. A couple of weeks after doing a post on The Gibson Girl, I ran across this fabulous post on Evelyn Nesbit, one of the models for the Gibson Girl. It’s from Jan Whitaker’s blog,…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, let’s get our geek on! 1. From Anna DeStefano, via Facebook: 2. From GeekOfTheDay.com: The Computer Programmer and the Frog A computer programmer was crossing a road one day…
Happy Friday! I am so excited to welcome Nancy Lauzon, writer of the Chick Dick Mysteries, as my guest blogger today. Nancy and I first “met” online after I posted a piece about Nancy Drew. She pointed me to several other cool resources for the Girl Detective, and we’ve been keeping up with each other…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, on the Vernal Equinox (the first day of spring, meteorologically speaking, when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night), let’s celebrate growing things. Specifically, growing plants – mustaches,…
