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Book Review – A Long Way Home by Myra Hargrave McIlvain

A Long Way Home Myra Hargrave McIlvain File Size: 5351 KB Print Length: 208 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: White Bird Publications, LLC (February 18, 2020) Publication Date: February 18, 2020 Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B083QNW1ST BLURB: After crippling her husband in an auto crash, Meredith Haggerty endures years of […]

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#Fridayreads – Excerpt from Desperate Season

I’m continuing with scenes from the third book in the Seasons Mystery Series, Desperate Season. I’m still working on the final read-through and edit before submitting it for publication. I hope you enjoy reading these excerpts, and I’d love any feedback you are willing to give. If you’d like to get the first two books

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Book Blitz – Bayou City Burning by D.B. Borton

BAYOU CITY BURNING Harry & Dizzy Lark, Book 1 by D.B. BORTON Mystery / Detective / Humor / Historical Publisher: Boomerang Books Date of Publication: May 30, 2019 Number of Pages: 390 Houston, 1961: comedy meets mystery and history. It’s hard to be hard-boiled when your biggest fan and worst critic is your twelve-year-old daughter, especially when

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Learning to be Still – Tips from Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb, an author and writing coach, writes a blog that I follow, and she recently posted an essay: Quiet: Have We Forgotten to Be Still in a World That Never Stops.  When I read the title, I was intrigued, mainly because I have always struggled with being still. Quiet. Sitting and doing… nothing. Perhaps

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Book Review – Nina’s Memento Mori by Mathias B. Freese

Nina’s Memento Mori Mathias B. Freese Paperback: 148 pages Publisher: Wheatmark (September 24, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 162787710X ISBN-13: 978-1627877107     Near the end of Nabokov’s Lolita, Humbert makes an honest admission: “[A]nd it struck me…that I simply did not know a thing about my darling’s mind.” That line sums up the isolate game

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Book Excerpt – Desperate Season: Book Three of the Seasons Mystery Series

Sharing another excerpt of the new Seasons Mystery, Desperate Season. I’m doing a final edit, then I hope the book will be ready for a publishing home. Sarah Kingsly eased back to a comfortable lope a quarter of a mile from home, then slowed to a walk for the final block to cool down. When

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Sitting on a Fortune Book Blog Tour and Review

SITTING ON A FORTUNE The Sisters, Texas Book 9  by BECKI WILLIS Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing Date of Publication: February 11, 2020 Number of Pages: 228 Scroll down for giveaway!   Hidden fortune. Hidden danger.  Madison Reynolds deCordova is about to uncover a dangerous secret…literally. During In

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Meet Mystery Author D.B. Borton

Please help me welcome D.B. Borton to the blog as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is the author of Bayou City Burning, the first book in a new mystery series that I reviewed here last Sunday. Since the story takes place in Houston, TX in the summer, when even the sidewalks melt in the summer, maybe

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Yeah, But I Didn’t Book Blog Tour & Giveaway

YEAH, BUT I DIDN’T by ANN SWANN Genre: Young Adult / Coming of Age / Bullying Publisher: Wordcrafts Press Publication Date: November 12, 2019 Number of Pages: 274 pages SCROLL DOWN FOR THE GIVEAWAY!  The first rung: the betrayal The second rung: the assault The third rung: the rumors The fourth rung: the painting The

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Mid-Week #Humor from Slim Randles

Since there’s still lots of winter happening, even here in NE Texas, I thought this arrangement of sunflowers and carnations would help everyone think Spring. I’ve been down with a nasty cold since Sunday, so I’m planning to stay wrapped in blankets tomorrow. The carnations are left from a bouquet that I bought two weeks

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