“A lady journalist, it is reported, has been informing an interviewer, that she makes by her profession, and by working no more than an hour and a half everyday, the very respectable income of a thousand pounds a year…a thousand pounds a year! Hark! Do you hear? It is the frou-frou of a hundred thousand … Read more
A lot of folks don’t know about this, that it was a real railway system that ran from 1854 to 1941. Necropolis, by the way, is translated as “City of the Dead”. And indeed, this is what it was. No one in the Middle Ages could have imagined that London — the second biggest city … Read more
Back in the days before I was published and I was trying to peddle my own brand of medieval mysteries to agents, I came upon an astonishing bias. One agent rejected my manuscript because she couldn’t get past the notion that my protagonist would be intimate with someone with all that “lack of hygiene.” She … Read more
An embarrassment of riches, I suppose it could be called. Having two series going at once. That’s where I am now. My publisher “paused” both these series, and says they want to publish more. Eventually. But I decided that dealing with publishers right now was pretty much over. Nice people, they mean well, but have … Read more
A Guest Blog Post by Author Rosalind Barden When I embarked on writing the second book in my 1930s cozy noir “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series, THE CANNIBAL CAPER, I didn’t think I’d have a problem remembering what the characters looked like in the first book, THE COLD KID CASE, the location descriptions, … Read more
It is better to give than to receive. Indeed it is, when it’s swag, freebies, giveaways to people who come to see my book events or my panels at any number of mystery fan conventions I have attended over the years, including some tables at the banquets where people signed up to sit there and … Read more
Welcome, everyone. I have been looking forward to this! Today we are talking to the man I call “Man of a Thousand Voices.” And I’m not kidding. I “met” Noah when I decided to create some audiobooks from my self-published books; the Enchanter Chronicles Trilogy, and then a spin-off from the Booke of the Hidden … Read more
As I wind down my career in book writing, I must reflect on my successes and my not so successful books. The two most successful series I wrote, were my first two; the Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series and my Skyler Foxe LGBTQ Mysteries, as far apart from each other as they get. One is … Read more
Truth Time: Have you ever eaten a hamburger that remotely resembled the one on the billboard or the TV commercial? Me neither. It’s easy to recognize obvious distortion. (And sad that we have come to accept the practice, but that’s a discussion for another day.) What’s more challenging is to catch the subtle ways in … Read more
Rebecca Cantrell. One of the nicest authors (and I keep saying that because mystery authors are the BEST!) and multi-award-winning! Accolades as a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. I hardly know where to begin. But we must begin because I want you to know about her and her work. Let’s get started. JERI: … Read more
Author of Medieval Mysteries, Historicals, and Paranormals