C. J. Cherryh
This woman is amazing! Seven standalone novels. Four collections of short stories. And no less than twenty series of novels, some of them comprising dozens of tales. Even her website…
Authors’ Politics
Warnings to authors to keep their politics quiet proliferate, these days. I suppose some fear that other authors and followers will shun them on social and agents and publishers may…
Barbara Fradkin
Murder was once an odd topic for women to discuss much less to write about, but with the help of pioneers like Agatha Christie, the murder mystery has become a…
Flash in the Pan or Slow Burn
I have noticed an interesting trend: Knowing I am an author, people have divulged their own reading habits and a surprising number have confessed they prefer very short reads. "Not…
H. Beam Piper
In 1963, H. Beam Piper won the Hugo Award for best novel for his book Little Fuzzy, which was the first installment of a series that enthralled me with its…
Grammatically speaking
"Ugh!" is the first reaction of many people to the concept of grammar. So many have so little knowledge of it that software meant to catch mistakes has been selling…
Ellis Peters
Not precisely Cosy Mysteries, these tales of Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk of the 12th century, lack the feverish intensity of modern crime thrillers while managing to be page turners.…
Mystery
Whether a Cosy Mystery, a Classic Mystery, a Paranormal Mystery, or what-have-you, this genre is popular in the extreme, both on the page and on the screen. The Cosy variety…
Culloden
To paraphrase a famous saying: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." To people of Scottish descent and especially Highlanders, the name "Culloden" still evokes…
Kat Martin
My introduction to Kat Martin's work came through The Bride's Necklace, a page-turner of a Historical Romance centred around the plight of a young woman trying to protect her sweet…
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