by Sparkle Abbey We spent the weekend at a wonderful writers’ retreat aptly named “Only Books in the Building.” It was located at Honey Creek, a lovely southern Iowa resort. and though this was the first year for it, based on our experience, we know that it will continue to grow. There’s just nothing better […]
by Mary Lee Ashford Somehow there’s a lot going on in March. We are preparing for a discussion of our writing process and publishing paths – a program for our local Sisters in Crime chapter. And then at the end of the month, I’m moderating a panel at Only Books in the Building: A Writers […]
by Sparkle Abbey People often ask authors where their ideas for particular books come from. And though it’s quite different from author to author, one thing we’ve discovered from hanging out with other authors is that most have no problem coming up with ideas for stories. In fact, most of us have far more ideas […]
by Sparkle Abbey Happy New Year from us to you! Since it’s the beginning of a new year everyone’s talking about resolutions or goals. It appears that there’s a bit of a divide on whether New Year’s resolutions are considered a good thing or not anymore. On the one hand the beginning of a new […]
With Sparkle Abbey‘s Special Guest Catriona McPherson Is HOP SCOT a seasonal romance? I’m going to say yes. Okay Lexy and Taylor are already engaged when they go to Scotland to let him meet the parents, the rest of the regular cast are all coupled up already, and there’s a mouldering semi-skeleton bricked up in […]
by Sparkle Abbey Do you love all the holiday books that are coming out? We certainly do! Halloween, All Saints Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and more. From now until the end of the year there are celebrations galore. Families and friends getting together for various festivities. Or not. We’re working on our new series, […]
by Sparkle Abbey We are just back from an amazing trip to Scotland and so our heads and hearts are full of all of those experiences. We were there two weeks and still didn’t get to see everything that we wanted to, but we certainly hit most of the high points. We started in Edinburgh, […]
by Sparkle Abbey Today we’d like to welcome our friend Kari Lee Townsend to the blog. She’s going to tell you a bit about herself and share some info about the book she’s working on as well as what she has coming up. Welcome Kari! Hi there. My name is Kari Lee Townsend, and I’m […]
by Mary Lee Ashford Summers and reading are forever linked in my memories. I grew up in a small town and in a time of school consolidation and so that school I attended was in a larger town eight miles away. So while my friends were headed to the pool or getting together at the […]
by Sparkle Abbey Malice Domestic is the annual convention that celebrates the traditional mystery and frankly it’s one of our favorites. This year we were unable to attend and we were so bummed. From our very first Malice Domestic and multiple ones since that first one, the mystery community welcomed us. We’re so grateful for […]