Well, the new year 2021 has not started out as the peaceful year we were all hoping for. Time to escape in a good book! My publisher is offering the ebook version of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades for 99¢ through January. The normal price is $6.99. That’s like finding a little gem of a treasure. … Continue reading 99¢ Treasure to Start the New Year
A fellow New England author I am fortunate to know is Reverend Jane Willan, whose latest cozy mystery was published a few weeks ago. More details on Abide With Me in a minute, but first you may have questions: What is a cozy mystery? Cozy mysteries, also called "cozies" are a form of crime fiction … Continue reading “Composing Sermons & Dreaming Up Murder”
What can I say - I always work a little romance into my novels. Who doesn't love a little romance? In this excerpt reading, Astrid decides to break up with Dave but then wavers when the moment comes...anyone else been there? https://youtu.be/gD7T9VqDnfo
Call them ghost stories. Call them supernatural thrillers. Or, like me, just call them good clean fun. 🙂 My dear friend M.T. Maliha has published The Murmur, the second part of her Waverley Estate trilogy. And I would be doing her stories an injustice if I said they're merely good, clean fun. They are more … Continue reading Spooky Chills & Thrills
For a limited time, I’m offering readers a free signed paperback copy of my Contemporary novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, which is rated 4.5 stars on Goodreads and Amazon, for only the shipping and handling price! The book itself, which retails for $16.99, is FREE. Here's what reviewers and readers are saying about the story: … Continue reading Get a Free Signed Copy of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
I think a lot of writers suffer from midnight inspiration, for better or worse. I’m almost done with the first act of my new manuscript (about a group of Millennials grappling with life’s choices and social justice issues), and am happy to report I've found a way to work with these sometimes unwelcome thoughts. Typically, … Continue reading Life of a Writer: Midnight Inspiration
To register for my July 28th reading, click here. I'll be reading from my novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades and possibly reading a bit from my work-in-progress! (To learn more about the novel, click here.) The first 10 people to register will win a free, signed copy of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. The virtual reading … Continue reading How to Register for the 7/28 Virtual Reading
In honor of it being Day 3 of the Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour, we have three postings to share with you today. (Just kidding. It wasn't planned that way. It just turned out that Review Tales by Jeyran Main split her post into two pieces: my guest post about why I wrote HAHG … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 3
Day 2 of the Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour takes us to Review Tales by Jeyran Main in Canada, which published an article by yours truly about why I delved into the sticky world of #MeToo with this novel; and to Book Briefs here in the U.S., which published an author interview and is … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 2
If you read this blog regularly, or even occasionally, you know that I've done quite a few interviews about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and about my career as an author. I love doing these interviews, as I'm passionate about the message in HAHG. But I of course often find myself answering similar … Continue reading HAHG on Cheryl Holloway’s Book Blog