by Kassandra Lamb ~ I’m ending a mystery series this month, for the second time in my writing career. And letting go of beloved characters isn’t any easier this time around. There…
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by Kassandra Lamb ~ Back in September, 2022, Sister in Crime Lois Winston had her fictitious character, Anastasia Pollock, interview one of my characters, who happens to be a service dog! It…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ This is our fifth installment in our subgenre series of posts. It discusses police procedurals, which are character-driven most of the time these days, believe it or not.…
Just a quick heads-up! Since I’m launching Book 2 in a few days, I’m currently holding an ebook 99¢ sale of Lethal Assumptions, Book 1 in my C.o.P. on the Scene police…
Here is Part 2 of our encore presentation of Kathy Owen’s excellent posts on hard-boiled crime fiction and specifically The Maltese Falcon. Hi! K.B. Owen here again, with the rest of the…
We’ve been talking about crime fiction sub-genres the last few weeks, so it seemed like a good time to re-run Kathy Owen’s excellent two posts on hard-boiled crime fiction. Hi, Kathy Owen…
by Liz Boeger ~ When Kass asked me to write a post about a day in the life of a school principal, (DLSP, because educators love acronyms.) I had to admit to…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Not quite a year ago, I wrote this post as a guest post for someone else’s blog. But since the fall/winter holiday season is upon us once more,…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ I love new things! Don’t get me wrong; I am not a particularly materialistic person. I don’t want or need expensive things, but I just love the thrill…
by K.B. Owen ~ As a historical mystery author, it’s an absolute thrill to be able to use an interesting tidbit discovered during my research. When I read about the Great Blizzard…