A Word With Peg Cochran

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always loved cozies ever since I read Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series. Lucky for me, it turned out I have the right “voice” for cozies. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?I’d have to say the Van...

Penelope Parish by Margaret Loudon

Penelope Parish sits down for a Q&A with dru’s book musings responding to twenty or more questions so that we can learn more about her. Are you ready? Let’s get to know Pen. What is your full name? Penelope Abigail Parish—Abigail is for my Parish grandmother. But...

A Day in My Life ~ Penelope Parish by Margaret Loudon

Cheers! Penelope Parish here. I’m currently a writer in residence at the Open Book bookstore in Upper Chumley-on-Stoke, a charming town in Merrie Olde England. I’m working on my second Gothic novel—the first one became a best seller—and I’ve hit a writer’s block the...

My Musing ~ Murder in the Margins by Margaret Loudon

Murder in the Margins by Margaret Loudon is the first book in the NEW “Open Book” cozy mystery series, coming October 27, 2020. The plot thickens for American gothic writer Penelope Parish when a murder near her quaint British bookshop reveals a...

Day In The Life ~ Elizabeth Adams by Peg Cochran

My parents think my job should be finding a husband and settling into the sort of life they lead, but I always knew that wouldn’t be enough for me. Which is why I’m sitting in the newsroom of the Daily Trumpet. I work with crime reporter Ralph Kaminsky and take...