May 11, 2018 | A Day In My Life
As a general rule, life is pretty dull for my husband, Finn Larsson, and myself. He teaches World Literature at Bradford University in Southwestern Michigan and I teach International Politics. We’ve been married for sixteen years, have lived in the same house for ten,...
May 10, 2018 | A Day In My Life
If your wannabe music star fiancé just left you for the wedding cake decorator, your flower shop folded, and your godfather left you a garden in Scotland, what would you do? Asking for a friend. Okay, the friend is me. Not that you didn’t already know that. To say the...
May 9, 2018 | Conventions
The Anthony Award nominations for 2018 have been announced on the St. Petesburg Bouchercon website and I’m so excited as you will see why when you scroll down the list of nominees. Winners will be announced at the Anthony Awards ceremony on Saturday, September...
May 9, 2018 | A Day In My Life
If you were to ask Bitsy, that’d be my mama, why I became a pastry chef, she’d say that it was to make her life all doom and gloom. I’m not going to lie, it was a little satisfying seeing her cringe on the inside when I strategically told her ten years ago in front of...
May 8, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Hello, y’all. I’m Cleo Watkins, and I hope what I’m about to confess won’t offend Dru Ann or any other readers. I had the most terrible urge this morning. I almost—almost, mind you—threw a book at someone. Now, this is not my usual behavior. I consider myself polite...
