I love immersing myself into the atmosphere of a mystery novel or movie. The stories are set in milieu that I can only experience through their pages or onscreen drama, but if they’re well done they draw me inside for a few hours. My favourite authors are all British – Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Daphne […]
The shadowy world of noir mystery stories – Laura (1944) Read More »
My hubby and I don’t have a lot of natural green in our house, largely because I can’t grow anything. People who give me plants do so at their own risk, so to speak – I usually warn them that their gift probably won’t survive. I do have one plant that’s still hanging in there,
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We are lying around the rec room, spent after the annual tussle with submitting our income tax claims. Surely there must be a less anxiety-inducing way of doing this, although Turbo Tax does make things easier (no affiliation links). We’re watching a fun British quiz show called Pointless that we first saw on the ‘tellie’
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It seemed to be the middle of the night when I was awakened by Lawrence Cavendish. He had a candle in his hand, and the agitation of his face told me at once that something was seriously wrong. Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Ever wonder where writers get their ideas? Especially crime/murder mystery
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“Don’t tell me what happens – la la la la la.” “I’m not going to tell you. I’m just organizing the order of events. That’s all I’m saying.” That was my hubby’s response when I talked about the progress of the third book in my trilogy on the weekend. Writing Book 3 – News Flash:
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My parents honeymooned at Niagara Falls. I have a photo of them leaning against the scrolled metal guardrail that covers large sections of the walkways along the falls and gorge, my dad in a dark suit, my mom in a matching skirt and jacket with a pretty blouse, smiling for the camera. Despite all of
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Amidst all the flap about the total solar eclipse coming up next Monday – since our area in Southern Ontario will lie in the path of the totality and up to a million visitors are expected for the event (many of us local residents will be hiding from the onslaught in our own yards) –
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On my television as I write this post, intrepid Sinbad is battling a skeleton raised by the evil sorcerer Sokurah, inside a castle that’s a delightful amalgam of medieval walls, Arabic arches and bottomless stone caverns. There’s a massive green dragon, which, fortunately for Sinbad and the princess he’s to marry, is chained to a
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I’m not anywhere near a famous author – maybe some day, but I was just very happy to write my first book and publish it last year – but I thought I’d have fun answering the questions posed to five authors in a recent article I read. Here’s what I’d have responded. “Without summarizing it
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