March 2020 - Miss Demeanors

What Will They Think of Me?

March 31, 2020 Alexia Gordon Fiction, Writing

A History Center creates a digital archive documenting daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic

Have You Thanked a Doctor Today?

March 30, 2020 Alexia Gordon Fiction, Writing

Doctors, real and literary, fight to save the world. Honor them on National Doctors Day.

Keeping Up With My Writing Peeps

March 13, 2020 Robin C. Stuart Uncategorized

I attended my Sisters in Crime chapter meeting last weekend and it was the salve I didn’t know I needed.[…]

Writing in the Time of Coronavirus

March 9, 2020 Robin C. Stuart Uncategorized

These are turbulent times. Writing, and even reading, can feel like a frivolous luxury. I would argue just the opposite.[…]

Save the Old Ladies

March 6, 2020 Connie Berry Fiction, Photographs

No, not those old ladies…as far as I know we’re fine. What I’m talking about are the lovely old houses of the past–especially the “grand old ladies” of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

I've been thinking lately about what I need to write. I need my computer, obviously. If I had to write everything out longhand, I'd never have finished my first manuscript. Then there are my books. Is that all I need? Not quite.

All I Need

March 5, 2020 Connie Berry Fiction, Writing

One of my husband’s favorite scenes in Steve Martin’s movie The Jerk takes place in the office of an extravagant[…]

Do You Really Want To Know?

March 4, 2020 Connie Berry Photographs, Writing

Research. Sometimes you learn things you don’t want to know.

Tell It Like It Is

March 3, 2020 Connie Berry Fiction, Writing

Who remembers Aaron Neville’s song “Tell It Like It Is?” Most of us can probably sing it–at least the first line.

Am I In Your Book?

March 2, 2020 Connie Berry Fiction, Writing

One of the questions mystery writers are frequently asked by friends and relatives is, “Am I in your book?” Our answer is usually something like “No, but if you make me mad, I might kill you off!” A more truthful answer would be “You are–or at least a part of you is.”