I write cozy historical mystery fiction and cozy fantasy mystery fiction. “Novel Basics,” my book on writing fiction, is available now.
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Summer Camp
My daughter and I still have a home phone in addition to our cells, but Jess has fully employed the “Caller Blocked” function. Besides that, we keep the sound off unless we’re expecting a call from the plumber, for instance.…
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FREE MYSTERY SHORT
Two Birthdays An Old Kansas City Story The office door opening that afternoon startled Minty Wilcox and she almost looked up to see who it was. But then she thought, I’d better keep my head down and look busy. It…
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My Father’s Gardens
While working on a prequel story for my calendar mystery series called “The Barn Door” that takes place on the 4th of July weekend in 1898, I decided to give one of the characters a vegetable garden. And that led…
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The Father of My Child
Right now I’m putting together a collection of Calendar Mystery short stories that go before, between or after the first three novels in the series. These books, January Jinx, Fatal February, and Mischief in March, feature business girl Minty Wilcox…
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