Why cozies? A guest blog by Diana Vickery

by | Apr 2, 2008 | Agatha Christie

Diana Vickery runs the great Cozy Library and she and I have been talking about the merits of the so-called cozy, or traditional, mystery. I posted my own Defense of the Cozy a few months back. Here is her take.Why do I read cozy? A more fundamental question is “Why...

Dinner and a motivation

by | Mar 31, 2008 | Writing

So, we had our buddy Chris over last night for lamb stew and “John Adams” on HBO, but of course we were all talking about our latest projects. Jon, my husband, is learning violin and has now been playing one year. Chris couldn’t make his recital, so...

Take two kittens and call me in the morning

by | Mar 28, 2008 | Cats

A new study from the University of Minnesota has found that people who cohabit with cats have a 40 percent lower risk of fatal heart attacks. Of course, the cats may be the result of a lower stress lifestyle, rather than vice versa. But still a nice bit of news.(P.S....

Criticism (WTF)

by | Mar 27, 2008 | Uncategorized

So I’m talking to my buddy Lisa about criticism, about rejection, about how at some point you just have to (as poet Bill Corbett once told me) write your own damn book. And she started telling me about when she sang in a band and got some of the wierder...