Here in Ashland, Oregon, spring is in the air. What little snow we had this year has given way a carpet of pink blossoms. The turkeys are hot to trot (here, there, and everywhere including in the middle of the road). In Lithia Park, kids are selling sun tea in Dixie cups for $5 a…
Tag: fiction
A Matter of Taste
I’m thinking about book reviews right now as the first books in my cozy mystery series publish. Reviews are coming in for Murder in Last Chance Cove and most have enough stars to make me grin. I love finding consensus on what readers who’ve taken time to write reviews think I’ve done well. I learn…
Story of My Life
Yesterday, my day-in-the-life story began as a tragedy with no brekkie and—far worse for a working writer—NO CAFFEINE! It’s no mystery that medical tests require sacrifices beyond those we’re willing to require of our characters. So far, I have never asked Saffi to go a day without coffee. I don’t think my readers would ever…
Cozies & Kim Griswell 